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Tanzania main opposition parties demand fresh vote; Set for demos against Magufuli re-elections

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John Magufuli delivers a speech in Dodoma, Tanzania, on 29 August 2020
John Magufuli won 84% of the vote, according to the election commission

DODOMA-(MaraviPost)-Tanzania’s two main opposition parties have demanded fresh elections, after denouncing last week’s presidential vote as fraudulent.

The Chadema and ACT-Wazalendo parties, in a joint news conference, also called for mass protests from Monday, November 2, 2020. .

Incumbent President John Magufuli was declared victor in Wednesday’s election with 84% of the vote.

Chadema alleges ballot boxes were tampered with after its agents were stopped from entering polling stations.

“We first call for fresh elections as soon as possible,” the party’s chairman, Freeman Mbowe, said on Saturday. “We call for continuous, peaceful, countrywide demonstrations until our demands are met.”

ACT-Wazalendo leader Zitto Kabwe said the decision was for “the future of our country”.

“We cannot accept going back to a one-party system,” he added.

Tundu Lissu – Chadema’s candidate for president and Magufuli’s main rival – won just 13% of the vote.

He said on Thursday it “was not an election by both Tanzanian and international laws. It was just a gang of people who have just decided to misuse state machinery to cling to power”.

Opposition presidential candidate Tundu Lissu on 7 October 2020
Tundu Lissu said there had been widespread fraud and intimidation

According to BBC, the head of the National Electoral Commission, Semistocles Kaijage, said allegations of fake ballot papers were unsubstantiated.

An observer mission from the East African Community said the election was “conducted in a regular manner” but the US embassy in Dar es Salaam said that “irregularities and the overwhelming margins of victory raise serious doubts about the credibility of the results… as well as concerns about the government of Tanzania’s commitment to democratic values”.

Mr Magufuli has been president since 2015 but his CCM party has been in power since independence in 1961.

Regional

Magufuli says his child had Covid-19 but recovered through ‘steam inhalation’

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Tanzania President Magufuli fires close general commissioner

The President of Tanzania, John Magufuli has revealed that his own child contracted Coronavirus but has now recovered and doing well.

Speaking at a church service in his hometown of Chato, north-west Tanzania, President Magufuli his child who has recovered is now “doing push-ups”.

According to him the child made a recovery by adopting regimen of self-isolation, steam inhalation, and lemon and ginger juice.

But the acclaimed recovery regiment is yet to be confirmed as effective for the treatment of covid-19.

Magufuli has also been reacting to claims by the United States government that hospitals in Tanzania are overwhelmed.
He claims there is a “sharp decline” in the number of coronavirus patients, adding that “God has answered your prayers.”

“The way I see this trend, if the week beginning from tomorrow continues like this, I plan to open places of higher education so that our students can continue with their studies,” he said to the church.

Tanzania has come under criticisms from the World Health Organization for its handling of current coronavirus pandemic.

The WHO is unhappy with the measures being rolled out and lack of transparency as the rate of infection continues to increase in the country.
Tanzania has not restricted movement of citizens but large public gatherings have been banned and schools and universities closed.

But markets remain open likewise churches and mosques as President John Magufuli claims the coronavirus cannot harm the bodies of worshippers.

He has also been at the fore front of patronizing herbal remedy from Madagascar to treat some patients.

Tanzania has recorded 509 coronavirus cases with 21 deaths and 167 recoveries

Source: Africafeeds.com

Lifestyle

First Ever Tanzanian Made Helicopter to Start Flying Soon

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Tanzania Helicopter
Tanzania has begun building its own helicopters that will be taking to the skies soon

Tanzania has begun building its own helicopters that will be taking to the skies soon. A Tanzanian made two seater chopper is in its final stages of production and will start flying trials once it granted permission by the Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority, reports Daily news.

Arusha Technical College, department of Mechanical and Engineering initiated the program so as to build affordable choppers for Tanzanians to ease the country’s transport woes. Continue reading First Ever Tanzanian Made Helicopter to Start Flying Soon →