Josephat Mathias Gwajima (born 19 December 1970) is a Tanzanian politician and preacher. He is bishop of his own Glory of Christ Tanzania Church (GCTC).
Josephat Gwajima | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Kawe Constituency | |
| Assumed office November 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Halima Mdee |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Josephat Mathias Gwajima 19 December 1970 |
| Nationality | Tanzanian |
| Political party | Chama Cha Mapinduzi |
In the October 2020 parliamentary election Gwajima won the Kawe Constituency against the former MP, Kawe Halima Mdee. Gwajima is a member of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party.[1] He is a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Industries, Trade and Environment.[2]
Education and church
editJosephat Mathias Gwajima was born in Mwanza, Tanzania. He himself claims that as a fifteen-year-old he was partially paralyzed by a spinal injury and "healed by a divine miracle". He studied Bible school in Nairobi and then began founding his own church in his hometown of Mwanza, followed by others in Musoma and Dar es Salaam.
He holds a master's degree from the Japan Bible Institute and an honorary doctorate from Omega Global University in South Africa. Both institutions also award their titles in correspondence courses and against donations.[3][4]
According to his own information, around 400 parishes in Tanzania and other countries belong to his Glory of Christ Tanzania Church. In his self-founded church, he acts as an "archbishop". His "Church of Rebirth and Life" says it has almost three million followers in Tanzania.[3]
Politics
editIn the parliamentary elections in October 2020, Gwajima won the Kawe Constituency against opposition MP Halima Mdee from Chadema. He sits on the Committee on Industry, Trade and environment of the Tanzanian Parliament.
Gwajima polemicizes and mobilizes against the vaccination program during the corona pandemic. He warns of allegedly unforeseeable consequences of vaccination, after all, it could be that you go crazy through it and you develop into a zombie. The vaccinations are bad and unsafe, he said.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Preacher Gwajima takes Halima Mdee's Kawe as former Water PS is Ubungo MP-elect". The Citizen. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ Kitabu, Gerald (9 June 2021). "MPs unhappy with wantonly tree felling, call for swift measures". IPP Media. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ a b c tagesschau.de. "Impfungen in Tansania: Spritze statt Gebet gegen das Virus". tagesschau.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-01-26.
- ^ "Bishop Gwajima". Retrieved 2022-01-26.
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