No end in sight as Tanzania’s ruling party CCM goes for ‘dissenters’
Tanzania's President John Magufuli delivers a speech during a political rally on July 14, 2015 in Dar es Salaam. Ruling party CCM typically supports a sitting president’s bid for a second term. PHOTO | EMILE COSTARD | AFP
What started as a letter by two former secretaries-general of Tanzania’s ruling party defending themselves against allegations of trying to block President John Magufuli from running in 2020 saw the sacking of January Makamba—the son of one of the letter’s authors—Yusuf Makamba from Cabinet last week.
Mr Makamba, 45, was the minister of environment until July 20, when he was fired for alleged poor performance.
