Tanzania: Former CCM Youth Wing Boss Set Free As State Drops Charges

The Court in Dodoma on Thursday acquitted the ruling Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM) Youth Wing's former Chairman Sadifa Khamis of corruption charges. Khamis, who is also Donge legislator, was facing two counts before the prosecution told the Dodoma Resident Magistrate's Court that it was withdrawing all charges.

In the first count, the politician was alleged to have bribed members of the UVCCM General Assembly as a way to persuade them to vote for Mr Rashid Mohammed Rashid, who was contesting for the vice-chairmanship.

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