Michael Kamaliza

Michael Kamaliza was a Tanzanian politician who was a minister of labor and general secretary of the National Union of Tanganyika Workers.[1]

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. Kamaliza and the others were alleged to have plotted a coup and assassination against Tanzania president Julius Nyerere.[2][3] After a trial that lasted from 24 June 1970 to February 1971, they were sentenced for treason.[4]

References
  1. Bjerk, Paul (2023). "Agency and the Arusha Declaration: Nyerere, NUTA, and Political Discourse in Tanzania, 1966–7". The Journal of African History. doi:10.1017/S0021853723000579. ISSN 0021-8537.
  2. "Witness in Tanzanian Treason Trial Says Conspirator Had Links With U.S. Information Service Official". The New York Times. 1970-07-19. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
  3. "Tanzanian Treason Trial Entering Third Week". The New York Times. 1970-07-13. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
  4. Christenson, Ron (1991). Political Trials in History: From Antiquity to the Present. Transaction Publishers. p. 234. ISBN 978-1-4128-3125-3.
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