Tanzania opposition in shock as Waitara defects to CCM
Mr Mwita announced his decision to quit the main opposition party on Saturday July 28, 2018 at the ruling party’s sub-offices in Dar es Salaam. Right is Mr Humphrey Polepole who serves as the Chama Cha Mapinduzi's Ideology and Publicity Secretary. Photo | Ericky Boniface
What you need to know:
Mr Mwita becomes the second MP from Chadema and the third MP from the opposition to defect to the ruling party since the 2015 General Election. Hai MP Dr Godwin Molel defected to the ruling party at the end of last year. Mr Maulid Mtulia, who was Kinondoni MP through CUF ticket, also defected to the ruling party at the end of last year. They were both re-elected on the ruling party tickets in the same constituencies.
