{"id":137261,"date":"2025-07-29T20:00:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T20:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/makonda-floors-gambo-in-ccm-race-for-arusha-constituency"},"modified":"2025-07-29T20:54:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T20:54:06","slug":"makonda-floors-gambo-in-ccm-race-for-arusha-constituency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/makonda-floors-gambo-in-ccm-race-for-arusha-constituency","title":{"rendered":"Makonda Floors Gambo in CCM Race for Arusha Constituency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Tanzania. <\/strong><\/span>The Central Committee of the National Executive Council of Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) has officially endorsed Paul Makonda, the former Regional Commissioner of Arusha, as the party\u2019s parliamentary candidate for Arusha Urban Constituency. This decision effectively removes Mrisho Gambo, the current Member of Parliament for the constituency, from the list of shortlisted aspirants.<\/p>\n<p>The official announcement was made today, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, at the CCM headquarters in Dodoma by the party\u2019s Secretary for Ideology, Publicity, and Training, CPA Amos Makalla. According to the statement, the initial vetting process for Arusha Urban involved seven aspirants, including Paul Makonda.<\/p>\n<p>Makalla noted that the selection was based on key criteria such as leadership qualities, political capability, integrity, and the candidates\u2019 popularity among CCM members and the general public. He emphasized that CCM remains committed to strengthening democratic principles by fielding candidates who are genuinely capable of serving the people.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s General Election is scheduled to take place on October 29, 2025. The ruling party has reiterated its determination to secure a resounding victory by nominating competent and widely accepted<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Tanzania<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Tanzania. The Central Committee of the National Executive Council of Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) has officially endorsed Paul Makonda, the former Regional Commissioner of Arusha, as the party\u2019s parliamentary candidate for Arusha Urban Constituency. This decision effectively removes Mrisho Gambo, the current Member of Parliament for the constituency, from the list of shortlisted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":137260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,10],"tags":[711],"class_list":["post-137261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-tanzania"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Makonda Floors Gambo in CCM Race for Arusha Constituency - Tanzania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Central Committee of the National Executive Council of Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) has officially endorsed Paul Makond ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/makonda-floors-gambo-in-ccm-race-for-arusha-constituency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Makonda Floors Gambo in CCM Race for Arusha Constituency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Central Committee of the National Executive Council of Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) has officially endorsed Paul Makond ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/makonda-floors-gambo-in-ccm-race-for-arusha-constituency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Tanzania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-29T20:00:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-29T20:54:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/sites\/17\/2025\/07\/sm_1753805955.447003.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"780\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"470\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/makonda-floors-gambo-in-ccm-race-for-arusha-constituency#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/makonda-floors-gambo-in-ccm-race-for-arusha-constituency\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Makonda Floors Gambo in CCM Race for Arusha Constituency\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-29T20:00:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-29T20:54:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/makonda-floors-gambo-in-ccm-race-for-arusha-constituency\"},\"wordCount\":198,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/makonda-floors-gambo-in-ccm-race-for-arusha-constituency#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/sites\/17\/2025\/07\/sm_1753805955.447003.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"tanzania\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/makonda-floors-gambo-in-ccm-race-for-arusha-constituency#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/makonda-floors-gambo-in-ccm-race-for-arusha-constituency\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/makonda-floors-gambo-in-ccm-race-for-arusha-constituency\",\"name\":\"Makonda Floors Gambo in CCM Race for Arusha Constituency - 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