By Femi Peters (The Gambia) – Gambia National House of Assembly gets new speaker, Hon Abdoulie Bojang just one week after the recent sacking of Mrs Elizabeth Renner, the former speaker of the Gambia National House of Assembly by of the President Yahya Jammeh on Thursday, November 04, 2010 and her nomination revoked as a member of the National Assembly, with effect from 3rd November 2010. This vacant seat, subsequently called for an election which was scheduled to take place on the 12th of November, 2010.After the resumption of the house, a motion was called for the nomination of the... Continue Reading
By Our Correspondent, Dar es Salaam – The fourth multi party Parliament in Tanzania has elected the first woman ever in the history of the East African country to become Speaker of the National Assembly, in a closely followed election in the nation’s political capital, Dodoma, today. The new speaker, Anne Makinda, 61, (legislature for Njombe South in Iringa region), was the Deputy Speaker in the last Assembly under the leadership of the fallen incumbent, Samuel Sitta. In the election which was held in the first sitting of the fourth Parliament, Mrs. Makinda scooped a 265 out of total 327... Continue Reading
By: Augustine N. Myers – In the wake of the mass dismissal of the entire Liberian Cabinet referred to as “Administrative Leave”, two major opposition political parties in Liberia are calling on President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf to also take administrative leave or be forced to resign. The two parties are the Liberty Party (LP) of Former President Pro Temporal at the Liberian Senate, Legal Counselor Charles Walker Brumskine, and the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) of former World Best Footballer, George Mannah Weah. Two separate press releases from both camps of the Liberty Party (LP) and Congress for Democratic Change (CDC)... Continue Reading
By Own Correspondent – The Early resulty shows that CCM lead in the presidential election yesterday as the National Electoral Commission (NEC) announced a delay in releasing results from various parts of the country. Meanwhile, there was chaos in Mwanza and other Lake Zone areas as impatient youths protested the delay in announcing results. Also, Tandika and Ubungo areas was Chaos as people protested the delay in announcing results. The NEC had released presidential results from 14 constituencies as of 5pm, more than 24 hours after polling stations closed on Sunday. Results from many constituencies were also delayed for what... Continue Reading
By Own Correspondent – The Vice-President, Dr Ali Mohammed Shein, was yesterday declared the seventh president of Zanzibar after beating his closest rival, Civic United Front’s Seif Sharif Hamad and five other contenders in the election held on Sunday. Announcing the results at around 9.15 last night, the Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC) chairman, Mr Khatib Mwinyichande, said Dr Shein scooped 179,809 votes, equivalent to 50.1 per cent, edging Mr Hamad who garnered 176,338 votes, equivalent to 49.1 per cent of 364,924 votes cast. Speaking after he was declared the winner, Dr Shein pledged to adhere to the principles of the... Continue Reading
