Name Salome Mbatia Salome Mbatia
Surname Mbatia
First Names Salome
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Title Ms
Country of Birth Tanzania
Positions
From To Organisation Position
2006 2007 Ministry of Community Development, Gender & Children Deputy Minister of Community Development, Gender & Children
2006 2006 Ministry of Planning & Economic Empowerment - now part of the Ministry of Finance & Planning Feb 2008 Deputy Minister for Planning & Economic Empowerment
2005 2007 Special Womens Seats Member
Date of Birth 17 Jun 1952
Political Affiliation CCM
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Notes Mbatia`s body received in Dar
26 Oct 2007
By Pastory Nguvu
PRESIDENT Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete yesterday led thousands of mourners who flocked the airport to receive the body of Deputy Minister for Community Development, Gender and Children Salome Mbatia (55), who died in a ghastly road accident in Njombe on Wednesday.
Mourners could not help but to shed tears when they saw the plane which ferried the body land at Julius Nyerere Airport in Dar es Salaam.
Cabinet ministers and Members of Parliament were also at the airport to receive the body, which arrived at around 14:15 pm in a Fokker plane.
Aboard the aircraft was the husband, Dr Joseph Mbatia, Vice President Mohamed Shein, Prime Minister Edward Lowassa and Speaker of the National Assembly Samuel Sitta.
No sooner had the plane landed when a group of six deputy ministers entered the airplane and came out with the casket bearing the body.
The coffin was then placed inside a military ambulance, and the motorcade then sped to Lugalo Military Hospital, where the body was preserved.
According to the Chairman of Funeral Committee, Andrew Chenge, the body will remain at Lugalo Military Hospital until this morning and would later be taken to her residence at Oyster Bay, House Number 120, Uganda Avenue in the city.
At around 2:00 pm, the body will be flown to Kilimanjaro for a funeral set to take place at Kirua.
Speaking to The Guardian yesterday, Paul Eranga, an assistant to the departed minister, said he had received reports of her death with great shock.
`I have worked with her for almost a year now. I was shocked to hear that she was dead. Salome was a hard working person who did not allow any negligence,` he said.
He said he had worked closely with the deputy minister, especially on parliamentary matters, adding that it was hard to believe that Salome Mbatia was no longer in this world.
For her part, the minister for Finance, Zakhia Meghji, said Salome Mbatia`s death was rather shocking in view of a flurry of road accidents taking place nowadays.
She said much as the occurrence was tragic, it was God`s plan and no human being could have prevented it.
The deceased minister was once the CCM national treasurer.
She also served as the CCM special seats MP. She was awarded a degree in Personnel Administration in Netherlands in 1982 and later undertook her MA in Management in the United States. She also held the post of deputy minister for Finance and Planning before she was transferred to another ministry, a post she held until her death.
Salome Mbatia and three others died on Wednesday in a road accident at Kibena in Njombe District, Iringa Region after their car was hit head-on by a lorry which was overloaded with timber.

* SOURCE: Guardian (Dar es Salaam)
[ Retrieved on 26-10-07 - http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/guardian/2007/10/26/101205.html ]
EDUCATION
School Name/Location Course/Degree/Award Start Date End Date Level
Eastern & Southern Africa Management Institute Certificate in Management 1993 1993 CERTIFICATE
RVB Institute , Delft- Holland Post Graduate Diploma(Admin.&Management) 1987 1987 POSTGRADUTE
ADL Management Institute -USA MSc. in Management 1982 1983 MASTERS DEGREE
University of Dar es Salaam BA. (General)Hons. 1973 1976 GRADUATE
Korogwe Girls' High School A-Level Education 1971 1972 HIGH SCHOOL
ST. Joseph's Secondary School Secondary Education 1967 1970 SECONDARY
Msimbazi Primary School Primary Education 1965 1966 PRIMARY
St. Theresia Primary School Primary Education 1963 1964 PRIMARY
St. Ann Primary School Primary Education 1959 1962 PRIMARY
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CERTIFICATIONS
Certification Name or Type Certification No. Issued Expires
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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Company Name Position From Date To Date
Ministry of Planning, Economy & Empowerment Deputy Minister 2006
Biashara Consumer Services Co. Ltd. General Manager 1990 2000
Biashara Consumer Services Co. Ltd. Marketing Manager 1979 1989
Board of Internal Trade District Sales Manager 1978 1979
Board of Internal Trade Marketing Manager 1977 1978
Board of Internal Trade Management Trainee 1976 1977
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POLITICAL EXPERIENCE
Ministry/Political Party/Location Position From To
Chama Cha Mapinduzi - CCM National Executive Committee Member 2002 2005
Chama Cha Mapinduzi - CCM The Central Committee Member & National Treasurer 2002 2005
Chama Cha Mapinduzi - CCM Member of Parliament of Tanzania 2000 2010
Chama Cha Mapinduzi - CCM Member of UWT National Council
[ Retrieved on 5/7/2006 - www.parliament.go.tz ]
Record last updated on 26 OCT 2007