Abstract
Since 1994 when Tanzania held its first multiparty local government elections following the reintroduction of multiparty politics in 1992, corruption has been in a surge. There is a growing concern from civil society organizations, the media and the general public over an excessive use of money and other resources to influence the voters. With the money dictating the conduct of electoral processes, weak or poor candidates and parties have been risking their chance of being elected as they cannot compete with their affluent counterparts. In spite of the
Highlights
Tanzania has had a number of elections since her independence in 1961
TEMCO’s interim report on performance of Tanzania’s 2010 general elections highlights various incidents of incumbency advantage to include; Regional and District Commissioners placing state resources in campaign processions of the presidential candidate defending his position, the presidential candidate in power addressing public meetings outside the legal campaign time, a practice which was imitated by other presidential candidates, cases of making a decision or reversing a government decision previously made in campaign meetings – which violated the code of ethics ( TEMCO 2010:7-8)
This editorial clearly contravened with Section 28(2) of the Election Expenses Act No.6 of 2010 which provides that the government media shall include in their publications information related to the electoral processes without bias and that such publication shall not tamper with information or discriminate against any candidate
Summary
Tanzania has had a number of elections since her independence in 1961. In the elections that were held during the single party era, the main electoral concern was lack of free competition as the party engulfed the electoral processes. Despite the shortcomings of monolithic politics, the party strictly adhered to ethical conducts and candidates at all levels had limited or no opportunities to get involved into corrupt practices. Despite some efforts to tackle corruption in Tanzania during the third and fourth phase governments such as the formation of the Presidential Commission of Enquiry against Corruption in 1996 and the formation of Prevention of Corruption Bureau (PCB) which later became the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB), there have been very limited efforts to fight corruption in elections. Much of the focus in addressing corruption has been devoted to the public sector and only political rhetorics are surrounding the issue of corruption in elections in which government and ruling party officials are begrudgingly promising to tackle the scourge. The section below highlights the conceptualization of corruption
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