Family

PERSONAL LIFE

Stephen Mhando was born in Tanga as the son of Oswald Mhando and his wife (M Mhando). Stephen Mhando, had at least three sons and three daughters with his first wife S Mhando. He had other children after his first wife.

His brother, Peter was a prominent executive in the TANU Party, and campaigner for the independence of Tanganyika. Peter Mhando became an employee of TANU Tanga and eventually the headquarters in Dar es salaam. Along with Stephen Mhando, Peter Mhando was among the founders of the Tanganyika Liberation Party (TLP). TLP was formed before The Tanganyika African Association (TAA), a predecessor to President Nyerere’s Tanganyika’s African Union (TANU)

Stephen Mhando’s sister, Catherine Mhando was a prominent broadcaster, working for BBC world Service in the 1950s.

Stephen Mhando’s sister Alice Mdoe, married a prominent business man, Eustace Mdoe. The Mdoe family became an equally prominent family. Many members of the Mdoe family went on to become public servants, acclaimed journalists, successful business people, and prominent members of the non-profit sector in Tanzania and abroad.

Stephen Mhando retired to his local village in the 1980s, and died in 1987, in Tanga, Tanzania.