00:00Party Party! Party Party! Party Party!
00:04Repression and political exclusion dominate the election landscape in Tanzania this year.
00:10President Samia Sulu-Uhassan and her ruling Chama Chama Pindu Uzi Party
00:15are expected to retain power following the disqualification of key opposition parties.
00:21Frederick Mbuambo was born in 1994, around two years after multi-party politics returned to Tanzania.
00:29His family is loyal to the opposition Chadema Party.
00:33The university graduate who runs a stone-crushing business is also an active party member.
00:39Mbuambo says he will boycott the election on Wednesday because his preferred candidate, Tundulisu, is in prison.
00:49The barring of opposition leaders from participating in the election has not dampened my spirit but has strengthened my resolve.
00:58Our struggle is not only for this election but for democracy and the nation's prosperity.
01:07It also reveals the ruler's sphere of honest opposition, showing a strong popular demand for change that has been suppressed by the state instruments.
01:20When Mbuambo was a first-time voter in 2015, the candidate for Chadema, Edward Lawasa, won nearly 40% of the vote.
01:31It was the party's best-ever performance.
01:34Now, at the age of 31, he knows that regaining such momentum will take time.
01:43I expect strong popular momentum in the next five years to continue demanding systemic reforms and an effective system that allows parties to compete in fair elections.
01:53Over 37 million Tanzanians are eligible to vote, yet many risk being disenfranchised.
01:59The ruling CCM has been in power for 64 years without any serious opposition.
02:04This time round, the main opposition candidates Tundulisu of Chadema and Luhagampina ACT Wazalendo are bad from running.
02:12Still, Mbuambo remains optimistic.
02:15History teaches us that even if parties are restricted by systems, the people can start a movement that will seek truth and build better democratic conditions in the country.
02:32Discomfort over exclusion of the opposition is being felt among some CCM voters too.
02:37Amina Juma, a wood business owner in Dar es Salaam, is among them.
02:41I'm not happy to see the opposition denied a chance to participate in the election.
02:47But I believe my party, CCM, has good policies to bring development to the country.
02:54The mother of four is happy that her candidate, the encumbered Samia Suluhu Hassan, looks set to be East Africa's first female president with a commanding majority.
03:06And where would that leave the opposition?
03:09I believe that after this election, the opposition will continue to exist.
03:14However, they need to reorganize and engage in issue-based politics rather than complaints.
03:20Political analysts have been warning that Hassan government's crackdown on its opposition risks plunging Tanzania into political instability amid growing public discontent.
03:32Libertarianism is a danger, and we don't want to be a
03:49partisanist, right?
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