Election fever heats up in Tanzania as opposition seeks equal footing
Tundu Lissu, the newly elected National Chairperson of Chadema arrives to address delegates after the party elections, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on January 22, 2025.
Opposition parties in Tanzania are still trying to force through reforms that would provide an equal playing field in October’s presidential and parliamentary elections, even as the ruling CCM party ups its own preparations for the poll.
With electoral authorities yet to blow the whistle signaling the start of formal campaigns, President Samia Suluhu Hassan has kept a generally low profile as the party’s vice chairperson Stephen Wasira and propaganda chief Amos Makalla lead the way in peddling her name to the electorate with increasing vigour.
