How Tanzania’s CCM is grappling with cadres remarks

CCM Secretariat for Ideology and Publicity, Amos Makala addresses MCL journalists during his recent visit to Mwananchi Communications Ltd in Dar es Salaam. He has had to offer rebuttals of remarks issued by senior party cadres that deviate from the party's policy. PHOTO | FILE

Dar es Salaam. The ruling party, (CCM), is grappling with challenges of coordinated messaging after senior cadres were caught in video making remarks that have disparaged the party’s image and tarnished its democratic credentials.

The party has been compelled to issue multiple rebuttals to distance itself from a series of controversial statements made by its cadres concerning elections and state institutions.