Role of demonstrations in bringing change in Tanzania
Ukonga residents match along Pungu road in Dar es Salaam yesterday to condemn about their relatives who alleged to be assaulted by Police officers on Monday night. Police was claimed that the resident kills their counterpart officer after they found its body at Ukonga Police camp in Dar es Salaam recently. PHOTO|ERICKY BONIPHACE
What you need to know:
During the struggle for independence, Tanganyika’s leading figure Julius Nyerere organised and took part in 1959 demonstrations to demand independence from colonial rule. Since the re-introduction of multiparty democracy in Tanzania, there have been political and civil protests and demonstrations of varying degrees, whereby some turned violent resulting in arrests of people, property destruction and even injuries and deaths.
