Kitila Mkumbo
{{Short description|Tanzanian politician}}
{{BLP sources|date= March 2023}}
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|name = Kitila Mkumbo
|honorific_suffix = MP
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|office = Ministers of State
in the President’s Office
Investments and Planning
|term_start = 4 July 2022
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|predecessor = Established
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|office1 = 19th Minister of Industry and Trade
|term_start1 = 1 April 2021
|term_end1 = 8 January 2022
|president1 = Samia Suluhu
|predecessor1 = Geofrey Mwambe
|successor1 = Ashatu Kijaji
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|office2 = Member of Parliament for Ubungo Constituency
|term_start2 = November 2020
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|predecessor2 = Saed Kubenea
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|office3 = Ministers of State
in the President’s Office
|term_start3 = 5 December 2020
|term_end3 = 31 March 2021
|predecessor3 = Angellah Kairuki
|successor3 = Mohamed Mchengerwa
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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|06|21|df=y}}
|birth_place = Singida Region, Tanzania
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|education = Mgela Primary School (1981-1987), Mwenge Secondary School (1988-1991), Pugu Secondary School
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|party = Chama Cha Mapinduzi
|profession = University of Dar es Salaam {{small|(BA)}} {{small|(MA)}}
University of Southampton {{small|(PhD)}}
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Kitila Alexander Kanyama Mkumbo is a Tanzanian politician and an academic professor.
Career
He is a founder and director of Maarifa Research and Training Associates, a not-for-profit non-government institution that engages in provision of research, consultancy and training services in a wide range of areas in education and social sciences. As a director of this institute, he leads a team of seven researchers and consultants. He is also an adjunct professor at the Tumaini University Dar es Salaam College, where he is engaged in teaching and research on parttime basis.{{Cite web |title=RISE in Tanzania - video interview with Kitila Mkumbo {{!}} RISE Programme |url=https://riseprogramme.org/blog/video-tanzania-interview-mkumbo |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=riseprogramme.org}}
= Political career =
In 2020, Mkumbo ran in the 2020 Tanzanian general election and won the Member of Parliament seat for Ubungo.{{Cite web |title=Parliament of Tanzania |url=https://www.parliament.go.tz/administrations/683 |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=www.parliament.go.tz}} Before that he had a brief stint in government as the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Water in the Tanzanian Union Government.
In Samia Suluhu Hassan inaugural cabinet, he was appointed as the Minister of Industry and Trade, however, was then replaced by Ashatu Kijaji in the first reshuffle. In July 2023, after a few changes in ministerial dockets, he rejoined the cabinet and was given the ministerial position of investments and planning in the presidents office.{{Cite news |date=2023-07-06 |title=Tanzania: President Samia Makes Minor Cabinet Reshuffle, Forms New Docket |language=en |work=Tanzania Daily News |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/202307060072.html |access-date=2023-07-13}}
Education
He holds a PhD in psychology from the University of Southampton, UK; Master of Applied Social Psychology and BSc (education) from the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Kitila Mkumbo has published widely in peer-reviewed journal articles and made dozens of presentations at international academic conferences.{{Cite web |title=Kitila Mkumbo {{!}} University of Dar es Salaam - Academia.edu |url=https://udsm.academia.edu/KMkumbo/CurriculumVitae |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=udsm.academia.edu}} He has supervised 31 postgraduate students, with 24 master-level candidates and 7 PhD candidates.
References
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{{Cabinet of Tanzania}}
{{Chama Cha Mapinduzi}}
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Category:Chama Cha Mapinduzi MPs
Category:Tanzanian MPs 2020–2025
Category:Government ministers of Tanzania
Category:Pugu Secondary School alumni
Category:University of Dar es Salaam alumni
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