April 5, 2017 Parliament voted to take them through the representatives of the East African Legislative Assembly where seven candidates only ones who passed by a vote of the ones with six of them coming from the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) and a Chamber of citizens CUF with two
candidates of CHADEMA were disqualified after many voted NO.
Outside the hall of Parliament Leader of the official opposition camp in Parliament Freeman Mbowe has spoken to the press and say that they disagree with the result and will go to court.