Chaos taints civic polls, forcing postponements

Chaos taints civic polls, forcing postponements
IPPmedia
Choas, lack of equipment and other irregularities characterised yesterday's civic polls, forcing authorities to close some polling stations and postpone the exercise. It is also reported that most voters who had turned up to elect village and street leaders could ...

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

TheCitizen

07 Jan

POLLS: Chaos as civic leaders sworn

>Pandemonium rocked the Kinondoni municipality local leaders swearing event yesterday as a mob attempted to block some from taking the oath.

 

10 years ago

IPPmedia

18 Dec

Govt officials sacked over chaos in civic polls

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Govt officials sacked over chaos in civic polls
IPPmedia
Following last Sunday's civic polls which were marred by chaos and irregularities, the government has fired six district council executive directors, suspended five, strongly warned three and issued a first warning to three others. The officials in question were ...
Tanzania government sack six officials over chaotic local electionsCoastweek
Six sacked over civic election flawsDaily News

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10 years ago

Run Held Peacefully Across Dar

22 Dec

Civic polls re

Civic polls re-run held peacefully across Dar
Daily News
LOCAL government election re-runs in those centres where the previous voting was marred with irregularities in Dar es Salaam Region were conducted peacefully amid tight security on Sunday. There were, however, some reports of scuffles errupting at ...

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

21 Dec

The civic polls are gone, what lesson is there?

Democracy – that much cherished value or political state that many countries struggle hard to achieve and maintain – comes at a cost. It seems we, in Tanzania, have not yet realised this fact.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

17 Dec

MY TAKE ON THIS: Why did we neglect the civic polls?

>There is no denying that the local government elections held across the country on Sunday were a mess. We heard and saw widespread logistical hitches and other irregularities which lead to the postponement of the voting in many stations.

 

11 years ago

Daily News

24 Jan

Bomani wants civic polls postponed

Daily News
Bomani wants civic polls postponed
Daily News
RETIRED Judge Mark Bomani has advised the government to postpone the local government elections which are due this year until the new constitution is in place. Speaking with journalists in Dar es salaam on Thursday Judge Bomani said that he thinks ...

 

10 years ago

Daily News

15 Dec

Peace, calm as civic polls take off

Peace, calm as civic polls take off
Daily News
PEACE and harmony mostly prevailed during the civic elections that were held countrywide on Sunday but with some reports of flaws caused by delay of voting materials and mplacement of voters' names, which forced some centres to postpone the exerce.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

06 Dec

Expert: Take civic debate beyond polls

Forty days after the General Election, media stakeholders have proposed the continuation of the debate on democratic elections since the exercise ‘is an ending process’.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

11 Mar

Polls chaos forecasts said to be overblown

Possibility of social unrest and other kinds of risks to investors ahead of this year’s General Election are overstated by media and are not based on sound analysis of the country’s socio-political fabric, a New York based consultancy firm has said.

 

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