Clerics call for free, fair elections as Tanzania gears up for October polls

The head of the Catholic Diocese of Lindi and President of the Tanzania Episcopal Conference (TEC) Bishop Wolfgang Pisa.

Dar es Salaam. With six months remaining before the October General Election, religious leaders across Tanzania have called on the government and political stakeholders to guarantee free, fair and peaceful polls.

Delivering their Easter messages in separate services on April 19 and 20, clerics said that elections should unite rather than divide the nation, and serve as a democratic channel to elect just and patriotic leaders.