Stage set for bruising battle for CCM tickets as Tanzania primaries kick off
Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) Chair and Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan launches the 2025–2030 CCM election manifesto and hands it to her deputy Stephen Wasira at the Party’s Special General Meeting at Jakaya Kikwete Conference Centre in Dodoma, Tanzania on May 30, 2025.
A bruising battle between veteran politicians and seasoned civil servants has erupted in Tanzania as the ruling Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM) prepares to tighten its stranglehold on domestic politics.
The General Election is due in October but, this week, the much-anticipated nominations to the next parliamentary caucus formally began, seeing senior civil servants with political ambitions replaced to release them to contest seats.
