Dar es Salaam. The growing influence of grassroots-level voters who play a decisive role in nominating political candidates, popularily known as wajumbe within the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), has gradually but firmly reshaped the party’s internal political culture.
Although this system of internal vetting by ‘wajumbe’ has long existed, it was the 2015 General Election that thrust it into the national spotlight.
