Three Muslims run for Municipal President

 

Four district administrators were dismissed , “as part of the ongoing movement of public administration staff in the country”, according to  a statement from the Ministry of Public Administration and Civil Service issued on Friday (September 29).

The press release states Shafee Sidat was dsimissed from the position of  administrator of Marracuene in Maputo province; Momade Ali as district administrator of Ilha de Moçambique district and Rui Chong Saw as district administrator of Mossuril district, both in Nampula province; and Issa Tarmamade as administrator of Ibo district in Cabo Delgado. On Thursday, Mozambican president dismissed Cecília Chamutota as deputy minister of Public Works, Housing and Water Resources, appointing her Secretary of State for Sofala province, in central Mozambique, in place of Stela Pinto Novo Zeca, who was dismissed from the post on Tuesday. Stela Pinto Novo Zeca is the Frelimo candidate for mayor of the city of Beira in the municipal elections on October 11th.

Ahmad Shafee Ismail Sidat, Momade Amisse Ali, Rui Chong Saw and Issa Tarmamade are also Frelimo candidates in the October 11 elections – for mayors of Marracuene, Ilha de Moçambique, Mossuril and Ibo municipalities, respectively.