Zanzibar police say to escort voters in elections

Police officers on patrol in Pemba yesterday. Zanzibaris go to the polls tomorrow.  PHOTO | ANTHONY SIAME

What you need to know:

  • Ballot boxes and papers were yesterday collected from the commission’s head office by the Tanzania People’s Defence Forces for distribution.
  • CCM’s Pemba South Regional Secretary Kassim Mabrouk said the party had mobilised its supporters to turn out in big numbers for voting.
  • CUF’s director for Planning and Elections, Mr Omari Ali Shehe, is optimistic that the party members and supporters will boycott the polls.

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