53rd anniversary amidst political standoff, distrust
Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa, accompanied by his wife Mary, greets Zanzibar’s former President Salmin Amour at his residence in Kilimani, Zanzibar on Tuesday. PHOTO | PMO
What you need to know:
This time last year, the situation was tenser, as Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC) chairman Jecha Salim Jecha had single-handledly annulled the results of the Presidential and House of Representatives elections three months earlier in October 2015 and the future was uncertain.
While Mr Jecha’s move was welcomed by the ruling party CCM, the main opposition outfit, CUF, backed by the international community rejected the move as undemocratic.
