{"id":27555,"date":"2020-10-29T09:05:04","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T14:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kdrtv.co.ke\/?p=27555"},"modified":"2020-10-29T09:05:04","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T14:05:04","slug":"breaking-tanzanias-magufuli-arrests-opposition-leader-after-winning-presidential-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kdrtv.co.ke\/news\/breaking-tanzanias-magufuli-arrests-opposition-leader-after-winning-presidential-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING! Tanzania&#8217;s Magufuli Arrests Opposition Leader After Winning Presidential Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(KDRTV) &#8211; Reports in Tanzania claim that Zanzibar&#8217;s main opposition leader in the just concluded elections has been arrested by police.<\/p>\n<p>ACT Wazelendo Party leader Zanzibar&#8217;s Presidential candidate Seif Sharif Hamad was arrested on Thursday afternoon. Senior party officials are also in custody.<\/p>\n<p>Read Also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kdrtv.co.ke\/news\/magufuli-blocks-kenyan-plane-from-landing-in-tanzania-after-uhurus-attack-over-covid-19-cases\/\">Magufuli Blocks Kenyan Plane from Landing in Tanzania<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mwenyekiti wa Chama cha ACT Wazalendo Taifa Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad, Makamu Mwenyekiti Juma Duni Haji, Mjumbe wa Kamati Kuu Ismail Jussa na Viongozi wengine wamekamatwa muda huu huko Zanzibar eneo la Michenzani,&#8221; ACT Wazelendo announced on social media.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"in\" dir=\"ltr\">Mwenyekiti wa Chama cha <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ACTwazalendo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ACTwazalendo<\/a> Taifa Maalim <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeifSharifHamad?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SeifSharifHamad<\/a> Makamu Mwenyekiti Juma Duni Haji, Mjumbe wa Kamati Kuu <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IsmailJussa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IsmailJussa<\/a> na Viongozi wengine wamekamatwa muda huu huko Zanzibar eneo la Michenzani <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v7q4iICiml\">pic.twitter.com\/v7q4iICiml<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ACT Wazalendo (@ACTwazalendo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ACTwazalendo\/status\/1321752673335406594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The arrest happened just a few hours after Seif Sharif had called all Zanzibar residents to for a public demonstration against what he claimed to be vote-rigging.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"in\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Maalim <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeifSharifHamad?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SeifSharifHamad<\/a> kuongoza maandamano hivi punde, awataka watu waliopo Unguja wakutane Michenzani Roundabout <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dEmgK4cuXF\">pic.twitter.com\/dEmgK4cuXF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hassan Khamis (@hassankham1s) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hassankham1s\/status\/1321744442391465984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This is the second time in less than 48 hours that Hamad has been arrested. He was arrested at a polling station on Tuesday as he went for early voting. ACT said he was released a few hours later.<\/p>\n<p>The party also accused police of killing at least eight people between Monday and Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Read Also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kdrtv.co.ke\/news\/god-helped-us-win-battle-against-coronavirus-president-magufuli\/\">Magufuli Claims God Helped Tanzania Beat COVID-19<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unconfirmed reports indicate that Hamad is leading the race to be next President against Hussein Ali Mwinyi, of the ruling\u00a0 CCM party.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Opposition candidate in Zanzibar who won the Zanzibar Presidential Elections by 53% has been arrested about an hour ago. They are about to announce CCM Hussein Mwinyi as President. Hussein lost with 44% of the vote. Jail the winner, crown the loser.  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TanzaniaElections2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TanzaniaElections2020<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lord Abraham Mutai (@ItsMutai) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ItsMutai\/status\/1321788808053010434?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Unconfirmed reports indicate that Hamad is leading the race to be next President against Hussein Ali Mwinyi, of the ruling\u00a0 CCM party.<\/p>\n<p>The arrest is just the latest in a series of bizarre incidents that have married Wednesday&#8217;s national elections in Tanzania. The opposition has accused President Pombe Magufuli of rigging elections.<\/p>\n<p>There have been several reports of ballot stuffing. The government also blocked independent observers from the elections while foreign journalists were not accreditated to cover the elections.<\/p>\n<p>Magufuli&#8217;s main challenger Tundi Lissu has issued a statement, saying they will not accept election results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(KDRTV) &#8211; Reports in Tanzania claim that Zanzibar&#8217;s main opposition leader in the just concluded elections has been arrested by police. ACT Wazelendo Party leader Zanzibar&#8217;s Presidential candidate Seif Sharif Hamad was arrested on Thursday afternoon. Senior party officials are also in custody. Read Also: Magufuli Blocks Kenyan Plane from Landing in Tanzania &#8220;Mwenyekiti wa [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":27561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[138],"tags":[4587,21470,25114],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v15.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING! 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