Rwamugira: Tanzania Labour Party’s presidential candidate who pledges to end predatory loans

TLP presidential candidate, Mr Yustas Mbatina Rwamugira (second left), receives nomination forms from INEC chairman, Justice Jacobs Mwambegele. Looking on is Rwamugira’s running mate, Amana Suleiman Mzee. PHOTO | FILE

Dar es Salaam. The Tanzania Labour Party (TLP), which started out with a modest presence in the country’s political landscape hopes to make a remarkable showing in the 2025 General Election under the leadership of its presidential candidate, Mr Yustas Mbatina Rwamugira.

In Tanzania’s first multi-party General Election in 1995, TLP failed to secure a single parliamentary seat, fielded no presidential candidate, and did not qualify for government subsidy.