tanzania electric supply company (tanesco), board of directors profiles

8/10/2019 TANZANIA ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANY (TANESCO), BOARD OF DIRECTORS PROFILES

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TANZANIA ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANY (TANESCO), BOARD OF

DIRECTORS PROFILES

Dr. MIGHANDA .J. MANYAHI - CHAIRMAN

Position:

Senior LectureandHeadof Electrical Engineering, Department of University

of Dar es Salaam since 2011.

Education:

B.Sc. (Electrical Engineering), University of Dar es Salaam, 1989:

Knowledge in various disciplines of electrical engineering.

M.Sc. (Electrical Power Engineering), University of Strathclyde, Glasgow,

Scotland, U.K, 1991: Study of optimized generation planning and commitment

in view of forecasted load and cost of generation.

Ph.D. (EMC/Electrical Transients and Discharges), Uppsala University,

Sweden, 2002: Study of the effects of surges that are generated by lightning

and interacting with power, telecommunication network and apparatus.

Experience:

Taught a number of Electrical Power Engineering and related fieldcourses in undergraduate and postgraduate levels for over 22 years

Supervised a number of Masters and PhD student in Electrical Power

Engineering and EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility) over the duration

of stay at UDSM


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Served as External examiner in Institutions in Tanzania, Uganda and

South Africa.

Published a number of papers in peer reviewed journals and conferences

proceedings in the area of electrical power engineering, lightning

protection and electromagnetic compatibility; Carried a number of major consultancies in Electrical Power Engineering

and related fields.

Served as Council member at SJUIT (St Joseph University in Tanzania)

and Board member at various University institutions boards.

NYAMAJEJE CALLEB WEGGORO (Ph.D)- BOARD

MEMBER

Dr. Nyamajeje Calleb Weggoro is an Advisor to the President of the United

Republic of Tanzania, State House, Dar es Salaam. He is a member of

numerous international associations in both natural and social sciences and

has written several papers on multilateral co-operation, regional integration,

and social and economic development.

After graduating from Dresden Technical University, Germany with Master of

Industrial Engineering and Economics in 1985, he joined the Government of

Tanzania and worked as a Principal Officer in charge of Research and


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Development in the Ministry of Industries and Trade, SADC Industry and Trade

Coordinating Directorate.

He attained his Doctorate in Economics (Magna Cum Laude) from Free

University Berlin, Germany in 1995 and in 1997 joined the newly re-launched

East African Cooperation as Head of Economics (Projects and Programs). He

was elevated to Director, Productive and Social Sectors in 2007 covering nine

major sectors responsible for economic and social development, natural

resources management, and science and technology.

Dr Weggoro directly spearheaded as head and team member, achievements of

key EAC Milestones including the preparation of the Treaty for the

Establishment of the East African Community, revival of the Inter-University

Council for East Africa, Protocols on Environment and Natural Resources

Management, Bi-annual International Petroleum Conference, Customs Union,

and Common Market; Plans and key regional projects and programs such as

the East African Power Master Plan, East African Road Network, Lake Victoria

Development Program, Tourism Marketing Plan and Strategy, Agriculture and

Rural Development Policy and Strategy, and Industrialization Policy and

Strategy.

As Director responsible for Productive and Social Sectors at the EAC, he related

directly with major Multilateral Organizations and Donor Community.Currently serves the Tanzanian Head of State as advisor on most of those

issues.


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FELIX GEORGE KIBODYA BOARD MEMBER

1.0TERTIARY EDUCATIONa)LLb (Hons) University of Dar es Salaam 1986

b)Diploma in International Business Law University of Vienna Austria 1990

c)LLM (Cum Laude) KatholiekeUniversitat Leuven, Belgium 1991specializing in

International business law and commercial arbitration

2.0 PROFESSIOANL COMPETENCE

a)Advocate of the High Court since 1993

3.0ACADEMIC COMPETENCE

a)Lecturer and Head of Dept. Institute of Finance Management (8 years)

b)Lecturer in International Trade Law and Investment, Business School of the

University of Dares Salaam (5 years)

c)Research Assistant in international commercial transactions and arbitration

K.U. Leuven Law School (1 year)

d)Published a number of papers on banking, commercial and land laws most of

them available on the internet


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4.0 LEADERSHIP COMPETENCE

a)Head of Legal Departments in Tanzania Postal Bank, CRDB Bank, NBC Limited

b)Chairman of the Team of Legal Experts at the Tanzania Bankers Association

c)Appointed by HE President member of the Fair Competition Tribunal for 2

terms The Tribunal hears appeals by regulated institutions e.g. TANESCOagainst the regulator e.g. EWURA.

d)Served as President, Vice President, Treasurer and member of Governing Board

of the Tanganyika Law Society, the national bar association

e)Served as Treasurer and member of the Governing Board of the East African

Law Society (EALS)

f)Served as Board member of the Board of External Trade (BET) and transformed

it into the current TanTrade

5.0 SPECIFIC ASSIGNMENTS UNDERTAKEN

a)Initiated the amendment of the Land Act of 1999.

b)Chairman of the taskforce that drafted the Mortgage Finance Regulationsc)Prepared a chapter onlegal framework and institutional arrangement including

corporate governanceduring the restructuring which led to the establishment

of both, the TIB Development Bank and the Tanzania Agriculture Development

Bank

d)Member of the Tanzania delegation in the negotiations for the EAC Monetary

Union Protocol

6.0 CURRENT STATUS

Practicing Advocate in commercial transactions


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BONIFACE C. MUHEGI BOARD MEMBER

Engineer Muhegi is currently the Managing Director of JMK International

Consultants Ltd based in Da es salaam. He has been the Registrar (CEO) of the

Contractors Registration Board (CRB) Tanzania for a period of fifteen years,

from 1989-2014. CRB is responsible for Registration, Regulation and

Development of all contractors in the Construction Industry in Tanzania.

