In 2012 we issued a declaration on the killing of Daud Mwangosi, a journalist who was reporting on the activities of CHADEMA, the kidnap of a Dr Stephen Ulimboka and the numerous attempts to silence CHADEMA through police force and brutality.The IYDU called for the Tanzanian Government to address both matters however no investigation into the killing has taken place, and CHADEMA has continued to face increasing interference from the government in exercising its democratic right to hold political rallies and for its members and supporters to freely assemble without fear of threat, violence or arrest.
Mheshimiwa Spika, Akiandika kwenye safu yake, mmoja wa waandishi waandamizi nchini, alikuwa na haya ya kusema juu ya Dk. Mukangara; “Waziri mwenye dhamana Dk. Fenella Mukangara kwa muda mrefu amekuwa na nia ovu dhidi ya vyombo vya habari. Julai mwaka jana (akimaanisha 2012) tukiwa Hotelki ya Dodoma mjini Dodoma, wakati tunafanya mazungumzo rasmi na Waziri Mukangara, walikuwepo Theophil Makunga, Pili Mutambalike, Neville Meena na marehemu Alfred Mbogola na wengine, Dk. Mukangara alitoa kauli iliyotushtua wengi na sasa ndipo tunaona inatekelezeka kwa vitendo.” Mwandishi huyo aliongeza kwa kunukuu maneno ya Waziri Mukangara ambaye amenukuliwa akisema;