Intelligence Insight: How ACT-Wazalendo and CHAUMMA Help CCM Retain Power in 2025
Tanzania Election 2025: How Chadema’s Boycott Is Overshadowing ACT-Wazalendo and CHAUMMA
Ujasusi Blog’s East Africa Monitoring Team | 🗓️08 August 2025 | 🕛0310 BST
Executive Summary
Tanzania's political landscape reveals a critical paradox: while lightweight opposition candidates Luhaga Mpina (ACT-Wazalendo) and Salum Mwalimu (CHAUMMA) prepare for the October 2025 elections that pose minimal threat to incumbent President Samia Suluhu Hassan, the legally constrained Chadema party experiences an unprecedented popularity surge through its "NO REFORMS NO ELECTION" campaign. This dynamic threatens to produce Tanzania's lowest voter turnout in history while exposing deep fractures within opposition ranks over electoral legitimacy and reform demands.