CCM flag-bearer Samia off to early start but did she flout party rules?

CCM leader President Samia Suluhu Hassan addresses delegates at the party's general assembly in Dodoma, Tanzania.

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President Samia Suluhu Hassan's strategy for retaining her seat in this year's Tanzania General Election is starting to take shape after installation of her new righthand man within the ruling CCM party and new running mate for the polls set in October.

Stephen Wasira and Emmanuel Nchimbi were endorsed without much fuss as CCM vice-chair for Tanzania Mainland and potentially the country's next vice-president, respectively, at a party congress in Dodoma last weekend.