Omar Said Shaaban
Omar Said Shaaban serves as Zanzibar’s Minister of Trade and Industry Development, emphasizing the critical need to resolve sea transport challenges to ensure the country’s industrial growth and facilitate the import and export of goods essential for economic stability.
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Mr Omar, who is also among the candidates and represents some of the election cases, said the matter was not over.
Zanzibar High Court dismisses bid to halt destruction of election documents
Tanzania· 2026-02-13
Advocate Omar Said Shaaban represented the applicants during the hearing.
Tanzania’s opposition hits another snag as 14 Zanzibar election cases dismissedTanzania· 2026-01-29
Advocate Omar Said Shaaban led the lawyers representing the former ACT-Wazalendo parliamentary candidates.
Legal battle over Zanzibar High Court’s authority in parliamentary petitionsTanzania· 2026-01-14
Omar Said Shaaban is the lead counsel for ACT-Wazalendo who spoke to journalists after the adjournment.
Hearing of ACT Pemba election petitions now adjourned to Dec 23Tanzania· 2025-12-17
Omar Said Shaaban is the Chief Legal Counsel for ACT Wazalendo and commented on the proceedings after the session.
15 ACT Wazalendo poll petitions mentioned at Zanzibar High CourtTanzania· 2025-12-10
Omar Said Shaaban, ACT-Wazalendo’s Attorney General, stated that the party believes its candidates were denied rightful victories due to electoral breaches.
Tanzania's opposition party, ACT, files 25 petitions to challenge Zanzibar poll resultsTanzania· 2025-11-18
Omar Said Shaaban claimed that at the Kijitoupele polling station, voting initially began without the use of the Permanent Voter Register.
Zanzibar: Early voting concludes, amid Isolated complaintsTanzania· 2025-10-29
Mr Omar Said Shaaban is the Chief Legal Officer of ACT Wazalendo.
ZEC verifies ACT-Wazalendo candidate’s sponsors, nomination set todayTanzania· 2025-09-11
Zanzibar’s Trade and Industrial Development Minister Omar Said Shaaban echoed sentiments about a barrier-free internal market.
Mwinyi pushes for policy reforms to unlock Africa’s trade potentialTanzania· 2025-06-25
Industry Minister Omar Said Shaaban noted visible growth in trade and manufacturing.
Zanzibar President Mwinyi highlights economic gains as he addresses House of RepresentativesTanzania· 2025-06-23
Omar Said Shaaban, Zanzibar’s Minister of Trade and Industry Development, stressed that the country's industrial growth would stall unless the transport challenges are addressed.
Zanzibar’s sea transport issues drive up cost of doing business, say entrepreneursTanzania· 2025-03-18
