Peace, calm as civic polls take off

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Call for calm amid Zanzibar dispute over polls
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The chief of Zanzibar's opposition called for calm yesterday, having previously threatened to lead protests if the results of annulled elections were not released. Save & Share. Email · Print. Troops patrolled the streets of the capital, Zanzibar City ...
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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 ...

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.

>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.

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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 ...

Forty days after the General Election, media stakeholders have proposed the continuation of the debate on democratic elections since the exercise ‘is an ending process’.

Tanzania: Expert - Take Civic Debate Beyond Polls
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Dar es Salaam — Forty days after the General Election, media stakeholders have proposed the continuation of the debate on democratic elections since the exercise 'is an ending process'. Speaking at a two-day BBC workshop on media and the Tanzania ...

Ukawa co-chairman, Prof Ibrahim Lipumba, has said failure to capitalise on the agreement to field common candidates was a major factor that made the ruling party, CCM, secure victory in last Sunday’s civic polls.

Over 11 million Tanzanians have been registered and declared eligible to vote as tension heightens countrywide ahead of the local government elections on Sunday.