{"id":25996,"date":"2021-03-27T18:13:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-27T18:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/?p=25996"},"modified":"2021-03-27T18:13:33","modified_gmt":"2021-03-27T18:13:33","slug":"nec-set-by-election-date-for-muhambwe-constituency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/nec-set-by-election-date-for-muhambwe-constituency","title":{"rendered":"NEC SET BY-ELECTION DATE FOR MUHAMBWE CONSTITUENCY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Tanzania:<\/strong> The National Electoral Commission (NEC) has announced that by-election in Muhambwe constituency \u00a0in Kigoma will be held on May 2, this year.<\/p>\n<p>The commission is seeking to fill the vacuum left by MP Atashasta Nditiye who passed away on 12 February, this year.<\/p>\n<p>A press statement issued by the NEC&#8217;s director of elections Dr Wilson Charles in Dodoma Saturday, the Muhambwe by-election schedule has been released after the commission received an official letter from the Speaker of National Assembly notify that the said seat is vacant.<\/p>\n<p>Equally, he said the commission will also nominate candidates on the third of April and the campaign will kick off \u00a0on the same day.<\/p>\n<p>The Muhambwe lawmaker Atashasta Nditiye died on \u00a0February 12, 2021 at the Benjamin Mkapa Hospital in Dodoma where he was receiving treatments after involved in road crash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Tanzania: The National Electoral Commission (NEC) has announced that by-election in Muhambwe constituency \u00a0in Kigoma will be held on May 2, this year. 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