More than 30 contenders have collected official paperwork through the ruling CCM party to apply for the vacant seat of Speaker of Tanzania's National Assembly. Several contenders are being touted as frontrunners to succeed Job Ndugai who resigned on January 6.
Deputy Speaker Tulia Ackson is one of those considered frontrunners. She faces tough competition for the party's nomination from former Pan-African Parliament vice-president Stephen Masele, former attorney general Andrew Chenge, and former CCM Women's Wing chairperson Sophia Simba, in the February 1 poll.
