The High Court of Tanzania (Main Registry, Dodoma) has granted ACT Wazalendo and Luhaga Joseph Mpina permission to challenge the Registrar of Political Parties’ decision to remove Mpina’s name.
The ruling was delivered today by Judge Wilbert Chuma.
The development follows an application for leave to file a judicial review (Application No. 23617) filed by ACT Wazalendo and Mr. Mpina against the Registrar of Political Parties and the Attorney General.
In his ruling, Judge Chuma held that the application met all legal requirements for the Court to grant leave for judicial review, citing established practices of Tanzanian courts and precedents from the Court of Appeal.
Earlier objections raised by the Registrar and the Attorney General, arguing that the application should be dismissed, were rejected by the Court for lacking legal merit.
With the Court’s approval, ACT Wazalendo and Mr. Mpina now have 14 days from today to formally file their case challenging the Registrar’s decision, as directed by the Court.
Separately, ACT Wazalendo is pursuing a constitutional case against the National Electoral Commission and the Attorney General (Case No. 24027), scheduled for hearing on September 29, 2025, before a three-judge panel comprising Justice Frederick Manyanda, Justice Sylvester Kainda, and Justice Abdallah Gonzi.