FOURTH ESTATE VIEW :Campaign period the most critical for good elections

Why do they choose to throng the streets just to be part of the crowd escorting a Presidential candidate? Why do they flock the political rallies in their thousands just to listen to a presidential candidate? Probably the most agreeable response to these questions would be that these folks throng the political rallies because they feel angry, hungry and thirsty.

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

TheCitizen

12 Aug

FOURTH ESTATE VIEW : Transition and consolidation are critical stages of democratisation

Discussions in many channels of public and social communication have in the last few weeks focused primarily or even exclusively on the general elections which are expected to be held October this year.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

19 Aug

FOURTH ESTATE VIEW : We’re in middle of bridge between authoritarianism and democracy

Last week this column attempted to link what has been happening in Tanzania’s political landscape to what scholars have come to define the roadmap for the democratization process.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

05 Nov

JK declares 30-day campaign period ahead of Katiba vote

>President Jakaya Kikwete made it clear yesterday that the referendum on the proposed new constitution will be held on April 30, next year.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

08 Feb

ONE MAN'S VIEW: What happened to good old-fashioned courtship?

>Modern day men and women are in love with everything instant – we gobble instant food, enjoy instant sex as well as instant relationships that never last at all. We want instant services from banks, offices, bars, restaurants and everywhere we go we want some kind “quickies”.

 

11 years ago

GPL

FOR GOOD APARTMENTS AT MSASANI, MIKOCHENI CONTACT BLUE MARK REAL ESTATE

 

10 years ago

BBC

VIDEO: #BBCtrending: Dr Damages: a personal view on Nigeria's elections

A comic take on Nigeria's elections

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

24 Feb

Sudan elections campaign to start

Campaigning for Sudan’s presidential and parliamentary elections starts Tuesday with Omar al-Bashir facing little competition for the presidency, a multi-party boycott and the opposition and press facing mounting repression.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

18 Mar

Healers can be good allies in campaign to protect albinos against

In what appears to be another desperate attempt to bring an end to the killing of people living with albinism, the government of Tanzania has reportedly arrested and detained over 200 ‘witch doctors and traditional healers’ in the country. Those arrested were ‘’healers and soothsayers’’ who were operating without a license. Found in their possession included ‘’lizard skin, warthog teeth, ostrich eggs, monkey tails, bird claws, mule tails...

 

10 years ago

IPPmedia

04 Aug

'Merely registering for elections not good enough'

'Merely registering for elections not good enough'
IPPmedia
At times, one hears gossips from people that the government has not done this or that to its electorate. They blame the authority whenever they perceive something has gone wrong somewhere, somewhat. in society. Apparently, it happens that the same ...

 

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