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August 31, 2010

NEC please update the WEB

I was browsing the net and go to National Election Commission hoping to find latest information on the 2010 General Election, but to my disappointment it seems the last update was 2nd July.
The countdown timer shows, as of today that we have 62days to the general election which is October 31, the site also have some printing errors on some of its postings,
I believe at this time around NEC website is supposed to be one of the most updated sites given the fact of seriousness of its core function to the 2010 General Election and the importance of delivering right information at the right time to the right audience.

Article 39 (1) of the Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania, 1977 provides for qualifications and conditions for the nomination of Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates.

» Qualifications

(i) he/she is a citizen of the United Republic by birth in terms of the citizenship law;

(ii)he/she has attained the age of forty years;

(iii) he/she is a Member of, and a Candidate proposed by a Political Party;

(iv) he/she is qualified to be a Member of Parliament or a Member of the House of Representatives; and

(v) he/she has not been convicted by any court for an offence of tax evasion within a period of five years before the date of Election.

» Conditions

Conditions for the nomination of a Candidate for a Presidential and Vice-Presidential seat are as follows;

(i) If a Presidential candidate hails from one part of the Union then the Vice-Presidential candidate should hail from the other part of the Union.

(ii) he/she must be supported by not less than two hundred people who are registered as voters from each of at least ten regions of the United Republic, out of which at least two regions are in Tanzania Zanzibar;

(iii) deposit with the Commission a sum of T.Shs.1, 00,000/= (one million);

(iv) make a statutory declaration before a Judge of the High Court or Court of Appeal that he/she has the required qualifications, and that he/she is not disqualified for Election;

(v) deliver his/her duly filled nomination forms before 4.00 p.m. of the nomination day with four half size postcard coloured photographs.

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