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THE BRANDT EQUATION
Mr. Mkapa was elected as president of Tanzania in 1995 and re-elected in 2000. He stands down next year on completion of his second term of office. Mkapa is also the current chairperson of the 14-member Southern African Development Community (SADC). Benjamin Mkapa was born on
12 November 1938 at Masasi, Mtwara Region. Between 1945 and 1951 he attended
primary school at Lupaso and Ndanda Schools where he attained a Standard
Eight Cerificate. He was at Kigonsera Seminary between 1952 and 1953,
before moving to Ndanda Secondary School for his Ordinary Level Secondary
Education. Mkapa then moved to Saint Francis College (now Pugu Secondary
School) for Advanced Level in Secondary Education where he was awarded
with a Cambridge School Certificate. From 1959 to 1962 he was at Makerere
University College in Uganda and obtained Preliminary Arts (1959) and
Bachelor of Arts Degree (Hons) in English (1962). TOP
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