LAKE ZONE: Few register for local govt polls in Mwanza, Tarime

>The National Electoral Commission (NEC) has urged politicians and other stakeholders to support its plans to improve the voter register, which is crucial in building true democracy in the country.

Civic leaders in the Bukombe District Council have been challenged to champion Community Health Fund (CHF) by sensitising the community to join the fund since a number of CHF members in the district was extremely low.

>Tarime District Hospital faces an acute shortage of safe blood as well as blood-testing equipment, a situation that poses serious health risks to patients in need of blood transfusion.

>The main opposition Chadema has dealt a blow to the ruling CCM in Shinyanga Municipality where its candidates won 29 streets against 26 claimed by CCM in closely contested local government elections.

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Local govt polls preps in top gear
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PREPARATIONS for the upcoming local government elections are on a sound note whereas 20bn/- will be spent for the task, it has been reported. The Director of Local Government in the Mintry of Regional Admintration and Local Government, Mr Khalt ...

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CCM cautions members over candidates for local govt polls
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The Kinondoni CCM district office in Dar es Salaam Region has cautioned party members to carefully select candidates for the local government elections. Speaking yesterday in Dar es Salaam, the Kinondoni district Party Chairman, Salum Madenge, said if ...

>As of  1pm yesterday people in Uyowa Ward in Tabora hadn’t voted due to shortage of voting materials. This was just one among the numerous areas affected by several deficiencies that marred the local government elections conducted across the country yesterday.

>The government has been accused of abandoning pre-primary school teachers in government schools.

>The government has admitted that the contribution of the mineral sector to the national economy was still minimal and that mineral smuggling was still a major problem despite efforts to try and end it.