Michael Kamaliza was a Tanzanian politician who was a
minister of labor and general secretary of the National Union of Tanganyika Workers.
In October 1969, he was arrested, along with a group of army officers and former head of the National Women's Organisation
Bibi Titi Mohammad
Bibi Titi Mohammed (June 1926 – 5 November 2000) was a Tanzanian politician and activist. She was born in June 1926 in Dar es Salaam, at the time the capital of former Tanganyika (territory), Tanganyika. She first was considered a freedom fig ...
. Kamaliza and the others were alleged to have plotted a coup and assassination against Tanzania president
Julius Nyerere
Julius Kambarage Nyerere (; 13 April 1922 – 14 October 1999) was a Tanzanian politician, anti-colonial activist, and political theorist. He governed Tanganyika (1961–1964), Tanganyika as prime minister from 1961 to 1962 and then as presid ...
. After a trial that lasted from 24 June 1970 to February 1971, they were sentenced for treason.
Kamaliza was co-founder of the African Commercial Employee's Association in 1951 and the Tanganyika Federation of Labour (TFL) in 1955.
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Tanzanian politicians
Tanganyika African National Union politicians
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