Election: Lowassa named UKAWA candidate
Tanzania’s opposition coalition has named former Prime Minister and ruling party member Edward Lowassa as their joint presidential candidate. Last month, Lowassa was seen as a potential candidate for ruling…
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Election: Dar voter registration starts
Voter registration in the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) system for Dar es Salaam residents sets to kick off on July 22. The process, which was last month shelved due to lack…
Election: Magufuli named CCM candidate
Ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) has named it’s presidential candidate: Minister of Works, John Magufuli. The three finalists in the race for the top spot were Minister of Works…
Election: CCM presents list of finalists
Update: Following ballot collection for the final vote, CCM Chairman Jakaya Kikwete says the party will reconvene Sunday morning at 10:00. Ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) has narrowed it’s…
Former PM: education trumps agriculture
Former prime minister and presidential hopeful Edward Lowassa says education is more important than agriculture. An an adequate investment in education would change Tanzania, Lowassa told media editors in Dodoma on…
Election observers beaten, stop monitoring
Election observers monitoring the voter registration process have stopped their operations after two observers were allegedly attacked by police in Njombe region. Tanzania Civil Society Consortium on Election Observation (Tacceo)…
Observers ready, draft constitution circulating
Slowly but surely, election preparations are lumbering forward as Tanzania heads toward the constitutional referendum on April 30 and the General Election in October. And on February 23, one week…