Authorities overseeing Tanzania’s upcoming local government elections this week published preliminary voter figures breaking past records, amid opposition claims of foul play in favour of the ruling CCM party, including the register being padded with ineligible voters.
According to the statistics rolled out on October 22 by the Ministry of Regional Administration and Local Governments (Tamisemi), 31.28 million Tanzanians were registered to cast their vote in the November 27 polls, making up 94.83 percent of initial estimates.
