Defections won’t weaken CCM

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Defections May 'Dent' CCM Image
AllAfrica.com
Tanzania's ruling Chama cha Mapinduzi party has lately witnessed defections of high-level officials to the main opposition party Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema), a development that analysts say could dent its image. The defections started ...
Njelu Kasaka, others defect to ChademaDaily News
Watch Out For the Most Tightly Contested Election in Tanzania's HistoryGlobal Voices Online

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The Constituent Assembly was a house divided well before it set out on its mission in February 2014. We knew in advance that, by and large, Chama Cha Mapinduzi would determine the direction of the new constitution. The burning question now is why CCM managed to get what it wanted.

CCM should not expect a landslide victory in this year’s elections, one of its cadres in Kilimanjaro Region has warned.

The president of the fifth phase government will neither come from CCM nor Ukawa coalition, TLP presidential candidate Maximillian Lyimo has said.

Defections: let voters be the judge on Election Day  The Citizen

Opposition hopeful despite renewed wave of defections  The Citizen Daily

Chadema set to face 'mass' defections in Arusha
Daily News
CHAMA cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA), which has been the main opposition party in the Northern Zone, is slowly but surely starting to bid the Zone farewell in the wake of mass defections of members and the resignation of four top leaders.

Political parties speak out on defections ahead of polls  The Citizen Daily

The decimation of Tanzania’s wild animals is seemingly beyond our control now. This doesn’t help shaping our image as people capable of taking charge of their own affairs.