Jumping on the bandwagon: Julius Mtatiro stepped down from the opposition CUF as chairman of its Leadership Committee on August 11 -- saying that he now supports President John Magufuli in his developmental activities. PHOTO I FILE
What you need to know:
Voter abstention – which means not voting, and being really smug about it – was already discernible in recent by-elections, a phenomenon which analysts attribute to defections
