Previously a vehicle for Zitto Kabwe after his departure from Chadema its position in Zanzibar where Seif Shariff Hamad will contest the Zanzibar presidency under its colours now makes it significant...
However most CUF members who moved to ACT-W have deep loyalties to Zanzibari political veteran Seif Shariff Hamad ACT-W's 'Senior Advisor' but de facto joint leader with Kabwe (AC Vol 57 No 8 Union at all costs)...
His opponent in the original poll on 25 October the Civic United Front's Seif Shariff Hamad has seen his fate shift dramatically...
Rashid left CCM in 1992 along with Seif Shariff Hamad to establish the CUF...
Early returns in the October poll suggested victory for Seif Shariff Hamad of the Civic United Front (CUF) who said he had won after receiving 53% of the votes...
The leader of the islands' opposition Civic United Front Seif Shariff Hamad who claimed victory after parallel tabulation at polling stations gave him the lead made sure to meet outgoing President Jakaya Kikwete on his last day in office...
On the day after the poll 26 October the CUF presidential candidate Seif Shariff Hamad declared that he had won with 52...
Ironically two days before the raid the TACCEO Coordinator Helen Kijo-Bisimba of the Legal and Human Rights Centre declared that their observers were happy overall with the polls and she even condemned Seif Shariff Hamad for pre-empting the announcement of results in Zanzibar...
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Under the coalition deal the veteran CUF leader Seif Shariff Hamad is one of two vice-presidents under Zanzibar President Ali Mohamed Shein of the CCM...
The question is whether the islands' CCM government under President Amani Karume will keep its promise of free and fair elections as agreed last year with Seif Shariff Hamad leader of the opposition Civic United Front (CUF)...
The CUF's focus is on Zanzibar where its likely candidate is its Secretary General Seif Shariff Hamad...
Seif Shariff Hamad leader of the Civic United Front may win the Zanzibar presidency if outgoing President Amani Karume's promises of free and fair elections are kept...
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- EAST AFRICA
Yet nobody interfered in his troubles in Zanzibar whose President Amani Karume stole the 2005 vote as Zanzibar votes are usually stolen from Seif Shariff Hamad of the Civic United Front (AC Vol 47 No 14)...
