The rapprochement between CCM and CHADEMA could either hurt or help the opposition.
Mjumbe huyo wa zamani wa Baraza la Wawakilishi la Zanzibar anasema mchakato wa kudai Katiba Mpya unaweza kwenda sambamba na ule wa kudai mageuzi madogo kwenye mfumo wa usimamizi wa uchaguzi nchini, na kwamba si suala la kipi kitangulie kipi, huku akidai hiki ndiyo chama chake cha ACT-Wazalendo kinachomaanisha kwa kauli mbiu yake ya Tume Huru Kuelekea Katiba Mpya.
In our briefing today:
New Chapter: President Samia Meet Freeman Mbowe; Mbowe finally becomes free man after spending 226 days in prison; Milestones registered at TCD that make Zitto proud; US sanctions Tanzanian for funding Mozambique insurgents; Russia agrees to Tanzanian students in Ukraine to use its border; Construction of Tanzania’s commercial complex in Kenya should start, VP orders.
He says at the heart of TCD’s activities is the unshakable commitment to creating a conducive environment for doing politics in Tanzania as well as ensuring that economic developments do not come at the expense of people’s fundamental rights.
Tanzania says it no longer has an interest in charging the leading opposition figure with terrorism. But how did the charges emerge and how were they dropped?
The development comes hardly two days since the Head of State held a closed session on Wednesday with leaders of Tanzania’s various religious denominations in Dar es Salaam where among the things the clerics pleaded with Samia is to apply wisdom in finalizing the Mbowe saga that has kept tongue waging for months now.
In our briefing today: Religious leaders met Samia on Wednesday. Here’s what they told her; Ambassador to hold talks with Zanzibar authorities over the fate of stranded Ukrainians; Inside Zanzibar’s use of drones in efforts to eliminate malaria; VP Mpango leaves for Kenya for global environmental summit.
In our briefing today: Mbowe has a case to answer, court rules; Weather watchdog issues alert over rainfall season; Two miners killed by dynamite explosion in Mara; Govt to spend Sh2b renovating community-build police posts.
In an unprecedented development of case No. 16/2021 today, the presiding judge Joachim Charles Tiganga ruled that the general evidence brought against Mr Mbowe together with Halfan Hassan, Adam Kasekwa and Mohamed Lingwenya was sufficient enough to let the case proceed.
In our briefing today: Here are the issues that might have dominated Samia’s meeting with Lissu; Our position on the EAC-EU trade pact has not changed, Tanzania reaffirms; US recognizes TZ’s role in ensuring peace, security in East Africa.