COVER: NEC boss must be under Bunge: opinion

>Former National Electoral Commission (NEC) chairman Lewis Makame (pictured) died in Dar es Salaam yesterday.

The National Electoral Commission (NEC) insisted yesterday that eligible voters will only be allowed to cast their ballots at the place they have registered themselves and not otherwise.

The National Electoral Commission (NEC) has assured Tanzanians that it will update the Permanent Voters Register (PVR) before the coming General Election to be held in October 2015.

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Just three days into his new job, President Magufuli gave an order banning all foreign trips for senior government officials. He ordered that all tasks that required government officials to travel out of the country should now be handled by Tanzania's ...

Do we really need opinion polls at this stage?
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AS the country inches to the general election on October 25, this year, some groups have started coming up with results of opinion polls, showing who is going to win the elections. So far, three groups have come out to declare which party might win the ...

One of the things that we are always failing as a nation is to value public property, maintain and use it for the good of all, including future generations. This is because we are fast turning into a consumer society.

The ruling party’s presidential aspirants have vowed to end corruption should they get a chance to lead the nation. Virtually all have identified themselves as true followers of the Founding Father of the Nation, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere. They claim they will end corruption. Still others have promised to form a special tribunal to handle all cases related to corruption.

Two out of three respondents (65%) said that they would vote for John Magufuli, the CCM presidential candidate.

The national budget tabled on Thursday appears to have shed more confusion than light on what the people can expect. There are those who consider it a people-centred plan, meaning it has targeted the man on the street for growth and prosperity