Tanzania: Kikwete Wins Tanzania Election

Dar-Es-Salaam — Tanzanian Foreign Affairs minister, Jakaya Kikwete, on Sunday emerged the winner of the presidential election, garnering more than nine million votes and completely whitewashing his rivals.

A combined opposition of nine parties could only managed a mere total of 2,243,238 votes, painting a grim future of multi-party politics in Tanzania. Kikwete received a total of 9,102,951 votes out of the total 10,031,890 valid votes cast in the December 14 elections.

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