Deputy secretary general tells the court the party’s ‘No Reforms, No Election’ position followed “systematic irregularities” in the 2024 local government polls.
The party’s secretary general defended the disputed April 2025 address as an officially adopted electoral reform campaign independently broadcast by journalists.
Court allows CHADEMA chair to clarify testimony; SG says Jambo TV independently aired the speech.
Pressed by prosecutors, the CHADEMA chairperson defended his April 2025 speech urging ‘No Reforms, No Election, ‘kukinukisha,’ and democratic mass resistance
The CHADEMA chairperson admitted wanting his reform speech publicly aired, but disputes over its publisher and intended meaning flared anew.
CHADEMA’s chairperson challenges the prosecution in the High Court for failing to produce the crucial video and lacking evidence of his intent to threaten the government.
In his first full day of testimony, CHADEMA’s chairperson recounted his activism, prosecutions, and 2017 shooting, then detailed his version of his April 3, 2025, remarks to aspirants.
The CHADEMA chairperson has begun his defence, asking the court to call the President, security chiefs and party leaders as witnesses.
Mahakama imeeleza kuwa katika hatua ya sasa haiangaalii kiundani uzito wa ushahidi au kuaminika kwa ushahidi bali uhusiano uliyopo kati ya ushahidi uliotolewa na shtaka lililopo na mshtakiwa
A 26-year-old confidential witness has worked for Jambo Tv since 2023