Lawyer
Leading Counter-Corruption Expert
Dr. EDWARD GAMAYA HOSEAH has worked in the public sector for more than 35 years. He retired from public service at the end of 2015 and resumed his legal practice as Managing Partner at Hoseah & Co Advocates in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Dr. Hoseah has a distinguished career in the Anti-Corruption Bureau in Tanzania, East Africa, SADC region and Africa where he served as the Director General of the Bureau, the President of East Africa Anti-Corruption Authorities (2008-2010, 2014-15), the SADC (SAFAC) Anti-Corruption Authorities as their Chairperson (2010/11), and Chair of the AU Board on Corruption (2011/12) based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He also served as Vice President of the International Anti-Corruption Authorities (IAACA, 2012-2015). He is a committee member of the Tanzania Bar Continuing Legal Education (CLE) and facilitates training to the members of the legal profession. He is also a member of the Board for the International Association of the Law of Evidence and Forensic Science. He is also a facilitator retained by the Uongozi Institute focusing on leadership and governance (2019-to present). He is also a Consultant and Team-Leader for the Zanzibar Revenue Board’s Anti-Corruption Strategy and Action Plan (2019-2020).
Dr Hoseah holds a PhD (Law) from the University of Dar es Salaam (2007) focusing on law of Evidence. He finished his Masters Degree in Law from Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario in Canada (1989) and he attained his LL.B (Hons.) from University of Dar es Salaam (1985). Hoseah attended trainings/courses in Policy, Governance, Ethics and Anti-Corruption at different Institutions and Universities. These Institutions/Universities include: University of Passau, Germany (2007), University of Birmingham (2003), World Bank Institute (1998), and at the Centre for Foreign Relations in Tanzania where he was awarded a certificate on Conflict Resolution and Management (1997). He is a Member of the Arbitration Institute of Tanzania (2019). He also taught (Part-Time) Law of Evidence and Legal Practice at the University of Dar es Salaam (2004-2006) and Legal Aspects of International Trade and Investments, and International Law at the Centre for Foreign Relations, Dar es Salaam (1994-2005), Tanzania. He is the author of several books and articles in the International Journals. Dr Hoseah has been a Visiting Scholar at the Northwestern Law School, Chicago, Illinois (2003-2005) and Duke Law School, North Carolina (2010), in the USA.
