Tanzania Regime's Second-In-Command Dr Emmanuel Nchimbi Quits
Updated: Sep 6
Tanzania regime's second-in-command Dr Emmanuel Nchimbi has announced resignation effective from September 4, 2026. He made the announcement on August 25, 2026. That was reported by some African media.
The resignation of Dr Emmanuel Nchimbi follows recent reports that he has fallen out with the regime's female leader and her close loyalists within the ruling party CCM, over some political disagreements or differences regarding the regime. It is very probable that it is this political rift that prompted Dr Emmanuel Nchimbi to unexpectedly quit the regime.
More about what could have caused the rift.
According to some local reports, some months ago, Dr Emmanuel Nchimbi emphasized in public speeches that it is not possible to have peace without justice, hence probably indicating his disagreement with the autocratic policies and actions of the regime. The latter took power late last year after violent sham general elections that witnessed massacre of over 500 unarmed people by security forces. The regime has rationalized the massacre by staunchly supporting the security forces that unleashed it, and blaming the victims without any remorse.
Also, and above all, hitherto his resignation, Dr Emmanuel Nchimbi is said to have been urging Tanzanians to fight for a new Constitution. Inferring from the reports, the call for a new Constitution in particular, could have been the main cause of the rift because that is not what the regime wants to hear from one of its own.
The call for a new Constitution in Tanzania by Dr Emmanuel Nchimbi is definitely valid but not new. It has dominated the political discourse there for quite some time now because the current Constitution dates back to the era of one-party system in the country. The current Constitution is therefore an old one that is devised for the former one-party system. After the latter political system was ditched and replaced by multipartyism in February 1992, the old Constitution was not amended accordingly to reflect the new democratic multiparty system. Instead the old Constitution continued to be applicable as if nothing had happened on the political front.
Political practices and procedures in most countries are supposed to be stipulated in their Constitutions. So when a multiparty system is buttressed by a Constitution that is devised for one party system, the political practices and procedures will be mainly inherent in the latter system than in the former. In such circumstances, multipartyism becomes pseudo multipartyism hence de facto one-party system. In other words, in pseudo multipartyism, while on paper a country will claim to be a multiparty democracy, what is practised however will be very similar to what happens in one-party systems. That is exactly the case of Tanzania where most of the fundamental political features of multiparty democracy are said to be lacking, and yet the country adamantly claims to be a multiparty democracy. For instance, there are no legal provisions for settling disputes over presidential election results hence the results can not be challenged; there is no truly independent electoral body because members of the existing body have been appointed by the regime leader; and suppression of opposition parties is rampant there; among others.
Nevertheless, an absolutely courageous and right move by Dr Emmanuel Nchimbi that should be applauded worldwide. That is because, smart and good people ought not be part of an evil regime that oppresses, abducts, tortures, and murders its own citizens.
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