CCM, Chadema play cat and mouse over presidential debates

Before the Internet, Anton Nossik remembers painstakingly copying out Soviet dissident Joseph Brodsky’s forbidden writings on a clattering typewriter for samizdat publications.

Tanzanian citizens are invited to submit questions to presidential candidates by Friday 16 October for the much anticipated presidential debates expected to take place Sunday 18 October.   The CEO Roundtable, Tanzania Media Foundation, Tanzania Women’s Media Association and

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Presidential candidates urged to confirm participation in debates
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All eight political parties with presidential aspirants for the October 25 General Election have been asked to confirm in writing their participation in the planned national debates for presidential contenders by tomorrow. The chairperson of the ...
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UDASA, ITV/Radio One organise debates for presidential hopefuls
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Public debates for Presidential hopefuls are expected to be organised by the University of Dar es Salaam Academic Staff Assembly (UDASA) in collaboration with Independent Television (ITV)/Radio One. The move has been agreed upon to enable wananchi ...

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CCM, Chadema presidential candidates shun election debate
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The ruling CCM and the main opposition party Chadema did not take part in the Presidential candidates' debate that took place in Dar es Salaam yesterday, dashing hopes of viewers who were glued to the television. According to recent opinion polls, the ...
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 Mwenyekiti wa Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema), Kijiji cha Wangama, Fred Mgata (kulia) akikabidhi kadi za chyama hicho kwa Katibu wa CCM Mkoa wa Iringa, Hassan Mtenga baada ya yeye na wanachama wengine 50 wa Chadema kuamua kukihama na kujiunga CCM katika mkutano wa kampeni za CCM uliofanyika  katika Kijiji hicho kilichopo Kata ya Luhota, Iringa Vijijini leo. Mgombea ubunge wa Jimbo la Kalenga kupitia Chadema ambaye ni mzaliwa wa kijiji hicho,  Grace Tendega alikuwa chini ya...

Deputy minister for Labour and Employment, Dr Makongoro Mahanga, yesterday quit CCM and announced he is heading for the main opposition outfit, Chadema.

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CHADEMA sets August 4 to pick presidential candidate
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CHAMA Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema) will hold its general meeting on August 4 to pick its presidential candidate, pending agreement by the Coalition of the People's Constitution (UKAWA). UKAWA brings together four opposition parties of ...
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While we are still waiting for the resumption of the Constituent Assembly (CA) sometimes in August this year, there is a need to continue talk, write, analyse and criticise constructively all perceptions that are focused on the whole process of getting a new Constitution next year or any other time in the future.