The workshop, themed “The SADC Protocol Against Corruption @20 – Facilitating Sustainable Cooperation for Economic Integration, Peace, Security, and Good Governance in the SADC Region,” provides a platform for regional leaders and stakeholders to reflect on two decades of implementation, assess progress, identify gaps, and chart future priorities and recommendations.
The decision follows closely the gazettement of the Witness Protection Rules, criticised as a strategic legal framework tailored specifically to Mr Lissu’s high-profile case.
According to the 2022 Population and Housing Census, Zanzibar has a population of 1,889,773, of which 215,434 about 11.4 percent are people with disabilities. Yet out of the 76 seats in the House of Representatives, only three are currently held by individuals with disabilities.
Monday’s winners, if approved by relevant party organs, will represent CCM —which has held power for over six decades—in the upcoming October 28, 2025 general elections.
Marafiki wa kweli watakubali utu wao, mapungufu yao, furaha yao, na mipaka yao.
Mkurugenzi wa Uchaguzi ambaye pia ni Katibu wa Tume Huru ya Taifa ya Uchaguzi(INEC), Ramadhani Kailima amesema kuwa hakuna takwimu za wapiga kura zilizoongezeka kwenye daftari la kudumu la wapiga kura kama ilivyolinganishwa na baadhi ya watu na takwimu za makadirio ya wapiga kura kwa mujibu wa Sensa.
In our briefing today:
INEC Tanzania Responds to Concerns Over Voter Register Numbers;
CCM Special Seat Hopefuls Await Final Nod from Top Party Organs as Constituency Contests Begin Today;
Tanzania Prisons Denies Human Rights Violation in Lissu Court Incident;
Tanzanian Tycoon and Former CCM Leader Rebukes Polepole Over Party Criticism
Tanzania’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Director of Elections, Ramadhani Kailima, has stated that there has been no increase in the number of voters in the permanent voter register compared to the population projections based on the census, contrary to claims made by some individuals.
Speaking to Azam Media on August 3, 2025, Rostam described Polepole as part of an “invasive leadership class” that infiltrated CCM post-2015 and were handed influential positions despite lacking deep knowledge of the party’s history and culture.
The internal elections were conducted by the CCM Youth Wing (UVCCM), the Parents’ Wing, and the Women’s Wing (UWT), producing 21 preliminary nominees for parliamentary seats and 8 for the Zanzibar House of Representatives.