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Africa-Press<\/a> – Tanzania<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>THE Tanzania Peace Foundation has accused Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema) Chairperson Mr Freeman Mbowe of sowing seeds of \u2018divisive politics\u2019 as the country ushers in a new dawn under President Samia Suluhu Hassan.<\/p>\n

Through its chairperson Sadiki Godigodi, the foundation, took issue with Mr Mbowe Sunday\u2019s press conference, deeming it uncalled for.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile he intended to say the right thing, Mr Mbowe just missed the point, his utterances are simply misplaced,\u201d he alleged.<\/p>\n

Mr Godigodi said a huge chunk of Mr Mbowe\u2019s speech which focused on the late John Magufuli\u2019s administration, was biased, urging the Chadema Chairperson to give credit where it is due.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor instance, it\u2019s not that Dr Magufuli chased away investors as Mbowe purportedly put it\u2026if anything, he should be thankful to the late President for shunning the lockdown for the sake of our economy,\u201d observed Mr Godigodi.<\/p>\n

In the same vein, the foundation also called on the opposition leader to stop rushing President Samia into reaching decisions that he said will appease the opposition.<\/p>\n

Mr Godigodi said such decisions were within the President\u2019s discretion; further urging Mr Mbowe to let the president focus on her priorities.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy is he commanding the president to reintroduce the constitution writing process when she has a lot on her bucket list, let the president decide when she deems fit to revive the process,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, Mr Mbowe called on the government to prioritise a new constitution, reviving calls for limiting presidential powers. He also demanded the president to \u201cfasttrack\u201d her proposal of forming a task force to research on Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

However, Mr Mbowe also had good things to say about the late president, defining him as a leader who devoted himself to hard work and made bold decisions that ordinary people would not dare to make.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe late President Magufuli always worked hard and dedicated himself to serving the nation. He worked day and night. He believed in hard work and always insisted others to work hard. This was a good character,\u201d Mbowe said.<\/p>\n

Mr Mbowe also had the opportunity to explain to the press how saddened he was for not participating in the state funeral. He told the press that he had not been in the country since December 4th, last year on a party official visit abroad.<\/p>\n

In spite of his absence, he told the press that his party was well involved in the state funeral under its General Secretary John Mnyika.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Peace Foundation commended President Samia for sealing the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline deal between Tanzania and Uganda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Tanzania. THE Tanzania Peace Foundation has accused Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema) Chairperson Mr Freeman Mbowe of sowing seeds of \u2018divisive politics\u2019 as the country ushers in a new dawn under President Samia Suluhu Hassan. Through its chairperson Sadiki Godigodi, the foundation, took issue with Mr Mbowe Sunday\u2019s press conference, deeming it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":26948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,10,16],"tags":[6990,6991,711],"class_list":["post-26949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-parties","category-twitter","tag-africa-press-2","tag-africa-press-tanzania","tag-tanzania"],"yoast_head":"\nKeep off divisive politics, Mbowe told - Tanzania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"THE Tanzania Peace Foundation has accused Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema) Chairperson Mr Freeman Mbowe of so ...\" \/>\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\/keep-off-divisive-politics-mbowe-told\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Keep off divisive politics, Mbowe told\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"THE Tanzania Peace Foundation has accused Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema) Chairperson Mr Freeman Mbowe of so ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/keep-off-divisive-politics-mbowe-told\" \/>\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=\"2021-04-13T17:20:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/sites\/17\/2021\/04\/img-6075b328478e6.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1344\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"814\" \/>\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\/keep-off-divisive-politics-mbowe-told#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/keep-off-divisive-politics-mbowe-told\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Keep off divisive politics, Mbowe told\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-13T17:20:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/keep-off-divisive-politics-mbowe-told\"},\"wordCount\":444,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/keep-off-divisive-politics-mbowe-told#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/sites\/17\/2021\/04\/img-6075b328478e6.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Tanzania\",\"tanzania\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"parties\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/keep-off-divisive-politics-mbowe-told#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/keep-off-divisive-politics-mbowe-told\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/keep-off-divisive-politics-mbowe-told\",\"name\":\"Keep off divisive politics, Mbowe told - 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