DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania
Ugandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, jetted into Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Wednesday and is expected to attend a three-day meeting organised by Tanzania’s opposition Chadema party.
Kyagulanyi, the leader of the
National Unity Platform (NUP), was invited to attend Chadema’s General Assembly
which begins on Wednesday.
Chadema is expected to, among
other issues, rule out the appeal of its 19 special seats MPs who had been
stripped of their membership by party’s Central Committee on November 27, 2020.
The party holds that it
neither proposed nor endorsed the names of the 19 for special seats in the
August House, stressing it was to the party’s surprise that their names came up
in Parliament as MPs.
The 19 MPs had been defended
by former House Speaker Job Ndugai, who resigned earlier this year due to
pressure following his remarks on public borrowing.
“All these MPs have already
received their invitation letters and have received them. They will have to
come to the meeting to hear the decision of the General Assembly following
their appeal,” said John Mrema, Chadema’s director of Protocol and
Communications.
Mr Mrema said in a statement
early this week the General Assembly will “discuss the unabated rise in fuel
which has also exerted pressure on the cost of living in Tanzania.”
Other items on the agenda will
include the party’s five-year strategic plan, which includes plans for the 2024
local government elections and the 2025 general election; and discussions on a
new constitution and an independent electoral commission.
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