Chama cha Ukombozi wa Umma (CHAUMMA) is a political party in Tanzania. Hashim Spunda Rungwe, chairman of CHAUMMA since 2014, was the first politician in the party's history to run for president when he stood in the

2015 Tanzanian general election General elections were held in Tanzania on 25 October 2015. Voters elected the president, members of Parliament, and local government councillors. By convention, the election was held on the last Sunday of October and was supervised by the Nati ...

. Many CHAUMMA members were previously aligned with NCCR-Mageuzi, including Rungwe, who unsuccessfully contested for president as the NCCR-Mageuzi candidate in the

2010 Tanzanian general election General elections were held in Tanzania on 31 October 2010. The presidential elections were won by the incumbent President Jakaya Kikwete of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi party (CCM), who received 63% of the vote. The parliamentary elections resulte ...

. Rungwe states that CHAUMMA's participation in elections depends on whether the dominant political party, CCM, allows an even playing field for opposition parties. The party's main objectives are increasing happiness, decreasing unemployment, and revitalizing the economy.

2015 general election

Hashim Rungwe was selected as CHAUMMA's first-ever presidential candidate during the 2015 general election instead of General Secretary Ally Omary Juma and another party member. Some of the main policies Rungwe wanted to focus on were government accountability, national unity, and better support for the impoverished. If elected, he would specifically revive Mwanza's struggling economy by returning failing private companies to public ownership. He believed that the government was responsible for ensuring the quality of infrastructure and the financial success of its citizens, and that revitalization of the cotton-growing industry would decrease poverty and unemployment rates. A longer-term plan is to provide free education to all Tanzanians from nursery school to university and that the country's eventual wealth in resources would make it possible.

2019 civic election

Along with candidates from a number of other opposition parties, 250 CHAUMMA candidates withdrew from the civic election following claims of nomination irregularities.

2020 general election

Rungwe represented CHAUMMA in the

2020 Tanzanian general election General elections were held in Tanzania on 28 October 2020 to elect the President and National Assembly. The presidential election was won by incumbent John Magufuli of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi party. Background In April 2019, Livingstone Lus ...

. His priority in this election was eliminating hunger, particularly through the creation of children's food programs. He promised anyone attending one of his rallies would be given a meal of chicken and rice but was quickly issued a warning from the

Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau Tanzania's Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau was founded to find corrupt officials. President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (g ...

stating this would be akin to bribery. Rungwe also showed interest in building a canal between

Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam (; from ar, دَار السَّلَام, Dâr es-Selâm, lit=Abode of Peace) or commonly known as Dar, is the largest city and financial hub of Tanzania. It is also the capital of Dar es Salaam Region. With a population of over s ...

and

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to ease goods transportation and in replacing expensive government vehicles with more cost-effective alternates.

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