Ensure peaceful polls, urge civic bodies

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Civil society bodies challenged on civic polls
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WITH just a few weeks to go before the civic elections, civil society organizations (CSO) have been challenged to educate the society about their rights and responsibilities in the electoral process and even the constitutional referendum. The Minter for ...
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Ensure peaceful campaigns, police urged
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THE CCM youth wing, UVCCM, has urged the police force to ensure that an atmosphere of peace prevails ahead of the October 25 general election. UVCCM Deputy Secretary General Mr Shaka Hamdu Shaka claimed in Dar es Salaam that some political ...

Media urged to ensure peaceful elections
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UNITED Nations Resident Coordinator and UN Development Programme Resident Representative in Tanzania Mr Alvaro Rodriguez has urged the media to promote democracy and ensure peaceful elections on October 25 this year. “As we approach the ...

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Govt touts peaceful civic poll campaigns
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POLITICAL parties have been implored to refrain from uncivilized campaigns which can lead to breach of the peace as the country inches towards the holding of civic elections slated for December 14, th year. The call was made in the wake of recent reports ...

In a letter sent yesterday to International Crisis Group (ICG), Minister of Communications Lambert Mende conveyed the government’s view

In anticipation of local, provincial, parliamentary and presidential elections that will take place through the end of 2016, President Joseph Kabila last week called on all political parties in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to join him in a forthcoming national dialogue focused on creating an environment for a peaceful electoral process. 

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Civic polls re-run held peacefully across Dar
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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 ...

>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.

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.

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Bomani wants civic polls postponed
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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 ...