15 Facts About Lazaro Nyalandu

Lazaro Nyalandu has represented the Singida North constituency in the National Assembly from 2000 to 2015.

Lazaro Nyalandu is currently a member of Chama Cha Mapinduzi, the ruling party in Tanzania.

Lazaro Nyalandu went to Kibaha Boys' Secondary School and to Illboru Secondary School.

Lazaro Nyalandu pursued his primary education at Pohama Primary School in his home village in Singida.

Lazaro Nyalandu has previously served in a number of organizations' boards including chairing the Finance Committee of the Board of Trustees of Tanzania National Parks Authority from 2007 to 2010.

Lazaro Nyalandu was a student leader, known for his role as the national president of Tanzania Christian Students Fellowship, commonly known as UKWATA in Tanzania, from 1991 to 1993.

Lazaro Nyalandu was first elected a member of Parliament for Singida North in November 2000.

Lazaro Nyalandu was re-elected two times in 2005 and 2010.

In representing citizens of Singida Rural, one of economically challenged constituencies in Tanzania, Lazaro Nyalandu's focus was based on systematic result-based rural development initiatives including development of water projects for clean water accessibility, building of secondary school laboratories to encourage science learning, and bringing faith leaders together in development work as well as in keeping the community together.

Lazaro Nyalandu served as the chair of the Tanzanian-Turkish Parliamentary Friendship Group and the Tanzanian Young Parliamentary Association.

Lazaro Nyalandu invited the government of the United Kingdom to help creating transparent ivory stockpiles monitoring to counter the disappearance of ivory stockpiles.

In May 2014, Lazaro Nyalandu convened a conference that brought together international development partners including the UK, US, EU, UAE, EAC, World Bank, UNDP, GEF, ADB, EABD, and other countries to which ivory is sold such as Japan, China, and Vietnam.

Lazaro Nyalandu succeeded in winning the bid for Tanzania to host, for the first time, the annual Africa Hotel Investment Forum scheduled for 2015.

Under his watch, Lazaro Nyalandu pioneered the establishment of the Tanzania Wildlife Authority, an independent government agency charged with protection and advancing wildlife conservation in protected areas outside national parks.

Lazaro Nyalandu is married to Faraja Nyalandu, the winner of Miss Tanzania in 2004.