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Zitto Kabwe

Zitto Kabwe

🇹🇿Tanzania

Rank #73
Score: 67
About Zitto Kabwe

Zitto Kabwe is an opposition politician and founder/leader of reformist parties (notably ACT-Wazalendo after CHADEMA). A former Member of Parliament, he is known for anti-corruption campaigning, fiscal critiques, and policy research — a prominent voice for accountability in contemporary Tanzanian politics.

Scoring Breakdown
Detailed analysis of the politician's score.

HDI
National HDI context (opposition actor; country baseline)5/10
Source: UNDP Human Development Report — Tanzania (2022)
GDP per capita
National GDP per capita context (World Bank series)5/10
Source: World Bank — GDP per capita (Tanzania) (2022)
Gini coefficient
Gini ~37–41 (survey estimates)4/10
Source: World Bank — poverty & inequality reports (TZA) (2018)
Employment rate
Employment-to-population ratio (ILO estimate)3/5
Source: ILOSTAT — Tanzania country profile (2022)
Freedom index
Freedom House — opposition space constrained but active (recent years)4/10
Source: Freedom House — Tanzania country report (2023)
Corruption index
CPI ~41 (Transparency Int’l) — governance context3/5
Source: Transparency International — Tanzania country page (2024)

Derived Criminal Score
Publicly reported prosecutions & contentious legal episodes (1 notable case) — no final criminal conviction recorded here19/20
Source: Press reporting on lawsuits & prosecutions (local & regional press) (2015)