Hawa Abdulrahman Ghasia (born 10 January 1966) is a

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politician belonging to the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party and a three-term

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for Mtwara Rural constituency since 2005. She is the former Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office for Regional Administration and Local Government.

Background

Ghasia was born on 10 January 1966. She completed her schooling at Ndanda Secondary School in 1989. She received an advanced diploma from the Institute of Development Management - Mzumbe in 1995. She received her master's degree from the

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in 2003. She had a long career as an economic planner working for the Mtwara town council and the Maasai district council between 1992 and 2005.

Political career

Ghasia was nominated as the CCM candidate for Mtwara Rural District in the 2005 parliamentary election, receiving 529 votes and defeating four other candidates for the nomination, including Juma Chinavati with 372 votes and incumbent Abdillahi Namkulala with 135 votes. Following the election, in 2006, she was appointed as

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in the President's Office for Public Service and Management and served in this role until 2012. Between 2012 and 2015, she served as a Minister in the Prime Minister's Office for Regional Administration and Local Government. In the 2015 parliamentary election, Ghasia was in a close race, defeating Suleiman Fadhili of CHADEMA by a vote margin of 24,258 to 22,615 votes. Her election was challenged in court with the petitioners alleging irregularities and fraud in voting and vote counting. The case was dismissed as the application was filed one day too late. She did not receive a ministerial portfolio in the new President

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's administration. Instead, Ghasia is the chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Budget.

References

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