Lowassa became Chadema's nominee supplanting the party's previous presidential candidate Willibrod Slaa a highly-principled former priest...
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On 13 August Willibrod Slaa a former MP for the opposition Chadema party who later served as Tanzania's ambassador to Sweden and Finland under former president John Magufuli became the latest high-profile figure to be arrested for criticising the deal...
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Its decision to adopt Lowassa as presidential candidate prompted its Secretary General and presidential candidate of 2005 Wilbrod Slaa to resign from the party...
Wilbrod Slaa resigned from Chadema and Ibrahim Lipumba left the Civic United Front which he had helped to found when Tanzania adopted multi-party politics in 1995...
The main choice would appear to be between the two leading figures in the largest opposition party Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema) whose Freeman Mbowe and Wilbrod Slaa have both sought leadership of the opposition umbrella group the Coalition of Defenders of the People's Constitution (Ukawa)...
He (almost certainly) is likely to come from the largest mainland opposition party Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo probably either Chadema Secretary General Wilbrod Peter Slaa Lorri or Chairman Freeman Aikaeli Mbowe...
The bigger risk for the CCM is that its squabbling will pave the way for the opposition Chadema and its popular Secretary General Willibrod Peter Slaa to win the 2015 elections from the CCM – split or whole...
Since the advent of multiparty politics in 1995 Wilbrod Peter Slaa’s Karatu constituency has been a Chadema stronghold and attempts by the CCM top brass to woo voters in the area have borne no fruit...
Wilbrod Slaa had earlier alleged that the government had told various state agencies to ensure a CCM victory but Shimbo strongly denied this...
It is clear that President Jakaya Kikwete and the CCM see Chadema as the main threat and local observers believe that is the real reason for all the current publicity and litigation over the marital affairs of its presidential candidate Wilbrod Slaa (AC Vol 49 No 2)...
The opposition Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema) led by Secretary General Wilbrod Slaa wants the resignations of Finance Minister Zakia Meghji Treasury Secretary Gray Mgonja two Bank deputy governors and the directors of its board...
'There is nothing new that it can do which previous commissions didn't do' said Chadema leader Wilbrod Slaa...