Dissenting voices silenced in Magufuli regime

More than 400 members of Tanzania’s main opposition party Chadema have been arrested in the past two years. PHOTO FILE | NATION

After decades of demands for a new constitution, in his New Year address in 2011, former Tanzanian president Jakaya Kikwete announced the formation of the Constitution Review Commission (CRC) to co-ordinate and supervise making the new laws.

Chaired by Judge Joseph Warioba, the CRC collected opinions and tabled its report, which some quarters found “too transformational.” The commission was disbanded.