Tanzanian music star Ali Kiba has publicly apologised to his fellow citizens for supporting President Samia Suluhu Hassan.

Taking to his Instagram Stories on Wednesday night, November 6, 2025, the award-winning Bongo Flava icon wrote, “Poleni ndugu zangu Watanzania, na ninawaomba msamaha kwa kuwa kwaza.”

Loosely translated as, “My fellow Tanzanians, I apologise for offending you.”

The Tanzania general elections, which took place on Wednesday, October 29, 2025, unfolded amid protests as citizens voiced deep frustration with the government over a myriad of issues.

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The protests were largely unexpected, and weeks before the elections, a trove of celebrated Tanzanian artistes were still actively campaigning for President Samia Suluhu, showering her with praises despite widespread concerns that the opposition had not been offered an equal opportunity to compete.

So, when the protests broke out, artistes who had openly supported President Samia found themselves thrust into the eye of a storm as citizens turned on them in a fierce online campaign that forced some to retreat from social media for a while.

At the same time, others, such as Diamond Platnumz, were compelled to wipe clean their social media pages of any content that had previously shown them endorsing President Samia Suluhu, while artistes like Billnass chose to deactivate their accounts altogether, as Tanzanians made good their threats to cancel artistes perceived to be siding with the ruling regime.