Esther Matiko (born November 24, 1976) is a Tanzanian politician. She is from the opposition Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo CHADEMA party. She was a Member of Parliament for Tarime Urban. Since 2020 she is serving under women special seat member.

Background and education

Matiko was born on November 24, 1976, at KIONGERA village Eastern Tarime. She joined Kiongera primary school in 1985 for her primary education, then Mwema secondary in 1992 and finished her secondary schooling in A-level at Nganza High School in 1998. She received her Bachelors of Science in Home Economics and Nutrition from the

Sokoine University of Agriculture Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) is a public university in Morogoro, Tanzania, specializing in agriculture. The university is named after the country's second prime minister Edward Sokoine. Historically, SUA traces its roots to 1965 when ...

in 2002. In 2005, she completed her MBA from the

University of Dar es Salaam The University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) (Swahili: ''Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam'') is a public university located in Ubungo District, Dar es Salaam Region, Tanzania. It was established in 1961 as an affiliate college of the University of London. ...

. Between 2000 and 2006, she worked for a number of private companies. She was a lecturer at the University of Dar es Salaam between 2006 and 2016.

Political career

Matiko has served as the Treasurer of CHADEMA's women wing BAWACHA since 2009. Matiko was appointed an MP in 2010 to a special seat reserved for women. In the 10th Parliament of Tanzania (2010-2015), she served on the public organization accounts and the public accounts committees in succession. In 2015, she was selected to represent CHADEMA in the

2015 Tanzanian general election General elections were held in Tanzania on 25 October 2015. Voters elected the President of Tanzania, president, National Assembly (Tanzania), members of Parliament, and local government councillors. By convention, the election was held on the l ...

from the Tarime Urban constituency. She faced and defeated

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candidate Michael Kembaki by a vote margin of 20,017 votes to 14,025. Matiko was appointed by the Speaker to the newly constituted parliamentary Public Investment Committee (PIC). PIC is a watchdog whose mission is to ensure that public investments are made and managed with prudence and based on sound commercial criteria. Matiko was appointed to shadow the

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by the Leader of the Opposition Freeman Mbowe in February 2016. She is part of a joint opposition shadow cabinet which includes members from CHADEMA, CUF and NCCR-Mageuzi

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Matiko, Esther 1976 births Living people Tanzanian MPs 2010–2015 Tanzanian MPs 2015–2020