Tanzania President Samia meets Mbowe and Kinana

Dar es Salaam . The President of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan, has received a report on the progress of negotiations on the process of political reconciliation between the Democratic Party and Development Party (Chadema) and the Revolutionary Party (CCM).  

President Samia has received the information from the Chairman of Chadema, Freeman Mbowe and the Vice Chairman of CCM Bara, Abdulrahman Kinana today Saturday December 31, 2022 at the State House in Dar es Salaam.

This is not the first time for the leaders of those parties to meet since the beginning of 2022, although it was rare for previous Governments.

President Samia met Mbowe for the first time on March 4, 2022, at the Dar es Salaam State House a few hours after he was released from prison where he spent about nine months on suspicion of terrorism.

However, their meeting opened the door to other meetings between the leaders of those parties that continued several times, seeking political reconciliation.

President of Samia Suluhu Hassan with the Chairman of the Democratic Party and Development Party (Chadema), Freeman Mbowe (right) and the Vice Chairman of the Revolutionary Party (CCM) Mainland, Abdulrahman Kinana immediately after receiving the information on the progress of the talks on the reconciliation process of politics, the State House in Dar es Salaam today Saturday December 31, 2022.

A commission of 10 people from Chadema was formed, as well as a similar number from CCM and they met at Chamwino Palace in Dodoma to start the negotiations.

The action was taken as a new and positive page for Tanzanian politics.

At least now, various parties including Chadema have been seen doing political activities in the regions, which is a sign of a free political field unlike five months ago.