National Election call centre launched

>Home Affairs minister Mathias Chikawe yesterday launched a police-public call centre aimed at enhancing communication between the two sides in times of emergency as well as curb crimes by reporting cases before they happen.

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Tanzania to offer slice of national airline to buyers, after national election
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State-owned Air Tanzania says does not have enough aircraft to compete in the business, with final plan to become clearer after next month's ballot. An Air Tanzania aircraft. The carrier will be seeking partners, it says. TANZANIA'S government is ...
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Youth encouraged to register, vote in General Election New pop song launched ...
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Youth across the country are urged to participate in the general election and for the youth in Dar es Salaam to register in the Biometric Voter Registration that starts today in the city. Commenting yesterday in Dar es Salaam, East Africa Television ...

The Coalition of Election Monitoring and Observation in Tanzania (CEMOT) has today launched the Election Observation Center (EOC) whose members  will gather and disseminate information about the elections.

The National Electoral Commission (NEC) will open a 24-hour call centre to help voters identify their polling stations ahead of the October 25 General Election.

>Tanzanians will at least have a clue of their destiny once the Constituent Assembly concludes its work towards the end of April or early May.

For the first time since its independence in 1962, Uganda has undertaken a massive registration exercise to ensure every citizen in the east African country obtains a national identity card.

The national identification cards, according to President Yoweri Museveni, will be digitised and is expected to bear the holders’ photo, names, biometric details including fingerprints.

Mass registration began yesterday the 14th of April 2014. Get yourself a National ID card.

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Tanzania opposition says police raid tallying centre after election
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DAR ES SALAAM Oct 25 (Reuters) - Tanzania's biggest opposition party Chadema said police have raided its tallying centre and arrested party members after presidential and parliamentary polls closed on Sunday, a rare incident in a mostly peaceful day of ...

Such associations have already been set up in Zambia and Zimbabwe, and plans are underway to set one up in Kenya.

Christopher Bell, Interactive Intelligence’s Channel Manager for Africa (http://www.inin.com), has recently called for the creation of a call centre association for Nigeria and other African countries as a way of promoting a standard for call centres. He mentions that such associations have already been set up in Zambia and Zimbabwe, and plans are underway to set one up in...