How legal setback frustrated Mpina’s presidential ambition

Dar es Salaam. Over 37.6 million Tanzanians are expected to cast their ballots today to elect the president, Members of Parliament, and councillors in one of the most closely watched general elections in recent Tanzania’s history.

Yet, conspicuously missing from the presidential ballot paper is ACT-Wazalendo’s would-be flag-bearer, Mr Luhaga Mpina, whose quest to vie for the highest office was thwarted following a series of legal and procedural setbacks.