CCM defends Twaweza election survey, says ready for debate

A presidential debate is in the offing after CCM’s candidate, Dr John Magufuli, accepted an invitation to face off with candidates from other parties.

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The opposition coalition, Ukawa, yesterday faulted the opinion poll by Twaweza, which gave CCM presidential candidate John Magufuli a comfortable lead over Mr Edward Lowassa of Chadema.

Much of the discussion in traditional media, on social media and elsewhere regarding our recently published opinion poll findings on Tanzanian politics has focussed on perceived errors in the brief. We want to correct three of the most common misunderstandings.
1. “Totals do not add up to 100%.”
It has been pointed out that several charts and tables in the brief include data that does not seem to add up to 100%. In some cases, the figures add up to 99%, 101% or 102%.

This is purely as a result...

The Twaweza opinion poll was fake and was aimed at changing voters’ attitudes, says one reader

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Chief Justice Mohammed Chande Othuman has admitted that the next General Election will be the most competitive ever, saying the judiciary was well prepared to deal with election petitions.