Engineer Muhegi has over 30 years of experience in the construction industry,

17 of which he worked with the National Construction Council (NCC) rising

from a Research Engineer to the position of Chief Consultant and between

1994 1995 he was acting Chief Executive Officer of NCC. Eng. Muhegi also

worked with TANESCO between 1980 and 1981 as a Civil Engineer and was

among the Engineers who supervised the construction of Mtera Dam, a major

source for hydropower generation in Tanzania.

He serves in the Boards of CRDB Bank plc.and PPRA as a non executive

Director.

Eng. Muhegi holds Msc Engineering degree- University of Melbourne, Australia;

Bsc Engineering University of Dar es Salaam and an Advanced Diploma in


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Construction Management- Rotterdam Holland. He has attended short courses

and seminars locally and internationally on technical, management and

governance issues.

He is registered as a professional engineer with Engineers Registration Board

and is a corporate member of the Institution of Engineers Tanzania.

SHAABAN S. KAYUNGILO BOARD MEMBER

I, Shaaban Said Kayungilo,aged 46 years, hereby state that I am aholder of

Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering (BSc.First Class

Honors, 1996) and Master of Business Administration degree (MBA,2003) bothfrom University of Dar Es Salaam. I also hold Master of Science (MSc) degree in

Energy Systems and Management from University of Flensburg, Germany

(2006). I currently work at ENGEN Petroleum (T) Limited as Marketing Manager

for last 7 years (Nov. 2008 to date). Prior to that I worked for GAPCO/GAPOIL

Tanzania (May October 2008)) as Head of Sales and BP Tanzania Limited for 6

years (1998 2004), started as Technical Sales Engineer and raised to become

Key Accounts Manager. I was a Production Engineer for Tanzania Breweries

Limited (DSM Plant) from 1996 to 1998. Between 2006 and 2007 I was a

research associate at University of Flensburg (Germany) in energy economics

specialized in power sub-sector. I am a Member of Institute of Engineers


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Tanzania (IET), Registered Mechanical Engineer and Member of Institute of

Directors Tanzania (IODT).

Eng. JUMA. F. MKOBYA (P. Eng.) BOARD MEMBER

Eng. Juma Mkobya is a registered Professional Engineer with Engineers

Registration Board (Tanzania). He holds BSc in Mechanical Engineering from

the University of Dar es Salaam (1998), Postgraduate Diploma in Business

Administration from the College of Business Education (2006), as well as MSc

in Engineering Management (Energy) from Aston University, UK (2011).

Eng. Mkobya has a wide range of experience (17 years) in electro-mechanical

works, industrial utility management, energy projects planning and


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implementation. He is working with the Ministry of Energy and Minerals (MEM)

as Acting Assistant Commissioner for Energy responsible for Energy

Development. With MEM since 2007, he worked as Energy Engineer; Senior

Energy Engineer; and Senior Analyst in the Ministerial Delivery Unit (MDU) for

implementation of Big Results Now (BRN) initiative with regard to energy

projects.

Eng. Mkobya also worked with manufacturing and production industries from

1998 to 2006, where he worked with Mantrac Tanzania Limited, Shelys

Pharmaceutical Limited and Serengeti Breweries Limited.

MS. KISSA KILINDU BOARD MEMBER

Ms. Kissa Kilindu, is a British trained Engineer, having graduated with aBEng. (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering degree at the University of

Greenwich. She also holds an MBA from Durham University (UK).

She is currently the Director of Employment Services at Tanzania Employment

Services Agency (TaESA), an Executive Agency under the Ministry of Labour

and Employment. Ms. Kilindu has over fifteen years of extensive working


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experience in areas of Information Technology, Engineering and Management

and has previously worked at the Bank of Tanzania as a Senior Computer

Systems Engineer.

She has attended various trainings and seminars within the country and in

Benin, China, Germany, Kenya, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden,

Switzerland, United Arab Emirates and United Kingdom.

Ms. Kilindu is a Registered Member of the Engineers Registration Board

(Tanzania), a Registered Member of The Institution of Engineering and

Technology (United Kingdom), an Associate Member of the Chartered

Management Institute (United Kingdom) and Member of the Project

Management Institute.

She is fluent in Kiswahili and English.

MUTESIGWA IBRAHIM MAINGU, PHD- BOARD MEMBER


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Dr Maingu is a registered consulting engineer with the Engineers Registration

Board (ERB), Fellow Member of both the Institution of Engineers Tanzania (IET)

and Africa Scientific Institute (ASI), and member of the Institution of Electrical

and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Tanzania Branch).

Dr Maingu has PhD and M. Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the

University of Dar es Salaam, a post-graduate diploma in Electric Power and

Distribution Systems from the University of Trondheim, Norway and a B. Sc.

degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Nairobi.

He has other training in Microwave Systems Communication from Nippon

Telephony and Telegraphy Corporation, Japan and Mbagathi Institute of

Telecommunications, Kenya.

Dr Maingu has about forty years of professional and practical experience as anelectrical engineer, 20 years of which has been associated with electrical

consultancy.

Experience includes design and supervision of medium and low voltage power

systems with both local and international firms; power system studies (power

stability, security-constrained optimization, fault calculations etc), cost of

service studies, energy balance analysis and power trading arrangements.

He has also worked as a part-time lecturer in Mathematics at Dar es Salaam

Technical College and Control Engineering at the University of Dar es Salaam.

Management experience includes 11 years as a General Manager of Motor Mart

(T) Ltd, several years as head of various project consultancy teams and about 4

years as a CEO of Alpha Crown Electrics Limited.


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