Tanganyika’s Founding President, Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere, addresses a public rally during the early days of independence. Tanganyika cherished the multi-party system when it became independent in 1961 until 1965 when the system was revoked. PHOTO | FILE
What you need to know:
Since 1961, ‘Tanzania’ was a multi-party democracy until 1965 when creation of a law abolishing opposition political parties was proposed in 1963 and enacted in 1965 - a move that caused uproar to the extent that the Justice minister had to resign.
