
From Jumbe to Nchimbi: The High Price of Dissent in Tanzania’s Ruling Party
Emmanuel Nchimbi’s exit revives an old question from Aboud Jumbe’s 1984 departure. What does resignation mean when a ruling party’s divisions are laid bare?

Emmanuel Nchimbi’s exit revives an old question from Aboud Jumbe’s 1984 departure. What does resignation mean when a ruling party’s divisions are laid bare?

Pressed by prosecutors, the CHADEMA chairperson defended his April 2025 speech urging ‘No Reforms, No Election, ‘kukinukisha,’ and democratic mass resistance

Tanzania’s Energy Ministry pushes both partners to hit the December 2026 production deadline.

The concerns were raised in Parliament during the question-and-answer session, following the Bank of Tanzania’s decision to increase the CBR from 5.75 percent to 6.25 percent for the quarter ending September 2026.

Tanzania has repatriated 173 citizens stranded in South Africa amid xenophobic attacks and growing tensions over illegal immigration.

Tanzania’s ruling CCM expelled ex-VP Emmanuel Nchimbi a day after his resignation and named Energy Minister Deogratius Ndenjembi as his replacement

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.

Nchimbi announced the resignation publicly through his dormant Instagram account

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.