Dar es Salaam. Opposition Chadema party yesterday refuted claims that it
was being funded by some European countries to overthrow the ruling
party.
The Chadema Secretary General Dr Willibrod Slaa told reporters that the allegations leveled against his party were untrue and that his party was only befriending such countries to strengthen its mission in the country.
Dr Slaa also maintained that Chadema’s friendship with other organisations was not intended to sabotage the existing government and or overthrow it.
“These are our partners just like Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) is a friend to Friedrich Egbert Stiftung foundation, there have been some misconceptions going on that we get funding from Germans to overthrow the government,” he said.
Dr Slaa was speaking ahead of a three day in-house Information and Communication Technology (ICT) training offered by a delegation of Germans.
He noted that CCM would only be removed from power by Chadema and not what he referred to as friends of his party from Europe.
“They are not giving us money, but are here to impart us with knowledge on ICT,” he stressed.
The European Union (EU) is investigating claims by an official of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) that five of its member countries are financing Chadema to instigate chaos in the country.
In the recent past, the head of European Union delegation in Tanzania, Mr Tim Clarke, denied that EU was funding Chadema’s operations.
Mr Clarke was reacting to CCM women’s wing chairperson, Ms Sophia Simba that the EU was responsible for supporting the opposition party financially.
Following the allegations, Chadema through its national chairman Freeman Mbowe vowed to take legal action against Ms Simba.
The party maintained that its operations were financed with contributions from the party’s leaders and members besides the official subsidy it gets from the government.
The Chadema Secretary General Dr Willibrod Slaa told reporters that the allegations leveled against his party were untrue and that his party was only befriending such countries to strengthen its mission in the country.
Dr Slaa also maintained that Chadema’s friendship with other organisations was not intended to sabotage the existing government and or overthrow it.
“These are our partners just like Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) is a friend to Friedrich Egbert Stiftung foundation, there have been some misconceptions going on that we get funding from Germans to overthrow the government,” he said.
Dr Slaa was speaking ahead of a three day in-house Information and Communication Technology (ICT) training offered by a delegation of Germans.
He noted that CCM would only be removed from power by Chadema and not what he referred to as friends of his party from Europe.
“They are not giving us money, but are here to impart us with knowledge on ICT,” he stressed.
The European Union (EU) is investigating claims by an official of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) that five of its member countries are financing Chadema to instigate chaos in the country.
In the recent past, the head of European Union delegation in Tanzania, Mr Tim Clarke, denied that EU was funding Chadema’s operations.
Mr Clarke was reacting to CCM women’s wing chairperson, Ms Sophia Simba that the EU was responsible for supporting the opposition party financially.
Following the allegations, Chadema through its national chairman Freeman Mbowe vowed to take legal action against Ms Simba.
The party maintained that its operations were financed with contributions from the party’s leaders and members besides the official subsidy it gets from the government.
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