Former Ambassador claims there are no General Elections in Tanzania but faked polls and proxy opposition
There is no general election in Tanzania but rather some orchestrated stage play involving the country’s ruling party and fabricated opposition groups on the state payroll, a former government official has divulged.
Humphrey Polepole, who recently resigned from his position as Tanzanian ambassador to Cuba, claimed in the latest series of his public address, that the country’s ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party had created proxy opposition groups such as the ACT Wazalendo and Chauma party and stage plays what he described to be a faked election for October 2025.
According to Polepole, whether people vote or not, the ballots have already been prepared to favor certain candidates because the voting system has been compromised and is directly linked to the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) database.
Admitting that he was among the people who hacked the system, Polepole added that even the National Identification Authority (NIDA), was connected to the ruling party’s set up.
As for the other alleged ‘opposition parties,’ Polepole says they are simply being used as smokescreen but in reality, there will be no General Elections in October as being claimed.
“In case the party members did not know, then they are being used as rubber stamps to make the polls look genuine,” Polepole maintained, during his ‘past midnight,’ video address relayed ‘live’ through social media outlets including YouTube, WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram.
In the planned Tanzania General Elections, it is the ruling party competing against itself but at the expense of public funds.
He also insisted that even the previous process to nominate the poll candidates for the ruling party, including the one for the presidential seat were marred with irregularities.
Polepole backed the current Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA) opposition party’s slogan ‘No Reforms, No Elections!’ calling for the overhaul of the electoral commission before attempting the polls.
The National Electoral Commission of Tanzania was yet to issue statement on the claims by the time we went to press.
However some responses from various Tanzanians are to the effect that, the foul play in General Elections started back during the era of President John Magufuli and questioned why Polepole did not speak out then only to emerge now.
Also, some members of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi dismissed Polepole claims, saying he was simply personally aggrieved.
But later on, Humphrey Polepole wrote on his Twitter (X) account, apologizing for the past deeds, saying he was now ‘born again,’ and out to defend his party CCM against intruders who have hijacked it and using the same to rob the country dry through shoddy projects and contracts.