[1] Mr. Rashid Mfaume Kawawa was born in Matepwende village, Namtumbo District, Ruvuma Region on February 27, 1926.

Kawawa was one of the founders of the Federation of Workers in 1955, where he was elected as the first General Secretary, before joining the Uhuru movement.

Mzee Kawawa left his work at the Workers' Federation in February 1956 because he was a government employee, which banned him from acting in politics, and opted to join the TANU movement to seek Uhuru.

When Mwalimu Nyerere opted to go to the provinces to create a party and engage in political activities, he was nominated as Tanganyika's Second Prime Minister on January 22, 1962.

Residents of the city of Dar es Salaam had the opportunity to pay their last respects at the Karimjee Gardens on 2 January, 2010, beginning at 7 o'clock in the afternoon, and he was buried the following day, at his residence in Wazo Ward in Kinondoni District of Dar es Salaam Region.