Democracy respect crucial during general elections

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MPs demand respect for democracy
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Members of Parliament yesterday demand greater respect for democratic and human rights in the country, fearing that the forthcoming general election might be marred by violence. The debate came at the backdrop of the recent warning by the Commission ...

If at all we care about making the world a better place to live in, then we must embrace democracy. This is what celebrated American writer Robert Alan Silverstein says.

Jamaica Observer
Observers' Role Is Crucial in General Election
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Registered voters shall today determine Tanzania's destiny in the next five years, as they go to vote and elect the president, Members of Parliament, and councillors. We should thank God for the peaceful political campaigns staged by candidates from ...
Polls orderly, calm, peaceful, says EU Observer TeamDaily News | The National Newspaper (press release) (blog)
Tanzanians in massive election turn outDaily Trust
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Integrity in elections of crucial importance in politics
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Stakeholders were of the view that there has been violence against women in the society including the use of abusive languages which is not in the observation reports. To most people integrity refers to incorruptibility or a firm adherence to a code of moral ...

Washington Post
In Zanzibar, democracy, peace and unity are at stake after annulled elections
Washington Post
Kim Yi Dionne: Continuing our series of Monkey Cage Election Reports, the following post about the Oct. 25 election in Zanzibar, in Tanzania, comes from Keith Weghorst, co-author of our pre-election report for Tanzania. Tanzania held its fifth multi ...
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Zanzibar's political crisis worsens as home-made bombs...

Towards General Elections - Women Should Stand Up to Be Counted
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THIRTY-FIVE-year old Dumangi Mhando, a first degree holder from the University of Dar es Salaam, dreams of becoming a Member of Parliament this year. But she says her dream will never come true because she is first, a woman and second, poor.

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Ukawa warns General Elections maybe postponed.
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Chadema national Chairman Freeman Mbowe (L) briefs journalists in Dar es Salaam yesterday on various issues, including the planned Constitutional Referendum, shortly after a meeting of opposition political parties forming what is popularly known as the ...
Ukawa want voter registration planDaily News

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 Clerk of the National Assembly of Tanzania Dr. Thomas Kashilillah shares experience with the delegation of the leaders of the Southern Africa Development Community –Parliamentary Forum (SADC-PF) when it paid him a courtesy in his Office today. The delegation of five members led by the SADC-PF Secretary General Dr. Esau Chiviya arrived in the country on 22nd of August 2015 to carry out the pre-election observation towards the forth coming general election in Tanzania which is due next...

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RC asks clerics to pray for general elections.
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Hundreds of Arusha residents yesterday joined their fellow Christians to mark Good Friday—the day on which Jesus Christ was crucified, and is being observed across the world. In Arusha, prayers and masses were organised in the Churches and Chapels.