The Myth of the “Mother” is Dead

Let’s stop pretending. The idea that Tanzania witnessed a sudden “spasm” of violence after the October 2025 election is a lie—a fiction sold to the world to hide a darker reality.

The murders did not begin with the protests; they began months before, in silence.

What unfolded in Tanzania was not just a stolen election—it was the calculated consolidation of a dictatorship. President Samia Suluhu Hassan, once celebrated as a reformer, unmasked herself as a tyrant. She used her gender and the soft-spoken “4Rs” (Reconciliation, Resilience, Reforms, and Rebuilding) as a smokescreen while her death squads hunted youth and opposition.

1. The Prelude to Slaughter: The “Disappeared” (2024-2025)

The killing started with silence. Before the first ballot, Tanzania witnessed an “abduction and erasure” strategy.

• The Acid Murder (September 2024): The case of Ali Mohamed Kibao, Chadema official, dragged off a bus, tortured, beaten, and had acid poured on his face before being dumped. A message: Opposition will be disfigured.
• The Missing Youth (August 2024 - Present): Where are Deusdedith Soka, Jacob Godwin Mlay, and Frank Mbise? Snatched by unidentified men, they haven’t been seen since.
• The List continues: Dioniz Kipanya (missing since July 2024), Humphrey Polepole (former diplomat and critic, whose home was found splattered with blood in October 2025).

These weren’t arrests. These were state-sanctioned kidnappings—to decapitate opposition before it could organize.

The “Abduction Squad” and The Family Business

This is more than rogue officers—it’s a dedicated “Task Force”.

Intelligence leaks point to a paramilitary unit operating outside official command, with allegations pointing to President Suluhu’s son, Abdul Hafidh Ameir, coordinating these “neutralizations.”

The squad moves in unmarked white Land Cruisers, never with warrants, always with body bags. Their order: Clear the board before the election.

The “Sham” Election: 97.66%

• The Dictator’s Margin: Samia declared winner with 97.66%—numbers that insult intelligence.
• Opposition erased: Tundu Lissu arrested for treason; Luhaga Mpina disqualified. Voters given one choice.
• SADC’s rare rebuke: Even the usually silent Southern African Development Community labeled it a “sham”, observing ballot boxes stuffed while voters hid in fear.

The “As a Mother” Betrayal

The massacre continued, bodies stacked in Dar es Salaam’s morgues, while President Samia dismissed outrage as “peer pressure.” She claimed to “forgive” protesters “as a mother” even as her forces entered hospitals, removed bodies, and loaded them into mass graves—likely near Katavi National Park.

The Verdict

Tanzania is no longer a democracy—it is a crime scene.

The “Royal Tour” sold the beauty of Serengeti but hid the torture chambers of Oyster Bay. Suluhu isn’t a reformer. She’s a dictator who climbed the throne atop the bones of her own people.

This wasn’t an event. It was a policy.