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- ↑ "CCM YATEUA MGOMBEA WAKE UCHGAUZI MDOGO JIMBO LA KALENGA, NI GODFREY WILLIAM MGIMWA" [CCM selects Godfrey Mgimwa as its candidate for the Kalenga By-election] (in Swahili). Chama Cha Mapinduzi. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- ↑ "Member of Parliament CV". Parliament of Tanzania. Archived from the original on 5 July 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ↑ "CCM: MGIMWA RAIA HALALI WA TANZANIA" [CCM: Mgimwa is a legal citizen of Tanzania] (in Swahili). Mjengwa Blog. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
- ↑ "CCM declared winner in Kalenga by elections". Pesa Times. 2014-03-17. Retrieved 2014-03-19.
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