Godbless Lema

Godbless Jonathan Lema (born 26 October 1976) is a Tanzanian CHADEMA politician and Member of Parliament for Arusha City constituency from 2010 to 2015. He was also a candidate for the same constituency in the 2015 generals election which was conducted on 25th October 2015. However, parliamentary election for Arusha Constituency had to be postponed following the death of Estomoh Malya who who was the parliamentary candidate for the Alliance for Change and Transparency (ACT), a newly established opposition political party in Tanzania.

The by-election is scheduled for 13th December 2015 and Mr Lema is expected to win since Arusha is one of CHADEMA strongholds. In the October 2015 general election, his party won 23 out of 24 members of Arusha City Council .Lema has been vocal and well known following his activists politics against the ruling Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM). He lead a number of political rallies and protests against the government and CCM, some of which resulted into serious injuries and deaths after fierce police confrontation. However, his leadership increased CHADEMA popularity in the Northern City of Arusha and for the firs time, its council is going to be lead by the opposition party

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