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Kassim Mwamzandi

Kassim Mwamzandi

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Kassim Bakari Mwamzandi was a Kenyan politician belonging to the Mijikenda ethnic group.[1] He was KANU MP for the Msambweni Constituency from 1988 to 1997.[2][3] He resided in Msambweni.[4] Before entering politics at 23 years old, Mwamzandi served as a clerk in the African court. Serving in the regimes of Jomo Kenyatta and Daniel arap Moi, from 1975 he acted as an assistant minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Energy Ministry, Water Development and then the Ministry of Public Works.[5]He died on 21 December 2023.

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    Samuel, Kazungu (6 February 2018). "Uhuru faulted for leaving Mijikendas out of Cabinet". The Nation. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
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    The Weekly Review. Stellascope Limited. January 1988. p. 11.
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    Hiltermann, Joost R.; Hogendoorn, Ernst Jan (2002). Playing with Fire: Weapons Proliferation, Political Violence, and Human Rights in Kenya. Human Rights Watch. p. 28.
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    "Row over devolution cash sending bad signal, says independence MP". Standard Digital News. 27 August 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
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    Kihuria, Caroline Nyanga Njonjo. "Former MP living in poverty and solitude". The Standard. Retrieved 2019-07-26.


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