The 'Gospel of Change' according to CHADEMA

If anyone beat CCM to the 'change' agenda, it is CHADEMA under the UKAWA coalition. It has gone as far as threaten a lawsuit against the CCM presidential candidate for turning their well known and apparently registered trademark, M4C which stands for "Movement for Change", into "Magufuli for Change".

Both parties, bitter rivals in this election, seem to have realized that 'Change' is what people desire and each one is pushing their own 'gospel of change' fighting to convince voters that their version is the "way and the truth".

Having looked at CCM's theory of change for this election, this post explores a possible Theory of Change (ToC) for UKAWA in this election.

Navigate through the interactive viz below to find out what change CHADEMA and Lowassa are offering might look like.

What the CCM 2015 Manifesto tells you about their version of 'Change'

If there is one consensus in the hotly-contested 2015 Tanzania election, is that Tanzanians desire change. Political parties are telling voters they can deliver that change and unlike in past elections where ‘change’ was a key message in opposition campaigns alone, Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) is not shying away from it this time. It has claimed to be the only platform to bring "true change" in the country while its presidential candidate, Dr. John Magufuli has promised “positive socio-economic and technological changes” for the nation.

To help voters understand what exactly is the change that main parties are promising, we explored party manifestos using a ‘Theory of Change’ (ToC) approach, a model often used to analyze programs, strategies or policies to check how various components would yield outcomes, by investigating and mapping the relationship between goals, interventions and outcomes.

In this post, we will look at a simple ToC of CCM (UKAWA will be next). This interactive tool can be useful in reducing complexity of the promises/plans and processes highlighted in the manifesto and help us focus on the relationship between key elements and anticipated results.

The interactive viz below represents a simple ToC for the CCM manifesto, based on priority sectors/areas.