Ukawa is solid, says Mbowe

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 Chadema national chairman Freeman Mbowe launches the  party’s election training manual for countrywide distribution in Dar es Salaam yesterday.  On his right is  the party’s deputy secretary general (Mainland) John Mnyika.

Dar es Salaam. Chadema national chairman Freeman Mbowe yesterday declared that the opposition coalition will not crumble even in the wake of fears that a bruising nomination process could end their current cooperation.

“If anyone thinks that political parties that signed the pre-election coalition pact will be divided ahead of the October General Election, then—that person is dreaming,” said Mr Mbowe.

The political coalition that was triggered by opposition’s rejection of the constitution making process was  launched on October 26, last year,  after four parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), to field and support one candidate at all levels, including the presidency, in  the 2015 General Election.

Four opposition parties—Chadema, CUF, NCCR-Mageuzi and NLD— signed the pact aimed at “unseating CCM” in this year’s polls. The parties are members of the Coalition of Defenders of People’s Constitution (Ukawa).

Addressing the party’s local government leaders in the city who participated in the civic polls held in December last year, Mr Mbowe emphasized: “They have been repeatedly making pronouncements that Ukawa will fight for positions but I want to state categorically that we are still and we shall remain united until we send CCM home to form our coalition government after October this year,’’ he said.

Mr Mbowe launched the countrywide training to impart   skills to party members who intend to vie for various posts  in the ections. Training manuals were distributed to all participants.

Similar training ,according to deputy Secretary General (Zanzibar) Salum Mwalimu,  kicked off yesterday in other regions across the country.

According to him, the party had already formed a three-man-team that would traverse the entire nation to popularize the party.

The team include Mr Mwalimu, the party’s deputy secretary General (Mainland), Mr John Mnyika and the party’s lawyer, Prof Abdalla Safari.

In Iringa region, the training was launched by Rev Peter Msigwa who told participants that the country was at cross-roads because the government had failed to solve problems bedeviling majority Tanzanians.

“This country is at a very difficult situation and the national debt currently stands at Sh29.4 trillion, meaning every Tanzanian including the newly born babies need to cough out Sh600,000 to clear the ballooning debt,’’ he told participants.

According to Mr Mbowe, Ukawa would clinch a landslide victory in all eight constituencies of Dar es Salaam regions as well as winning all the mayoral seats of the three districts—Temeke, Ilala and Kinondoni.