| SURNAME: | KWANDIKWA |
| FIRST NAME: | ELIAS |
| OTHER NAME: | JOHN |
| SEX: | MALE |
| MARITAL STATUS | MARRIED |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1ST JULY 1966 |
| TRIBE: | SUKUMA |
| NATIONALITY | TANZANIAN |
| LANGUAGE SPOKEN: | SWAHILI/ENGLISH/SUKUMA |
| MOBILE PHONE: | 0715 330412, 0755 330412, 0684 000856 |
| EDUCATION: | |
| CERTIFICATE OF PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION | Kisuke Primary School – Kahama (1977-1983) |
| CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION | Mwenge Secondary School – Singida (1984-1987) |
| ADVANCED CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION (ACSSE) | Shinyanga Secondary School Shinyanga (1988-1990) |
| ADVANCED DIPLOMA IN ACCOUNTANCY | Institute Of Finance Managements- IFM ,1999 |
| MASTERS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA) | Eastern and Southern African Management Institute –ESAMI ,2015 |
| LEADERSHIP AND POLITICAL RESPONSIBILITIES | Minister-Defence and National Service- Dec 202 -today
Deputy Minister – Works 2017 – 2020
Member of Parliament 2015-2020
CCM – District Central Committee Member – Kibaha Town 2012-2015
CCM - District Central Committee Member – Kahama District 2015-2020
CCM – Regional Executive Committee Member Shinyanga Regional 2015-2020
Public Investment Committee Member – Tanzania Parliament 2015 – 2017
ALAT Executive Committee Member 2015-2020 |
| EMPLOYMENTS - PROMOTIONS | |
| NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE – TANZANIA (NAOT) | Assistant Examiner of Accounts II (1990-1995)
Assistant Examiner of Accounts I (1995-1997)
Examiner of Accounts III (1997-1999)
Auditor III (1999-2003)
Auditor II (2003-2004)
Senior Auditor (2004-2005)
Chief Accountant (2005-todate)
Second Auditor Incharge – Kibaha
Audit Branch (1999-2000)
Second Auditor Incharge – TRA-VAT (2000-2005)
Head, Finance and Account Unit (Chief Accountant)
NATIONAL Audit Office(2005 – 2015) |
MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT
DEPUTY MINISTER | Parliament of Tanzania – 2015-2020
Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication 2017-2020 |
| PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION | Advanced Diploma in Accountancy, IFM -1999
Certified Public Accountant (CPA-T), NBAA-2004
Associate Certified Public Accountant ,NBAA-2007 |
| PROFESSIONAL ASSIGNMENTS | Trainer/Facilitator – Auditor Qualifying Examination – Morogoro Oct., 2004
Facilitator on a Training to Standing Parliamentary Accounts Committees on understanding of the CAGs Reports Financial Statements analysis and interrogation skills (April-May, 2008) |
| IN-SERVICE TRAINING/EXAMINATION | Lower Government Accountancy -
Certificate (Presidents Office, 1995)
Higher Government Accountancy -
Certificate (Presidents Office, 1995)
Auditors Qualifying Examination Certificate (Presidents Office , 2004) |
| COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE | Computer Basic Course Certificate
Institute of Finance Management Accounting Association - 1998
Microsoft Office 2000 Fundamentals SCI (TZ) Ltd -2004
Other sills – Ms Word; Ms Excel, Ms Works, Outlook express, PowerPoint etc. |
| TRAINING/SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS: | |
| End users Training on epicor (IFMIS) Integrated Financial Management Information System | One and half month intensive training by Soft Tech Consultants – Dar es Salaam – Tanzania 2005 |
| Problems and Prospect encountered in adoption of IFRSs and ISASs | One day intensive Seminar Conducted by NBAA – DSM Tanzania (Septmber, 2005) |
| Financial Prevention Training | One week seminar on financial prevention course conducted by IFEX Training London at Uganda 2006 |
| Generating Economic Growth and stability world wide | One week intensive seminar organized by Stability worldwide World Congress of Accountants by IFAC Istanbul – Turkey2006 |
| Meeting challenges of Public Management Reform in East Eastern and Southern African Seminar | One week intensive Seminar organized by Association of and Southern Africa Accountant General at Maseru Lesotho -2006 |
| Accounting Standards for small and Medium – sized entity Seminar | One day Seminar Conducted by National Board of Auditors and Accountant (NBAA) -April, 2007 |
| Wholesale adoption of IFRS and ISA Seminar | Two day Seminar organized by NBAA at Arusha, Tanzania- 2007 |
| Improving Accountability regarding the use of Public Resources | One day Seminar organized by Tanzania Association of Accountants (TAA) Dar es Salaam Tanzania -April, 2007 |
| Audit tests, Quality and Risk Managements | One week seminar organized by the National Audit Office – Tanzania at Dar es Salaam -May, 2007 |
| Leadership Development Programme (Leaders of change with Global Perspective) | One week training on leadership skill organized by Tanzania Global Development Learning Ce... |