Juma Duni Haji (born 26 November 1950) is a Tanzanian politician and former civil servant. He is the Chairperson of

ACT Wazalendo The Alliance for Change and Transparency (), sometimes known as the ACT–Wazalendo, is the third-largest political party in Tanzania. It received its permanent registration in May 2014. Background The party was founded in 2014. The party fielde ...

. He previously served as the Deputy Chairman of the

Civic United Front The Civic United Front (CUF; sw, Chama Cha Wananchi, ) is a liberal party in Tanzania. Although nationally based, most of the CUF's support comes from the Zanzibar islands of Unguja and Pemba. The party is a member of Liberal International. His ...

from 2014 to 2015. He was selected as the running mate of

Edward Lowassa Edward Ngoyai Lowassa (born August 26, 1953) is a Tanzanian politician who was Prime Minister of Tanzania from 2005 to 2008, serving under President Jakaya Kikwete.

, the CHADEMA presidential candidate for the 2015 election, which necessitated his defection.

Early life and career

Duni was born in Kibeni village in Mkwajuni. He was educated at Mkwajuni Primary School (1959–65) and at Gamal Abdel Nassar (present-day Beit el Ras) Secondary School (1966–69). He pursued his A-levels at

Lumumba Secondary School Lumumba Secondary School is a public, coeducational secondary school in Saateni, Zanzibar, Tanzania. It is Zanzibar's largest secondary school, and has been called one of the best secondary schools in Zanzibar. From 1958 until the Zanzibar Revo ...

from 1970 to 1971. He was elected as the chairperson of the

Afro-Shirazi Party The Afro-Shirazi Party (ASP) was a Marxist-Leninist, African nationalist Zanzibari political party formed between the mostly Shirazi Shiraz Party and the mostly African Afro Party. In the 1963 Zanzibari general election, the ASP claimed 1 ...

Youth League at Lumumba College. He then joined the

University of Dar es Salaam The University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) is a public university in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It was established in 1961 as an affiliate college of the University of London. The university became an affiliate of the University of East Africa (UEA) in 1 ...

and graduated with a BSc in education in 1975. After graduation, he was employed as a teacher.

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was one of his students. In 1978, he left for England to study at the

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(advanced diploma) and later joined the Zanzibar Ministry of Education as a planning officer. In 1980, Zanzibari President

Aboud Jumbe Aboud Jumbe Mwinyi (14 June 1920 – 14 August 2016) was a Zanzibari politician. He held several positions, including the second president of Zanzibar, chairman of the Revolutionary Council, Vice-President of the Union, and the vice-chairman ...

appointed him as the Permanent Secretary of the Planning Ministry and was later promoted as the Executive Secretary of the Planning Commission. He obtained his masters in human resource management from the

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in 1995.

Political career

Following the end of

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in the 1990s, Duni joined the opposition

party. He was the thrice

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of the party's

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, in the

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and

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presidential elections. In 1997, he won the Mkunazini by-election to the

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(ZHoR). On the last day of the campaign, some opposition supporters were arrested and charged first with

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and then

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. He too was arrested, and

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designated him a prisoner of conscience. The Court of Appeal ruled that a treasonous offence cannot be committed "against Zanzibar as tis not a

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." President

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ordered their release just before the end of his tenure in 2000. In 2009, President

Amani Abeid Karume Amani Abeid Karume (born 1 November 1948) is a Tanzanian politician, the former president of Zanzibar. He held the office from 8 November 2000 to 3 November 2010. He is the son of Zanzibar's first president, Abeid Karume, and a member of the Ch ...

nominated him to the ZHoR. Following the 2010 election, President

Ali Mohamed Shein Ali Mohamed Shein (born 13 March 1948) was the 7th President of Zanzibar, from 2010 to 2020. He was previously Vice President of Tanzania from 2001 to 2010. Shein is originally from the island of Pemba, and he is a member of the ruling Chama Ch ...

appointed him as the Zanzibari Minister for Health, and following a minor cabinet reshuffle in 2014, he was transferred to the Infrastructure and Communications docket. He resigned as Minister in August 2015, following his tactical defection to the opposition CHADEMA party as he was selected as the running mate of former Prime Minister

Edward Lowassa Edward Ngoyai Lowassa (born August 26, 1953) is a Tanzanian politician who was Prime Minister of Tanzania from 2005 to 2008, serving under President Jakaya Kikwete.

, the presidential candidate of the opposition coalition. CUF Secretary-General

Seif Sharif Hamad Seif Sharif Hamad (22 October 1943 – 17 February 2021) was a Tanzanian politician who served as the First Vice President of Zanzibar and as Party Chairman of ACT Wazalendo. He was the secretary-general of the opposition Civic United Front (CU ...

said that Duni was reluctant to defect.

References

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External links

CUF Party website
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