Special ballot papers for the blind

Thirty three residents of Mbagala in Dar es Salaam yesterday appeared in Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court with four counts, including setting on fire boxes containing ballot papers.

33 in court for torching ballot papers
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A group of 33 residents of Mbagala in Dar es Salaam appeared before the Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday to answer charges on four counts including setting fire on 11 ballot boxes on Tuesday. The prosecution led by State Attorney Joseph ...

>The civic polls in many constituencies in Kilimanjaro Region were a mess due to poor mismanagement, leading to deferral of the exercise in some areas.

Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) has launched an investigation into the tender for purchasing ballot papers for the 2015 General Election, The Citizen has learnt.

Some polling officers in Bagamoyo constituency have been forced to give demonstrations before commencing with voting after realising that some voters are not aware of procedures.

Mr. David Nabarro.

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS DAVID NABARRO AS SPECIAL ENVOY FOR EBOLA AND ANTHONY BANBURY AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE AND HEAD OF THE UNITED NATIONS MISSION FOR EBOLA EMERGENCY RESPONSE (UNMEER)

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of David Nabarro of the United Kingdom as his Special Envoy for Ebola and Anthony Banbury as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER).

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>Today every Tanzanian knows that education for his or her child is not a privilege, but a right, which must be given to the child without any excuses. Both the current Constitution and the Law of the Child recognise this right. Fortunately enough, even the proposed Constitution has made this right clearer than ever in Article 52. Governments of all phases since independence have been doing reasonably well in expanding educational facilities for all levels of education to ensure Tanzanian...

Govt must ensure 'special' schools are indeed special
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Several years ago the government established what it called 'special schools' for bright students who were enrolled to pursue secondary school education. Such were Mzumbe in Morogoro, Ilboru in Arusha, Mirambo in Tabora and Msalato in Dodoma, ...

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