A special symbol of Samia's political consolidation was the re-admission to the CCM a year ago of Bernard Membe who had joined long-term oppositionist Zitto Kabwe's ACT-Wazalendo party and stood for the presidency on that ticket against Magufuli in 2020...
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ACT-W leader Zitto Kabwe is due to chair the conference which will discuss two draft bills for a new National Elections Act and Political Parties Act...
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The latest olive branch was extended at a conference on multiparty democracy last month chaired by Zitto Kabwe leader of ACT Wazalendo where President Samia was the guest speaker...
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Regional friendsHichilema's victory has been hailed by opposition politicians in the region with figures such as Zimbabwe's Tendai Biti and Nelson Chamisa Tanzania's Zitto Kabwe and South Africa's Mmusi Maimane attending the inauguration...
Leader of the opposition Alliance for Change and Transparency-Wazalendo Zitto Kabwe sent condolences to her shortly after she announced Magufuli's death...
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ACT-Wazalendo leader Zitto Kabwe went to visit the detained opposition leaders at the Central Police Station in Dar es Salaam and was promptly arrested...
Vol 61 No 21 |
- TANZANIA
- UGANDA
Leader of ACT-Wazalendo and hard-hitting critic of the government Zitto Kabwe was injured in a serious car accident earlier this month...
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...
Zitto Kabwe's opposition Alliance for Change and Transparency-Wazalendo says that out of the 169 candidates fielded only 104 have been confirmed by the NEC...
Meanwhile Alliance for Change and Transparency leader Zitto Kabwe was also arrested and released on police bail last month after being accused of holding an unlawful assembly (AC Vol 61 No 3 Mining for clarity)...
