All roads led to the outskirts of Tanzania’s commercial capital Dar es Salaam on Thursday where President Samia Suluhu Hassan and the ruling Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM) launched their official campaign for the October 29 general election in pomp and splendour.
Business came to standstill, schools were closed for the day and traffic rerouted around the event arena, a stadium-sized strip of idle land in the city’s Kawe suburb where spectators in resplendent CCM yellow-and-green colours flocked from early morning.
