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Will Kikwete play Mkapa card and pick CCM presidential candidate?

The CCM national chairman, President Jakaya Kikwete, greets delegates upon his arrival for a past party congress in Dodoma. PHOTO | FILE

President Jakaya Kikwete, the Chama cha Mapinduzi chairman, holds the key to giving the country his successor as more than 1,700 delegates start flocking to the capital Dodoma in preparation for the nomination of the party’s flagbearer in the October presidential election.

Sources within CCM told The EastAfrican that the ruling party is split between members who want a generational change in the leadership of both the party and the country and those seeking to maintain the status quo.

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