Why did voters shun the by-election?

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CCM, Chadema presidential candidates shun election debate
IPPmedia
The ruling CCM and the main opposition party Chadema did not take part in the Presidential candidates' debate that took place in Dar es Salaam yesterday, dashing hopes of viewers who were glued to the television. According to recent opinion polls, the ...
Tanzania's October 25 Poll Will Be Like No Other, Leading Analysts SayAllAfrica.com
Elections should enhance our nation's prestige in world mapDaily News |...

Defections: let voters be the judge on Election Day  The Citizen

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'Jitokeze' Graffiti Rallies Tanzanian Voters to Election
AllAfrica.com
As Tanzanians prepare to vote in the General Election on October 25, Dar es Salaam is ablaze with colourful graffiti as a form of political activism, rallying people to take part in the much anticipated polls. On public walls on several streets of Dar ...
Election campaign Tanzania and a related Helicopter crasheTurboNews

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'CCM, Chadema absence at election debate unfair to voters'
IPPmedia
CCM and opposition Chadema candidates have denied voters an opportunity to understand better their manifestos by skipping a presidential election debate that was held in Dar es Salaam on Sunday, according to observers. Although candidates have no ...
Tensions in Zanzibar as Tanzania readies for tight voteThe Standard Digital News (satire) (press release) (registration) (blog)
Hamad urges electoral body to hasten release of...

A report presented recently at a workshop in Moshi shows that we have people who link autism – a mental condition in which a person finds it very difficult to communicate or form relationships with others – to witchcraft.

Asking whether it’s proper to salute the person who coined the proverb that ‘mountains don’t meet but people do’ as wise may sound stupid.

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...

Shun corrupt office seekers - VP
Daily News
TANZANIANS have been called upon to fight corruption and avoid electing graft-prone leaders during the general election slated for October. “Politicians and the public should fight corruption, which detrimental to the nation's development. The public, too ...

>A good harvest is what every farmer craves. That is why the harvest season should be a time for joy and celebration. But that is not what is happening among cashew nut farmers in Mtwara Region.