ARUSHA MP ELECTIONS POSTPONED AFTER DEATH OF CANDIDATE

Arusha MP Elections postponed after death of candidate



Arusha urban  residents will not participate in the Parliamentary Elections on the 25th of October this year, following the sudden death of one of the candidates for the urban constituency here.

Mr Estomih Jonas Mallah, who was vying for the Arusha-Urban Parliamentary seat via the Alliance for Change and Transparency (ACT) Wazalendo, party passed away in early hours of Friday, October 9, at the  Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center (KCMC) in Moshi where he was rushed for treatment.

Arusha residents paid their final respect to the departed politician, who was also an accountant by profession, at his Kimandolu Home last Tuesday. He was taken to Old Moshi area of Kilimanjaro region for burial later on Wednesday.

Estomih Mallah, ACT Wazalendo MP Candidate who died last week.

Shortly after the news went round, the ACT Wazalendo party spokesperson, Mr Abdallah Khamis confirmed that the charismatic Mallah died at about 1.00 hours (after midnight) in the early Friday Morning, possibly of heart attack.

Mr Mallah has passed away only two days after he campaigned alongside the ACT-Wazalendo Presidential Candidate, Mama Anna Nghwira, during her Arusha-leg of the campaigns in the city.

This was the second time that the late Mallah was running for parliamentary post in Arusha-Urban.  He  contested in 2000 via the Tanzania Labour Party (TLP) and lost to Mr Felix Christopher Mrema of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM). In 2005, TLP dropped him and enlisted one Godbless Lema to vie for parliamentary position via the party but he also lost to CCM’s Mr Mrema.

During the previous General Elections of 2010 Mr Mallah contested instead, for Kimandolu Ward seat and won through the Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA) a party which six months afterwards threw him and other five ward representatives from its fold.

Returning Officer for Arusha-Urban Constituency, Alhaj Juma Idd said the local residents will now vote for Presidential and Ward Representative Candidates. The Parliamentary Polls will be announced later, possibly next December of early next year 2016.

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