EACJ declines to stop Tanzania voter list update

Tanzania's Chadema party chairman Freeman Mbowe

What you need to know:

  • The coalition of opposition parties is challenging the Political Parties Act, 2019, which President John Magufuli assented to law in February, 10 days before it was published in the government gazette.
  • The coalition said the Act violates the EAC Treaty and wants the regional court to stop its enforcement, pending determination of the case.