Tanzanian President Khalfan J. M Kikwete picked nomination forms in Dodoma, the new capital of the Tanzania to defend his seat in the coming general elections in October.

The ruling Revolutionary Party of Tanzania (Chama Cha Mapinduzi – CCM) Secretary General Yusuf Makamba handed over a presidential candidate form to President Kikwete, who is also CCM Party Chairman at CCM Head Office in Dodoma.

The president is at present the only CCM presidential candidate must be endorsed by 250 members from 10 regions on the Tanzania mainland and Zanzibar, according to party rules.