STRATAGEM: Tanzanian election opinion polls a political Trojan horse

Citizen TV
Tanzanian political authorities urge media to be impartial ahead of polls
GlobalPost
DAR ES SALAAM, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- Tanzanian Registrar of Political Parties, Judge Francis Mutungi, on Thursday appealed to the media fraternity to practice sobriety in reporting the final days of the electoral process to avoid being the source of ...
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Do we really need opinion polls at this stage?
Daily News
AS the country inches to the general election on October 25, this year, some groups have started coming up with results of opinion polls, showing who is going to win the elections. So far, three groups have come out to declare which party might win the ...

Defeated candidates complain over graft in opinion polls
Daily News
SOME CCM women contestants for Special Seats in Rukwa Region have charged that opinion polls were marred by acts of corruption. Last week, the Rukwa Region Chama Cha Mapinduzi women wing held preferential polls for parliamentary aspirants for ...

Public opinion polling has become an essential tool in public policy decision-making, election campaigns, and media reporting. Among others, politicians and policy makers want to know citizens’ satisfaction with service delivery, their perceived national priorities, their political preferences and their attitudes on the state of the economy.

Slowly, it seems the worst nightmare of the law-abiding citizens of Coastal Kenya – that their region could be blighted by extremists and terrorists – might be coming true.

Political parties speak out on defections ahead of polls  The Citizen Daily

IPPmedia
Political analysts query credibility of election observers
IPPmedia
Political analysts have questioned the credibility of poll monitors for only assessing the actual election, saying it makes it hard to know whether the process was indeed free and fair. They have therefore urged for the establishment of a special fund ...

CUF said it was not proper to involve the Police alone while excluding other SMZ state apparatuses

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