Iddi comes from the family of Hashim Bushiri Mruta, a big and recognized Tingatinga painter who passed away in 1999. He was not only the founder of Tingatinga Cooperative but he has also succeded to raise sufficient funds in Switzerland for the construction of Tingatinga Studio. (The building). Therefore despite his young age of 37 years Iddi is a very important person in the Cooperative. He has been in Mchuruka Village in Tunduru district and he came to Dar es Salaam to look for a job. He was then introduced to Tingatinga by Rajabu Chiwaya, the father of Mwamedi Chiwaya. Now Iddi is living in Kinondoni with his wife and a newborn child Munira. He likes to use his bicycle as means of transport means from and to the Cooperative.