ACT-Wazalendo party leader Zitto Kabwe (right) joined Seif Sharif Hamad, who defected from Civic United Front, in a homecoming tour of Zanzibar on March 21, 2019. PHOTO | THE CITIZEN | NMG
Just a couple of weeks after commenting on Edward Lowassa’s return to the warm folds of the ruling Chama cha Mapinduzi and trying to figure out this new political landscape, another tectonic shift has taken place.
Maalim Seif of the Zanzibari party, Civic United Front, has defected to the newest kid on the block, ACT-Wazalendo. And the show begins again: There are concerns that ACT could repeat the mistake that Chadema made and promote a relative outsider above its loyal ranks for political expedience, and the expected dose of harassment by organs of the state.
