Alliance for Change and Transparency
{{short description|Political party in Tanzania}}
{{Infobox political party
| name = Alliance for Change and Transparency
| native_name = Chama cha Wazalendo
| logo = ACT Wazalendo Logo.png
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| colorcode = {{party color|Alliance for Change and Transparency}}
| abbreviation = ACT
| chairperson = Juma Duni Haji
| leader1_title = Vice chairperson
| leader1_name = Dorothy Semu
| secretary_general = Ado Shaib
| leader = Zitto Kabwe{{cite news |date=9 April 2015 |title=Be ready for big surprise, says Zitto |url=http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/News/national/Be-ready-for-big-surprise--says-Zitto/-/1840392/2680124/-/item/0/-/oowa0l/-/index.html |newspaper=The Citizen |location=Dar es Salaam |access-date=16 April 2015 |archive-date=17 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417022719/http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/News/national/Be-ready-for-big-surprise--says-Zitto/-/1840392/2680124/-/item/0/-/oowa0l/-/index.html |url-status=dead }}
| spokesperson = Salim Biman
| founder =
| slogan = Taifa kwanza!
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| headquarters = Dar es Salaam
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| student_wing =
| youth_wing = Ngome Ya Vijana
| womens_wing = Ngome Ya Wanawake
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| ideology = Democratic socialism{{cite web |url=http://www.act.or.tz/index.php/sw/kuhusu-act |title=ACT profile |date=2015 |publisher=ACT Wazalendo |access-date=16 April 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150416224407/http://www.act.or.tz/index.php/sw/kuhusu-act |archive-date=2015-04-16 |url-status=dead }}
Social democracy{{Cite tweet|number=463232087013986304|user=ACTwazalendo|title=ACT-Tanzania is a political party founded on the social democratic principles with the aim of promoting change and transparency in Tanzania.|date=5 May 2014}}
Faction:
Ujamaa{{refn|{{Cite web|title=Democratizing Ujamaa|url=https://jacobinmag.com/2017/04/zitto-kabwe-chadema-act-julius-nyerere|access-date=2021-10-27|date=2017-04-04|first=Arash|last=Azizi|website=Jacobin|language=en-US}}}}
| position = Left-wing
| national =
| regional = Africa Liberal Network{{cite web|title=Our Member Parties|url=https://africaliberalnetwork.org/our-member-parties/|website=Africa Liberal Network|access-date=29 September 2024}}
| international = Progressive International{{cite web|title=ACT Wazalendo|url=https://progressive.international/members/664e4ad2-1e6d-46d6-8c30-4af31e6e3dae-act-wazalendo/en|website=Progressive International|access-date=27 February 2024}}
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| seats1_title = Bunge
| seats1 = {{composition bar|{{TanzNA|ACT}}|393|{{party color|Alliance for Change and Transparency}}}}
| seats2_title = Zanzibar HoR
| seats2 = {{composition bar|4|81|{{party color|Alliance for Change and Transparency}}}}
| symbol = Open palm
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| website = {{url|http://www.actwazalendo.or.tz/|Party website}}
| registered = 5 May 2014
| country = Tanzania
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The Alliance for Change and Transparency ({{Langx|sw|Chama cha Wazalendo}}, {{lit|Party of Patriots}}), sometimes known as the ACT–Wazalendo, is the third-largest political party in Tanzania.{{cite news |last=Mwangonde |first=Henry |date=4 March 2014 |title=TZ gets new political party, pledges wider democracy |url=http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/News/TZ-gets-new-political-party--pledges-wider-democracy/-/1840392/2229624/-/15dak7cz/-/index.html |newspaper=The Citizen (Tanzania) |accessdate=2014-07-21 |archive-date=2014-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307185743/http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/News/TZ-gets-new-political-party--pledges-wider-democracy/-/1840392/2229624/-/15dak7cz/-/index.html |url-status=dead }} It received its permanent registration in May 2014.