Tanzanian Ruling Party Seen Stronger as Opposition Expels Leader

Tanzania’s ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party is expected to gain support before elections this year after a dispute within the main opposition party that resulted in the expulsion of its leader, according to Teneo Intelligence.

Zitto Kabwe stepped down as lawmaker and chairman of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee after Chama Cha Demokrasia expelled him, according to his last speech to the National Assembly, a copy of which was posted on his blog March 20. Chadema, as the main opposition party is known, expelled Kabwe on allegations that he planned to “wreck” the party, Dar es Salaam-based Citizen newspaper reported March 11.