Tanzania fires officials over election irregularities

>In a bizzare incident here, Bukombe MP,  Prof Kulikoyela Kahigi  (Chadema), is alleged to have slapped local government election supervisors at Bwenda polling station, accusing them of plotting to rig votes.

Twenty (20) senior staff from the National Electoral Commission (NEC) and the Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC) will undergo a two-week train-the-facilitator programme based on the internationally renowned BRIDGE at the Oceanic Bay hotel in Bagamoyo. The training is expected to usher the two electoral management bodies (EMBs) in a new era of improved professional conduct of elections through the use of own staff to conduct BRIDGE or any other electronic training for both short term and...

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Elections in Zanzibar have been annulled for not being free and fair, the electoral chief on the Tanzanian archipelago has announced.Rows between rival electoral commissioners had led to physical fights, Jecha Salum Jecha said.The opposition says the vote on the islands was cancelled because it won.
The main challenger in the national presidential election, Edward Lowassa, said the problems in Zanzibar could be mirrored across the country.Earlier, he called for the national electoral...

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Tanzanian Elections Marred By Irregularities
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Tanzania's local government elections on Sunday (December 14th) were marred by irregularities that left many unable to vote, Tanzania's The Citizen reported. Lack or shortage of voting materials as well as the mixing up of the names of candidates and ...

>The local government elections were marred by irregularities in many parts of the country yesterday, leading to the postponement of the exercise in some areas. Lack or shortage of voting materials as well as the mixing up of the names of candidates and voters forced many returning officers to call off the election at some polling centres.

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Those who were illegally registered used NEC weaknesses in identifying citizens