UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM COUNCIL RETAINS PROF. RWEKAZA MUKANDALA

Prof Rwekaza Mukandala.

University of Dar es Salaam Council yesterday announced that Prof Rwekaza Mukandala will stay on as the Vice-Chancellor for an additional year after his term expired early this month.

An official statement issued by the Council Chairman Peter Ngumbulu said the 63-year-old political scientist will continue leading the country’s oldest academic institution for 12 months effective last week.

"The University Chancellor Dr Jakaya Kikwete after consultation with President John Magufuli agreed that Prof Rwekaza Sympho Mukandala be given an extra year in office," said the statement. Prof Mukandala declined comment yesterday when this paper sought his reaction.

However, officials privy to the Vice- Chancellor said the former Research and Education for Democracy in Tanzania (REDET) Chairman was in office.

The statement which also went viral on social media Monday said Prof Mukandala will hold the office from December 5, 2016 to December 4, 2017. Born in Bukoba, Prof Mukandala took his primary education in Bukoba and secondary education at Tabora School and Musoma Secondary School.

Thereafter, he joined the University of Dar es Salaam in the year 1973 - 1976, where he obtained Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) (International Relations and Administration). In 1977 he was awarded a Master degree in Development Management at the University of Dar es Salaam.

In 1988 he obtained a PhD in Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, and a Certificate in New Institutional Economics.

He was awarded Peter Odegard Prize as the Most Distinguished Candidate for the Doctorate at the same University. Upon completion of his PhD studies, he returned to the University of Dar es Salaam in 1988 as a Senior lecturer in Political Science and Public Administration.

Since then, he has held various academic posts to the current status, a Professor of Political Science and Public Administration. He teaches organization theory, public administration, democracy and elections.

He is Chair of many institutions including: Research and Education for Democracy in Tanzania (REDET); Tanzania Election Monitoring Committee (TEMCO); and until early this year the Economic and Social research Foundation (ESRF); East Africa Uongozi Institute (EAFUI).

He has also been President of the African Association of Political Science (AAPS), Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Head of Department of political Science and Public Administration.

Prof Mukandala also chaired the Organising Committee for the XIX World Congress of the International Political Science Association (IPSA), Durban, South Africa, in 2003.

He has also served on the administrative council of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences.

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