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Tanzania: African Court Orders Tanzania to Allow Challenges to Presidential Results
Citizen, 16 July 2020
The African rights court on Wednesday ordered Tanzania to amend a section of its constitution which bars any court from probing the election of a president after a winner is… Read more »
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Tanzania: Mwalimu's Initiative in Constitutional Limitation On Presidential Terms of Office
Daily News, 24 October 2019
IN this article, I am advancing the view that Mwalimu Nyerere's role in influencing the imposition of that constitutional limitation on presidential terms of office, deserves to be… Read more »
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Tanzania: Lawyers File Case On Presidential Election Results
Citizen, 15 October 2010
A petition has been filed in the High Court seeking a declaration that an article of the constitution prohibiting courts from enquiring into presidential election results be… Read more »
Court Orders Tanzania to Allow Challenges to Presidential Results
The African Rights Court has ordered Tanzania to amend a section of its constitution which bars any court from probing the election of a president after a winner is officially announced. Jebra Kambole filed a case at the Arusha-based court in 2018 arguing the provision was a violation of his rights. Tanzania's constitution states that once a presidential candidate has been declared the winner by the electoral commission "no court of law shall have any jurisdiction to inquire into the election of that candidate."
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Parliament has endorsed amendments to the Basic Rights and Duties Enforcement Act, giving leaders of the three arms of government protection from being sued in their individual ... Read more »
