This has been a confusing month in Tanzanian politics. In Zanzibar, the recently dubbed ‘Maridhiano’ deal between CUF and President Karume is barrelling ahead with little consideration for the consternation it has raised in various camps. Elsewhere, opposition party leaders have been proclaiming some rather complimentary things about President Kikwete, if not his government, in [...]
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Will the Real Opposition Please Stand Up?
January 27, 2010
Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Augustine Mrema, CCM, CUF, John Cheyo, President Karume, President Kikwete, State House, Tanzania Labour Party, The Citizen, United Democratic Party, Zanzibar
Say that again?
January 22, 2010
Civic United Front’s (CUF) Director of Foreign Affairs Jussa Ismail Jussa pushed back against those criticizing his party’s insistence that President Karume’s term be extended beyond October’s elections. He told The Citizen: “Confidence is the key word in solving Zanzibar problems, but the time left is not enough to capture it…We are talking about institutions and individuals that [...]
Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: CCM, CUF, Jussa Ismail Jussa, President Karume, Seif Shariff Hamad, The Citizen, Zanzibar
One-week story arc: A Third Term for President Karume?
January 7, 2010
In November last year when CUF Secretary General Seif Sharif Hamad and President Abeid Amani Karume of Zanzibar emerged from a one-on-one meeting to announce a new friendship of sorts, it came as a surprise. This sudden rapprochement between CUF and CCM in Zanzibar emphasized how impotent the stalled Mwafaka Talks championed by President Jakaya Kikwete [...]
Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Civic United Front, Ismail Jussa, Politics, President Karume, Prof. Ibrahim Lipumba, Seif Shariff Hamad, Zanzibar