Police ‘snub’ Professor Lipumba’s rally

Police skipped a key meeting seeking harmonious working relations with the media fraternity at which Vice President Dr Gharib Bilal was the chief guest.

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CUF National Chairman Professor Ibrahim Lipumba
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Both the ruling party and major opposition Civic United Front (CUF) are calling on all officials implicated in the Tegeta 306bn/- escrow account scandal to voluntarily resign before they are publicly kicked out of office. Additionally, CUF wants all accounts that ...

Police in Zanzibar had to suspend a planned political rally by opposition Civic United Front (CUF) on Tumbatu Island after reported chaos led to the burning of a Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) flag.

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Tanzanian police question Masai protest leader before rally
The Guardian
Police in Tanzania broke up a peaceful gathering of hundreds of Masai last week and questioned one of the leaders of a burgeoning campaign against plans to turn their ancestral homeland into a hunting ground for members of the United Arab Emirates royal ...

Police Grant CUF Permit to Hold Zanzibar Rally
AllAfrica.com
Zanzibar — POLICE in Zanzibar have permitted the Civic United Front (CUF) to hold a rally at Kibanda-Maiti grounds this afternoon, the Urban-West Regional Police Commander (RPC), Mkadam Khamis, said. "We have okayed the party to hold a peaceful ...

Daily Mail
Tanzanian police arrest leading opposition figure at rally
Daily Mail
DAR ES SALAAM, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Tanzanian police arrested a senior opposition figure and 32 supporters, officials said on Wednesday, at an allegedly illegal rally where police used tear gas to scatter demonstrators. Tanzania is due to hold a referendum ...
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Police yesterday placed Rukungiri Town, the home of Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party presidential flag bearer, Dr Kizza Besigye, under a security lockdown and blocked a planned rally the Opposition politician was to address.

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Zanzibar police ban opposition rally, cites terror threat
Turkish Press
DODOMA – Police in Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous part of Tanzania, on Saturday banned a public rally by the opposition against the draft constitution, citing terrorist threats. "We don't have problems with opposition here," Zanzibar police spokesperson ...
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