Calm has been maintained in the Islands of Zanzibar as the voters await for the 90 days extension for fresh elections. Shops opened on Friday and people went about their daily routines cautiously after the Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC) nullified the elections citing some serious irregularities during polling process.
In Tanzanian mainland however the winner of the Union Presidential seat has been announced and John Pombe Magufuli of the ruling CCM has won by 58 percent of the votes cast against 39 percent of the opposition's and former Prime minister Mr. Edward Lowassa.The Tanzania's National Electoral Commission (NEC) stated that the annullment by the ZEC does not effect the union presidential election as the two bodies are each free and governed by different consitutions.
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