Tanzania, June 8 -- Dar es Salaam. Opposition parties ACT-Wazalendo and Chadema yesterday signalled inching closer to political coalition ahead of this year's General Election as senior officials of both parties confirmed they were negotiating a deal.
The new development comes just days after Chadema secretary general John Mnyika opened doors for serious political parties to negotiate such an agreement.
On the following day, the NCCR-Mageuzi party chairman James Mbatia told journalists in Dodoma that the party was ready for negotiations because it has historically believed in consensus.
But, yesterday, the ACT-Wazalendo secretary general, Ado Shaibu, told a news conference that they have written to Chadema expressing their readiness to n...