Jenista Mhagama Biography
Jenista Mhagama is a CCM politician and the Member of Parliament for Peramiho constituency. Before joining politics she was a teacher.
Mhagama is the minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office. Responsible for Policy, Parliamentary Affairs, Labour, Employment, Youth and the Disabled.
CCM is Chama Cha Mapinduzi party. She is a Member of Parliament for Peramiho constituency. In December 2015, she was appointed as a Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office responsible for Policy, Parliamentary Affairs, Labour, Employment, Youth and the Disabled in President John Magufuli’s administration.
Jenista Mhagama Age
Jenista Joakim Mhagama was born on June 23, 1967, in Tanzania. As of 2019, she is 52.
Jenista Mhagama Education Background
- 1976 – 1982: Primary School education, CPEE, Mfaranyaki Primary School.
- 1983 – 1986: Secondary School education, CSEE, Peramiho Girls’ Secondary School.
- 1987 – 1989: Secondary School, ACSEE,Korogwe Teachers’ Training College.
- 1989 – 1990: Diploma in Education, Korogwe Teachers Training College.
Jenista Mhagama
Mhagama was born on June 23, 1967. She completed her schooling from Peramiho Girls’ Secondary School in 1986. In 1989, she received her Diploma in Education from the Korogwe Teachers Training College. She worked as a teacher for six years between 1991 and 1997.
Jenista Mhagama Job History
- She worked as a teacher for six years between 1991 and 1997.
Jenista Mhagama Political Career
- Since 2015: Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office (Labour, Employment, Youth and People with Physical Disabilities)
- Since 2015: Member Of Parliament for Peramiho constituency.
- 2010 – 2015: Member Of Parliament for Peramiho constituency.
- 2014 – 2015: Deputy Minister for Education and Vocational Training.
- 2010 – 2014: Parliament Chairperson
- 2005 – 2010: Member Of Parliament for Peramiho constituency.
- 2005 – 2010: Parliament Chairperson
- 2000 – 2005: Appointed Member Of Parliament- Special Seat
- Since 1995: UWT-Ward Chairman, CCM-Chama Cha Mapinduzi.
- Since 1995: Member of District Council, CCM-Chama Cha Mapinduzi. Besides, in
- Since 1994: Youth Union Cader, CCM-Chama Cha Mapinduzi.
- 1987 – 1990: Secretary, CCM-Chama Cha Mapinduzi.
Mhagama first became involved with CCM in 1987 and served in a variety of roles including in the youth and women wings of the party. She was first appointed to the Parliament from a special seat reserved for women in 2000.
In 2005, she defeated former Finance Minister Simon Mbilinyi in a primary for the right to represent CCM in the upcoming elections for Peramiho constituency.An analysis found that Mhagama was the second most active MP in the 2005-2010 Parliament in terms of contributions to debates and questions to ministers.
Mhagama was the Deputy Minister for Education and Vocational Training in President Jakaya Kikwete’s administration between January 2014 and January 2015. Then in a cabinet reshuffle, she was promoted and named Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office (Policy, coordination and parliamentary affairs).
In the 2015 general elections, Mhagama won her Peramiho seat against CHADEMA candidate Erasmo Mwingira by a vote margin of 32,057 votes to 11,462.[5] In the new President John Magufuli’s cabinet, she was appointed a Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office (Labour, Employment, Youth and People with Physical Disabilities).
Jenista Mhagama Contacts
- Address: P.O. Box 731, Songea – Ruvuma
- Tel: +255 754 374697
- E-mail: jmhagama@parliament.go.tz