CCM nomination process and timetable – MPs
According to the available timetable of CCM nomination processes, the party’s candidates for MPs across the country will be selected as follows: Stage 1 – Collecting and returning forms – July 15-19...
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“Thou shalt not pitcher to kill rats”– The political games have kicked off
I spotted a remarkable tweet apparently from CCM Secretary for Ideology and Publicity, Nape Nnauye, earlier today: Usivunje mtungi ili kumuua panya, inamisha taratibu mtoe panya ua, na utabaki na...
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What the cartoonists say: CCM presidential nomination race – part 1
CCM is in the midst of the presidential candidate nomination process. More than ten candidates have already declared and probably over 30 who will put themselves forward. I’ve gathered up some of the...
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Person Specification: CCM’s 13 criteria for a good presidential candidate
Mwananchi, 9/6/15 The vice-chair of CCM, Philip Mangula, has listed the criteria that party leaders will use as they go through the ever-increasing list of those who would like the party’s nomination...
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Person specification No.2: An opposition presidential candidate
The Citizen (?), 18/3/15 Yesterday I posted the thirteen attributes sought by CCM in selecting their candidate for Tanzania’s upcoming presidential election. Today, a similar list of what the...
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Charged numbers: access to electricity in Tanzania
In her budget speech to parliament yesterday, Minister of Finance, Saada Mkuya Salim, gave some positive figures on access to electricity in Tanzania. Between 2011 and 2014, she said, access to...
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Tanzania’s draft extractive industries laws say a lot about transparency....
UPDATE 17/6/15: From the published parliamentary timetable, it appears that the government intends to pass these three bills under a certificate of urgency. The current parliamentary session has been...
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Brigadier General, Judge, Reverend, and President? Is Augustino Ramadhani the...
RaiaMwema, 4/2/15 – “Is it Augustino Ramadhani?” The suggestion on the RaiaMwema front page back in February that CCM could be lining up retired Chief Justice, Augustino Ramadhani for the presidency...
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Hard at work in green and gold: Kinana’s politics of image
UPDATE 22/6/15 – I couldn’t resist adding one more photo: Bricklaying, pipe-setting, plastering, bricklaying, tree-planting, working the field, bricklaying, door-fitting, carpentry, bricklaying,...
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How many registered voters does Tanzania need for the elections to have...
Tanzania’s Biometric Voter Registration process is now proceeding at full pace. It had previously been delayed for several months while waiting for voter registration kits, which meant it was...
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Fact-checking the falling shilling: How is Tanzania doing compared with her...
Tanzania’s Finance Minister, Saada Mkuya, said earlier this week that there was nothing the government could do to stop the value of the shilling from sliding against the dollar. The Citizen reported...
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“Nauli”, on the back of a (brown) envelope
Aspiring CCM presidential candidate, Ambassador Amina Salum Ally, was quoted in Habari Leo yesterday on the role of money in securing the signatures of party members in the regions: “What surprises me...
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What the cartoonists say: CCM presidential nomination race – part 2
Mwananchi, 23/6/15 Last month I posted an early selection of cartoons on the CCM presidential nomination process. Since then, there has been a mountain of new cartoons. For simplicity and space, I have...
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Guest Post: ‘The X Factor’ in CCM’s Presidential Nomination
Guest Post: With CCM coming to the end of the process to select their presidential candidate for 2015, Dr Alexander Makulilo* and Thomas Steven** consider the unprecedented number of applicants and the...
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Four big decisions (and challenges) for CCM in selecting their presidential...
Mwananchi, 10/4/15 The CCM choice of presidential candidate is likely to be the country’s next president. And the party’s governing bodies are making their choice this week. As much of Tanzania waits...
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Late night drama … Lowassa out!
A few minutes before 1am local time on Saturday morning, the CCM Central Committee meeting came to an end. Speaking outside, the party’s Secretary of Ideology and Propaganda, Nape Nnauye, said that...
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Updates on 11/7/15 – big things going on in Dodoma
UPDATED 11/7/15: 9pm – the final three have been announced – see this new post 5.20pm – new tweet from CCM, stating that NEC is now voting on final three, Congress to start at 9pm (section 7) 4.30pm –...
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And then there were three: Migiro, Ali, Magufuli
Update 12/7/15 00.30am (Tz) – After the three candidates made short speeches to the CCM National Congress and votes were cast, the meeting has been called off for the night. It will continue from 10am...
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How CCM voted: John Magufuli, with Samia Suluhu Hassan
UPDATE 3pm Tz time, 12/7/15: John Magufuli has named Samia Suluhu Hassan as his running mate. More details below Here’s how the CCM Mkutano Mkuu (National Congress) cast their votes to select the...
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How the papers reported Magufuli’s nomination as CCM presidential candidate
The big news story in Tanzania over the weekend was the nomination of John Pombe Magufuli as CCM presidential candidate, including the dramatic exclusion of Edward Lowassa from the final five. The...
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