Mbowe backs Chadema stance on stripping 19 women MPs party membership

Chadema chairman Freeman Mbowe (centre) during the party’s Central Committee meeting in Dar es Salaam. PHOTO | COURTESY

The chairman of Tanzania’s main opposition, Chadema, Freeman Mbowe, has defended the party’s decision to suspend 19 women members of Parliament.

The women are members of Chadema’s youth council Bavicha, serving as special seat legislators.