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The veteran CCM cadre Baraka Mohamed Shamte has been stripped of his party membership for “slandering in public” the president of Zanzibar.

The veteran CCM cadre Baraka Mohamed Shamte has been stripped of his party membership for “slandering in public” the president of Zanzibar.

Mfumo huo ambao ulizunduliwa rasmi mnamo Februari 27, 2021, ulilenga kumsogeza Rais Mwinyi karibu zaidi kwa wananchi ili aweze kusikia moja kwa moja kutoka kwao kero zinazowasumbua na hivyo kuzitafutia ufumbuzi wake.

The Government of National Unity alone is not the change we seek. It is only the chance to make that change happens.

Dk Mwinyi alisema anataka apate ushindi ambao hauna mabishano. Ukweli ni kwamba ushindi wake wa asilimia 76 una mabishano makubwa na utaendelea kuwa na mabishano.

The two parties, which are partners in the Government of National Unity, have run intense campaigns featuring a close contest between incumbent President Dr. Hussein Mwinyi of CCM and Othman Masoud Othman, the First Vice President and ACT-Wazalendo’s presidential candidate.

This special National Congress is set to take place approximately four months after another special congress held on January 18–19, 2025, during which President Samia Suluhu Hassan was nominated as the CCM presidential candidate for United Republic of Tanzania, and Hussein Mwinyi was nominated as the party’s presidential candidate for Zanzibar, ahead of the general elections scheduled for October 2025.

In our briefing: President Hussein Mwinyi weighs in on geopolitical shifts at Commonwealth Trade and Investment Summit;
President Samia in Angola for a three-day state visit;
Second Gemstone auction to be held in Arusha;
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During his visit, Mr Östros will meet with Presidents Samia Suluhu Hassan and Hussein Mwinyi and other top government officials.

Hemed, who represents Kiwani Constituency in the Zanzibar House of Representatives, has been reappointed to the position for a second term under President Mwinyi’s Eighth Phase Government.

In our briefing today:
Early Voting Underway as Zanzibar Opens 2025 General Election;
Bank of Tanzania Strengthens Interbank Foreign Exchange Market Liquidity with Another USD 20 Million Auction;
Dar es Salaam Police Arrest Influencer-Businesswoman Amid Rising Election Tensions;
Tanzania’s Bus and Ferry Companies Suspend Services Ahead of October 29 Elections.
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