Kikwete for graft free, tranquil polls

Defeated candidates complain over graft in opinion polls
Daily News
SOME CCM women contestants for Special Seats in Rukwa Region have charged that opinion polls were marred by acts of corruption. Last week, the Rukwa Region Chama Cha Mapinduzi women wing held preferential polls for parliamentary aspirants for ...

More voices for creation of free polls commission  The Citizen Daily

>A repeat of the voting exercise in local elections in some parts of the city started peacefully during opening time but the same shortfalls that led to postponement of the elections last time emerged again yesterday.

Foreign observers praised Tunisia’s “free” elections ahead of the release of results yesterday, after the Islamists conceded defeat in a vote that raised hopes of a peaceful transition in the birthplace of the Arab Spring.

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Kikwete sacks housing minister over graft scandal
Sabahi Online
Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete on Monday (December 22nd) fired Minister for Land, Housing and Human Settlement Development Anna Tibaijuka over an ongoing graft scandal, Tanzania's The Citizen reported.
Tanzania suspends senior energy official over graft claimsDaily Mail
Tanzania's Kikwete Fires Murambatsvina Exposer Tibaijuka Over PaymentRadioVop
Senior Tanzanian official dismissed over corruptionPress...

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Kikwete Assures SADC of Fair Polls
AllAfrica.com
Gaborone — PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete has assured SADC Heads of State and Government of peaceful and fair elections in Tanzania in October. In his farewell speech at the closure of the 35th summit, President Kikwete affirmed that he would do all in his ...
Tanzania leader bids SADC farewellStarAfrica.com
Kikwete reaffirms commitment to peaceful electionsIPPmedia

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Capital FM Kenya
Kikwete Assures Kenyans of CCM's Victory in Polls
AllAfrica.com
Taveta — CCM Chairman President Jakaya Kikwete has assured Kenyans that the party's Union presidential candidate, Dr John Magufuli, will win the upcoming general election. Mr Kikwete made the assurance in reaction to a question from some Kenyans ...
New road will surely boost EA integrationDaily News | The National Newspaper (press release) (blog)
JK calls for good working relations between public and private...

>Non-tariff barriers (NTBs) -- which continue to hamper intra-regional trade and flow in East Africa -- may soon become history if political pronouncements are anything to go by.

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Tanzanian President Kikwete Warns Against Violence on Polls Day
Bloomberg
Tanzania had final campaign rallies before general elections Sunday, with outgoing President Jakaya Kikwete warning against violence while the opposition pledged not to accept results in the event of vote rigging. "If someone loves themselves, let them ...
Kikwete warns public servants against complacencyDaily News | The National Newspaper (press release) (blog)
Tanzania: Jonathan Meets Kikwete, Gets Assurance...