Revealed: Ruling party eyes Tanganyika House, not govt

Court has ruled that the four NRM ‘rebel’ MPs are in Parliament illegally. This means they have been thrown out of Parliament and cannot be allowed to attend proceedings in the House.

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Tanzania Opposition Party to Take Ruling Party to Court
Voice of America
Tanzania's main opposition party, Chadema, says it will file a lawsuit Monday against the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) and its presidential candidate John Magufuli after accusing them of “stealing” the party's symbols, logo and manifesto. This, the ...

Dodoma/Dar es Salaam. When Mizengo Pinda was appointed the Prime Minister in February 2008, he seemed the most unlikely candidate for the job. Yet the man who describes himself as a peasant’s son and humble public servant would go on to rise from the corridors of justice to the third most powerful political position in the land.

The ruling party, CCM, has opined that the country will get its new Constitution even if members of the Coalition of Defenders of People’s Constitution (Ukawa) will not return to the Constituent Assembly (CA).

>The nomination of 201 members of the Constituent Assembly is likely to favour Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) in decisions to be made by the House that comes once in decades.

Tanzanian Ruling Party Expects Two-Thirds of Seats in Parliament
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Tanzania's ruling party expects to win at least two thirds of the seats in parliament after Sunday's general election, deputy Communications Minister January Makamba said, as the opposition warned of unrest over the outcome. “From our in-house tallying ...

Samia Suluhu Hassan has become the first woman to be picked as the ruling party’s running mate.

Zambia's defence minister accuses the interim leader of illegally dismissing him from a powerful party post as the country's mourns President Sata.

Burundi's ruling party wins 77 out of 100 elected seats in a parliamentary poll boycotted by the main opposition.