How Nyerere got CCM to accept change, embrace other parties

The late Founding Father of the Nation, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere speaks during a past event. PHOTO | FILE

What you need to know:

  • Those who disagreed with the then new political party system found themselves in hot soup; some like James Mapalala and Mwinyijuma Othman Upindo, were detained and later being exiled within the country