From Goatherd to Governor. The Autobiography of Edwin Mtei: The Autobiography of Edwin Mtei

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v CONTENTS Acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv CHAPTERS Chapter 1 My Life in Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter 2 Birth and Childhood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Chapter 3 Going to School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Chapter 4 High School and University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Chapter 5 Employment and Engagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Chapter 6 Joining the Civil Service and Getting Married . . . . . . 49 Chapter 7 Promotion and Independence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Chapter 8 Secondment to EACSO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Chapter 9 Translation into Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Chapter 10 Appointment as Governor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Chapter 11 Launching and Nurturing a Central Bank . . . . . . . . 92 Chapter 12 The Arusha Declaration and Birth of the Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106 Chapter 13 International Finance and Payments System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 Chapter 14 Growing in the Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115 Chapter 15 Back to an EAC on the Brink of Collapse . . . . . . . .123 Chapter 16 Back to Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 Chapter 17 Events Leading to My Resignation . . . . . . . . . . . .149 vi Chapter 18 Economic and Other Policies of the Nyerere Regime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158 Chapter 19 Public Financier Turned Farmer . . . . . . . . . . . . .167 Chapter 20 Appointment to Executive Board of IMF . . . . . . . .174 Chapter 21 Mixing Farming with Public Service . . . . . . . . . . .189 Chapter 22 Multiparty Politics and Nurturing a Political Party . .195 Chapter 23 The 1995 General Elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202 Chapter 24 Subsequent General Elections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209 Chapter 25 The Epilogue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222 Glossary of non-English words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228 ILLUSTRATIONS AND PHOTOGRAPHS My earliest photo unearthed from my records . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 With my friend Wilfred Marealle, a studio photo we took before he left Kampala for Kabete. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Johara Hassan Marealle at the time of our engagement . . . . . . . . . 45 Outside the Ngaruma Lutheran Parish Church after the wedding ceremony, 6 August 1960 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Johara and me ‘At Home’ in our Marangu House after our wedding. . 59 East African Government, EACSO and private sector managers at a seminar held at Marangu Hotel, 1963, sponsored by the Ford Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 On secondment from the Tanganyika Civil Service to the Secretary General’s Office, EACSO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Servicing the EACSO Authory as Clerk with Members signing an agreement with the U.K. High Commissioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 vii President Nyerere’s all-African Permanent Secretaries, December 1964 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Welcoming First and Second Vice-Presidents (Karume and Kawawa) at the inauguration of Bot Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 The Bank of Tanzania Headquarters Building, opened in July, 1969. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 President Nyerere examines a Commemorative Coin, presented to him at the formal opening of the Bank of Tanzania Building, July 1969. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 As Governor: at my desk, with the President’s portrait in the background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104 Being welcomed by Robert Ouko into the EALA Chambers, for swearing in as a Member, 25 April 1974 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124 At my desk as newly appointed EAC Secretary General, May 1974 . .126 Presenting my budget in parliament as Minister of Finance in 1978 .142 Paying a courtesy call on Indian President Sanjiva Reddy in New Delhi, during my 1979 official visit to India as co-Chairman of the Indo–Tanzanian Joint Commission on Co-operation . . . . . .148 With President Sir Seretse Khama, after he had opened the Southern African Conference of Ministers of Planning on Lessening Dependence on apartheid South Africa, 1979 (precursor to SADC) With President Sir Seretse Khama and M. Fawley of EEC at first SADCC Meeting 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149 As Executive Director: leading an IMF Delegation to the ECA Ministerial Meeting , Addis Ababa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187 Playing host to General Olusegun Obasanjo on his visit to Tanzania as Chair of Africa Leadership Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191 viii Campaigning with Mary Kabigi, who headed the Women’s Section, to recruit members for Chadema, 1994. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199 Campaigning in the Arusha Urban Constituency for a Parliamentary seat, October, 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204 Opposition Party Leaders on tour in the Federal Republic of Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206 CHADEMA presidential candidate, accompanied by his wife and two retired National Chairmen march to the site for the launch of the Campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213 Retired founder Chairman Mtei greets the multitude at the launch in Shinyanga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214 Freeman Mbowe, addressing the multitude at the launch of his presidential campaign, 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215 Mbowe continued to attract huge crowds right up to the end as seen here in Moshi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216 Three Generations: a rare group photograph of ourselves, our children, their spouses and all our grandchildren, at the Ogaden Estate, December 2002. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226 ...