Chadema expels 19 special seats MPs

Chadema Chairman Freeman Mbowe.

Chadema Chairman Freeman Mbowe at the party's General Assembly. The party expelled 19 members who had been sworn in as special seat MPs. PHOTO | COURTESY | CHADEMA

Chadema’s General Assembly has expelled 19 special seats Members of Parliament, who had earlier appealed the National Executive Committee decision to remove them from the party.

The 19 had lost in the 2020 election but were sworn in as special seat MPs, a move the party disagreed with.