Ali Karume defiant after CCM kicks him out

Former Tanzanian diplomat and CCM cadre Ali Karume speaks during a recent meeting with reporters. PHOTO | FILE

Dar es Salaam. A former Tanzanian diplomat and CCM cadre, Mr Ali Karume, played down his dismissal from the ruling party yesterday for procedural infractions, insisting that he was still a genuine party member.

Political commentators who responded to reports of his dismissal differed on what was going on in Zanzibar’s politics.