He was born on 14 August 1966 in
Mwanza, in the Catholic Diocese of Mwanza, in the
Mwanza Region, in northern Tanzania. He studied at ''St. Peter's Junior Seminary
in Morogoro, for his elementary and secondary education. In 1988 he entered the Kibosho Seminary, in Moshi, having taken off one year for military service. He studied philosophy at Kibosho. In 1990 he transferred to Kipalapala Major Seminary'', in Tabora, where studied
Theology. In 1999 he entered the
University of Dar-es-Salaam (UDSM), graduating from there with a bachelor's degree in education in 2003. He returned to the UDSM in 2008 to pursue a master's degree in education. ==Priest==