Tanzania: Opposition MPs fault CDF statement on seditious remarks

Mlimba lawmaker Susan Kiwanga (Chadema)

What you need to know:

  • A section of Opposition MPs today, April 15, faulted the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Venance Mabeyo, for his statement issued on Saturday at the official launch of Mtumba City in Dodoma that he was investigating peace-threatening seditious remarks by politicians.
  • However, the deputy speaker, Dr Ackson Tulia, defended the CDF of any wrongdoings, saying he did not say he was investigating but rather making a close follow-up on the matter.