{{cite news |date=6 May 2014 |title=New Political Party Enters Scene With 'Mature Politics' Pledge |url=http://www.dailynews.co.tz/index.php/local-news/31108-new-political-party-enters-scene-with-mature-politics-pledge|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728222808/http://www.dailynews.co.tz/index.php/local-news/31108-new-political-party-enters-scene-with-mature-politics-pledge|archive-date=July 28, 2014|newspaper=Daily News (Tanzania) |accessdate=2016-10-17 }}
Background
The party was founded in 2014.{{Cite web|title=Member : Alliance for Change and Transparency (ACT)|url=http://tcd.or.tz/tcdmembers_act.php|access-date=2020-06-15|website=tcd.or.tz}} The party fielded its first presidential candidate in the 2015 general election with Anna Mghwira and won one seat in the national assembly. Prominent members of the party are MP Zitto Kabwe, Seif Sharif Hamad, Othman Masoud Sharif, Bernard Membe, Juma Duni Haji, Ismail Jussa, Selemani Bungara, Zahra Ali Hamad, Subeti Khamis Faki, Saleh Nassor Juma, Omar Ali Shehe, Haji Mwadini Makame, Asha Abdu Haji, Nassor Mazrui, Juma Kombo Hamad, Masoud Salim, Ally Saleh, Ali Salim Khamis, Hamadi Maalim, Khalifa Mohammed Issa, Mohamed Juma Khatib, Twahir Awesu Mohammed, Khatib Haji, Haji Kai, Othman Omar Haji, Nassor Omar, Yussuf Salimu Hussein, Abdalla Ali, Yussuf Khamis, Mgeni Jadi Kadika and Abubakar Khamis Bakary.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB3gAZEm-XE|title=BREAKING: WAGOMBEA 11 WA ACT WAZALENDO WAPIGWA CHINI ZANZIBAR NA ZEC NA 1 CCM|work=KTV TZ|date=19 September 2020|language=Swahili}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/-act-receives-21-defecting-mps-2711192|title=ACT receives 21 defecting MPs|newspaper=The Citizen|date=21 June 2020}}{{Dead link|date=June 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Zitto who formally joined the party in March 2015 following his expulsion from Chadema.{{cite news |last=Kabendera |first=Eric |date=28 March 2015 |title= Return of Ujamaa as Zitto Kabwe defects to new party|url=https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Return-of-Ujamaa-as-Zitto-Kabwe-defects-to-new-party/-/2558/2668464/-/bw7hmmz/-/index.html |newspaper=TheEastAfrican |access-date=30 March 2015}}
The party got a second boost in March 2019 when Seif Sharif Hamad defected from his party Civic United Front with other members and joined ACT due to a court ruling against control of his previous party. Currently the party is the leading opposition party in the Zanzibar House of Representatives parliament holding political grounds together with Chama Cha Mapinduzi in a government coalition in Tanzania semi-autonomous Islands of Zanzibar archipelago.{{cite web|title=More than meets the eye in Seif's move to join ACT-Wazalendo|url=https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/news/1840340-5031800-86ug4g/index.html|access-date=2020-06-15|website=The Citizen}}
Election history
= Presidential elections =
= Bunge elections =
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!Election !Votes !% !Seats !+/− !Position !Result |
| 2015
|323,112 |2.22% |{{Composition bar|1|393|{{party color|Alliance for Change and Transparency}}}} |{{increase}} 1 |{{increase}} 4th |{{no2|Opposition}} |
| 2020
|81,129 |0.55% |{{Composition bar|5|393|{{party color|Alliance for Change and Transparency}}}} |{{increase}} 4 |{{increase}} 3rd |{{no2|Opposition}} |
References
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External links
- {{Twitter|name=ACT-Tanzania}}
- [https://zittokabwe.wordpress.com/2015/04/03/katiba-ya-act-wazalendo-kama-ilivyopitishwa-na-mkutano-mkuu-29machi15/ ACT Constitution]
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