Presidential candidate vows change in transport

>President Jakaya Kikwete, who is also the CCM chairman, yesterday said the party would nominate and field the best candidate to run for the presidency and proceed to succeed him through the October elections.

>The just-ended countrywide bus drivers’ strike, which held Tanzanians to ransom for over 30 hours, was a painful reminder to the perils of the free market economy.  Thousands of urbanites, among them those who ride a bus for a quarter of a kilometre trip and pay Sh400, had to walk up to 10km to work.

CCM candidate vows to increase tax collections
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CURBING tax evasion by unscrupulous importers at the Dar es Salaam Port are among issues to be put to rest by CCM Union presidential candidate, Dr John Magufuli should Tanzanians entrust him with the presidency. View Comments. Dr Magufuli ...

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Lowassa presidential candidate under Ukawa
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The coalition of four opposition parties popularly known as Ukawa has endorsed former Prime Minister Edward Lowassa as its presidential candidate in the October General Election. The parties – Chadema, Civic United Front, NCCR-Mageuzi and National ...
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CCM presidential candidate Dr John Magufuli
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They have been friends for five years now, but Raila Odinga and John Magufuli are only just now drawing the suspicious of Dar es Salaam political insiders who are wary that their friendship might be more of a political alliance that originally perceived.
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Nine parties forming the Participatory Opposition Coalition in Burundi (COPA) have designated Jean de Dieu Mutabazi as the Coalition candidate during Burundi’s forthcoming presidential election, the Coalition told a press conference on Monday.

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UKAWA presidential candidate Edward Lowassa
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Chadema presidential candidate Edward Lowassa has finally become vocal over his anti-corruption stance, after nearly a month of silence over the issue his political rivals would use as a weapon to counter his moves to the State House. Lowassa, who ...
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Tanzania: campaign gets ugly with 3 weeks to pollsGhanaWeb
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Presidential aspirant vows to continue being pianist, pastor
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RETIRED Chief Justice, Augustino Ramadhani (70), yesterday returned his nomination form for the presidential post through the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) ticket, saying if endorsed he would not stop performing his duties as an ordained pastor and ...