Abdulrahman Kinana
Abdulrahman Omari Kinana is a Tanzanian politician who served as the first Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2006. He has been secretary-general of Chama Cha Mapinduzi, the ruling party, since 2012.Background
Kinana served in the Tanzanian armed forces for 20 years before retiring as a colonel in 1992.
He has also served as the Deputy Minister of Defence, Deputy Minister Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defence. He was a member of the Tanzanian Parliament for Arusha constituency for 10 years. Kinana's father went to Tanzania when he was young and hails from Somali Sheekhaal clan
