The fate of the case now rests entirely on the judges’ interpretation of complex procedural and evidentiary laws.
In our briefing today:
ZEC Finalizes Election Preparations as Ballot Papers Arrive in Zanzibar;
Tanzanian Opposition Leader John Heche Blocked From Exiting the Country to Attend Raila Odinga’s Funeral;
BoT, Government Refute Money-Printing Allegations to Finance Election Campaigns;
Op-Ed; Trust, Power, and Markets: The Hidden Faultlines of Vision 2050’s Climate Promises;
Op-Ed; Farewell, Jane Goodall, as We Honour the Memory of Mwalimu Nyerere.
Representatives of political parties present during the process commended ZEC for maintaining transparency throughout the preparations, saying their involvement at every stage had strengthened trust and confidence in the Commission’s operations.
As we honour the memory of Mwalimu this October, we also cherish yours, in the hope that more will be done to preserve your legacy.
Tukumbuke kwamba watoto kutuomba msaada si lazima watumie maneno.
The Vice Chairperson of Tanzania’s main opposition party, CHADEMA, John Heche, has been blocked by Tanzanian immigration authorities at the Sirari One-Stop Border Post (OSBP)
Vision 2050 will fail and be remembered as empty promises if its implementation relies too much on markets, fails to address power imbalances and distrust, and lets climate finance disappear before helping people on the ground.
If the court upholds any one of Lissu’s objections, the prosecution could be left with a case that is, in the words of the accused, “like a cart before a horse,” going nowhere.
The crackdown is set against a backdrop of authorities’ determined actions to neutralise a growing call for citizens to take to the streets on October 29.
Odinga’s story mirrored the tragedy of postcolonial Africa, where yesterday’s liberators often became today’s oppressors.
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