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University of Dar es Salaam
University of Dar es Salaam senior lecturer Professor Athumani Juma Livigha, a widely acclaimed Tanzania specialist in political science, is dead.
Police and other sources confirmed yesterday that he was gunned down on Monday night at his Bunju B residence on the northern outskirts of Dar es Salaam by assailants whose identity is yet to be established.
Kinondoni Acting Regional Police Commissioner Assistant Commissioner of Police Fedoyeka Thobias confirmed the incident in an interview with The Guardian.
He said that the professor, who was living alone, was found dead at his residence by his gardener who had reported there in the morning for his daily duties.
Thobias said the body of the deceased was preserved at the Muhimbili National Hospital and police had begun investigating the incident.
One of the deceased's relatives said that the assailants vanished with the professor's car, a GX 110, as well as a pistol and a laptop.
University of Dar es Salaam Vice Chancellor Prof Rwekaza Mukandala also confirmed having heard about the death.
"I have also been informed that Prof Liviga has been shot dead at his home in Mabwepandwe (in the Bunju suburb). However, I don't have any more details. We are waiting for our officials who have gone to the deceased's home," he noted, adding that police were already working on the incident.
The professor had extensive knowledge and experience in public policy analysis, local government, governance, human resource development and institutional development.
He boasted more than 15 years' experience in teaching, research and consultancy.
One of the works he authored is "The APRM Process in Tanzania: Setting the Governance Agenda", a November 2013 publication produced under the Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AfriMAP).
AfriMAP is an initiative of the Open Society Foundations (OSF) and works with national civil society organisations to conduct systematic audits of government performance in three areas: the justice sector and the rule of law; political participation and democracy; and effective delivery of public services.
As well as conducting reviews of the APRM (African Peer Review Mechanism) processes, OSF assess electoral management bodies and the role of state broadcasters in Africa.
According to an abstract to the professor's book, OSF "seek to build vibrant and tolerant democracies whose governments are accountable to their citizens".
Further, it seeks to shape public policies that ensure greater fairness in political, legal and economic systems and safeguard fundamental rights.
On a local level, the Open Society Foundations implement a range of initiatives to advance justice, education, public health and independent media.
They also build alliances across borders and continents on issues such as corruption and freedom of information, placing a high priority on protecting and improving the lives of people in marginalised communities.
Prof Livigha's publication is a report that critically assesses implementation of the APRM process in Tanzania in order to establish the extent to which it complied with principles and criteria contained in the APRM founding documents.
In particular, the assessment examines the extent to which the process was open, participatory, transparent and independent. Tanzania acceded to the APRM in 2004, becoming the fourteenth country to do so.
The assessment is part of a series jointly commissioned by AfriMAP and OSF's Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa (OSIEA).
Similar reports have been published on Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa and Uganda.
The report is based on a review of the process documents, media reports and interviews with people involved in the process as participants or experts.
A renowned lawyer and long-serving University of Dar es Salaam senior lecturer, Prof Jwani Timothy Mwaikusa, was shot dead at his Salasala residence in suburban Dar es Salaam alongside two other people, one said to be a nephew of his and the other a neighbour.
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN
http://www.ippmedia.com/frontend/index.php?l=72723
