Opposition chief Lissu doubts fairness in upcoming Tanzania municipal elections

Tanzania opposition Chadema vice chairman Tundu Lissu during an interview at Nation Centre in Nairobi on October 29, 2024. 

Photo credit: Boniface Bogita | Nation Media Group

Tanzania’s opposition does not expect the upcoming municipal elections to be fair, a conclusion reached after a series of preparation missteps seen as tilting the scales for the ruling CCM party.

And Tundu Lissu, the deputy chairperson of the opposition Chadema Party, said this week there is no hope for the opposition in the polls, coming in the wake of mass disqualification of candidates who wanted to compete in the November 27 elections.