Halima James Mdee (born 18 March 1978) is a Tanzanian CHADEMA politician and a special seat MP from CHADEMA. Mdee was a

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for

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constituency from 2010 to 2020 when she lost her seat to askofu gwajima. In 2020 Mdee was appointed a special seat MP for CHADEMA together with 18 others in a very controversial list which led to the conflicts between them and their political party. The conflict was due to the fact that CHADEMA denied to have appointed the 19 Special seat MP. Due to the misunderstanding between Halima Mdee together with her fellow newly appointed special seat MP visa vis their

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, CHADEMA through its Central Committee expelled the Halima Mdee and other 18 MPs from the Party. Following the decision of the CHADEMA central committee Halima Mdee and other 18 MPs appealed to the CHADEMA

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to challenge the decision of the Central Committee. On 11 May 2022 the CHADEMA Governing Council anonymously confirmed and or upheld the decision of the Central Committee The 19 MPs who were expelled are: Halima Mdee, Esther Matiko, Grace Tendega, Cecilia Pareso, Esther Bulaya, Agnesta Lambart, Nusrati Hanje, Jesca Kishoa, Hawa Mwaifunga, Tunza Malapo and Asia Mohammed. Others are; Felister Njau, Nagenjwa Kaboyoka, Sophia Mwakagenda, Kunti Majala, Stella Fiao, Anatropia Theonest, Salome Makamba and Conchesta Rwamlaza. Following the expulsion chadema General secretary

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wrote a letter to the Speaker of the National Assembly so that she can declare that the 19 mps have lost qualifications of being

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as per Tanzanian 1977

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. But dispite that fact on 13

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2022 the 19 MPs continued to attend theParliament sessions in Dodoma. On 16 May 2022 the Speaker of the

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Tulia Akson Mwansasu declined to declare that the seats of the 19 Special seat MP s from CHADEMA are vacant citing the injunction which was filed in court. According to the Speaker the

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can not interferes with the

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decisions on 22 June 2022 the

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delivered a

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dismissing a case filed by Halima Mdee and 18 other MPs seeking the leave of the court to challenge the decision of the CHADEMA Governing Council by way of

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. In his decision Judge Mgeta cited i irregularities being the main reason for dismissal of the said petition asserting that the MPs addressed the wrong respondent who in law supposed to be the "Registered trustee of Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo" and not the Board of Trustees of Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo as it was indicated in the

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1978 births Living people Chadema MPs Tanzanian MPs 2010–2015 Tanzanian MPs 2015–2020 Zanaki Secondary School alumni Kilakala Secondary School alumni University of Dar es Salaam alumni {{Tanzania-politician-stub