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...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 49 No 3 | 
            - 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)...