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VIDEOS OF EDWARD SOKOINE
Edward Moringe Sokoine (1
August 1938 – 12 April 1984) was a two-term Prime Minister of Tanzania
serving from 13 February 1977 to 7 November 1980 and again from 24 February
1983 to 12 April 1984.
Sokoine was born in Monduli, Arusha
Region, Tanzania.
From 1948 to 1958, he had his Primary and Secondary Education in the towns of
Monduli and Umbwe. In 1961, he joined the
Tanganyika African National Union (TANU), after he took studies in administration in the Federal Republic of Germany
(1962–1963).
In 1977 he began his first
term in office as Prime Minister of the United Republic of Tanzania.
This term lasted till 1981. After a year-long break, he became Prime Minister
again in 1983. He stayed just one year in office, till his death in April 1984,
in a car accident.
Sokoine died on 12 April 1984
at the age of 45 in Morogoro when his car collided with another vehicle on the
road from Dodoma
to Dar
es Salaam. His assistant was seriously injured and his driver suffered a
broken leg. Sokoine was the most likely successor to Julius
Nyerere as the president of Tanzania after, Nyerere declared
his intentions to retire in 1985.
Sokoine's body was flown to Dar es
Salaam and brought to the State House. The Nyerere family
was drastically shaken by the incident and ordered to have a grand funeral. The
body was on display for public viewing at Karimjee Hall for a day. This was the
largest funeral Tanzania had ever hosted and the government was overwhelmed by
the number of mourners present. His body was later flown to Arusha for a
proper funeral.
There is a university in Morogoro, Tanzania, named
after him. Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) began in 1964 as an
agricultural college offering diploma in agriculture. It was elevated to a
faculty of agriculture in 1969 under the University of Dar es Salaam.
Videos of Edward Sokoine
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