By Mark Ogagan
President of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan will be in office for a second term after she was declared the winner of a disputed presidential election with nearly 98 percent of the vote.
Hassah assumed office for her first time as President of Tanzania on 19th March, 2021.
Leading rivals were excluded from the election, which was held last Wednesday.
The final result announced by the electoral commission on Saturday showed Hassan had won 97.66 percent of the vote by dominating every constituency.
State media said a swearing-in ceremony would take place later on Saturday.
The election for president and parliament set off days of violent protests as demonstrators took to the streets of major cities to protest against the barring or prevention of Hassan’s main rivals from running and what they described as widespread repression.
The Party for Democracy and Progress (Chadema), the main opposition force which was barred from taking part in the election, told international news agencies that “about 700” people had been killed, based on figures gathered from a network checking hospitals and health clinics.
Meanwhile, the UN human rights office said credible reports indicated at least 10 people were killed in three cities.
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