Special seats MP dies after long struggle with cancer

Outgoing Special Seats MP crushes opponents
Daily News
Outgoing Special Seats legislator for Coast Region Ms Zainab Vullu has won nomination through the Umoja wa Wanawake Tanzania (UWT) ticket after collecting 342 out of 450 votes cast. Another Special Seats MP Ms Subira Mgalu also collected 296 votes ...

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Ester Bulaya (Special Seats, CCM)
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Lawmakers yesterday demanded explanation from the government on emergency plans it has lined up to rescue lives of Tanzanians who are suffering due to the shortage of medicines in hospitals after it failed to settle 90bn/- it owes the Medical Store ...
Govt set to issue statement on 102bn/- MSD debtDaily News

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For a partially sighted pupil like Salum Ally , 15, going to school has brought a promising future for him and his family, and therefore increasing the chances of him becoming financially independent.

Ruling party announces special seats nominees
Daily News
CHAMA Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) has announced special seats nominees comprising mostly new faces with familiar names such as Shyrose Bhanji, Alshaymar Kweigir and Margret Mkanga being sidelined in an election conducted on Thursday in Dodoma.

Presidential aspirant loses Special Seats ticket
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A MEMBER of Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), Ms Helen Elinewinga, who was among the party's 38 presidential candidates, has lost her bid to become a Special Seats Member of Parliament (MP). She was defeated by Ms Shally Raymond, the chairperson of ...

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Chadema Releases Names for Kilimanjaro Special Seats Hopefuls
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Moshi — CHAMA cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema) has unveiled its prospective Special Seat Members of Parliament (MPs) for seven districts of Kilimanjaro Region. Chadema Regional Secretary, Mr Basil Lema, said here that two of the candidates ...
Tanzanian Ex-PM to Join Opposition After Presidential Bid FailedBloomberg

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Some Chadema members and officials in Mbeya Region have complained about the composition of the list of individuals set to be appointed as special seats MPs, claiming there was an element of favouritism in the names released last week.

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Chadema Special Seats MPs join CCM, ACT
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Amid rumours that it is soon to acquire CCM's major public figure Edward Lowassa, two Special Seats MPs from Chadema yesterday defected to CCM and the Alliance for Change and Transparency (ACT-Wazalendo). The two MPs are Leticia Nyerere and ...
Tanzanian Ex-PM to Join Opposition After Presidential Bid FailedBloomberg
CHADEMA releases names for Kilimanjaro Special Seats hopefulsDaily News
Tarime Looks Set to Have Woman MPAllAfrica.com

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Legendary newsman, media critic and human rights advocate Danny Schechter died Thursday in New York, after losing his battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 72.

Schechter started his media career in radio, as the “news dissector” at Boston’s WBCN-FM radio. Later he worked as a producer for ABC’s “20/20” and part of the start-up team of producers at CNN. He worked extensively in South Africa and was a friend of Nelson Mandela.

In recent years, Schechter was a frequent guest on RT, sharing his...