Why nine parties have yet to launch their Zanzibar election campaigns
An ACT-Wazalendo campaign rally in Zanzibar. Smaller political parties are struggling to keep pace with some of them yet to launch their campaigns. PHOTO | FILE
Unguja. Two weeks since the Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC) opened the official campaign period on September 11, most opposition parties are still struggling to get their campaigns off the ground.
Of the 17 presidential hopefuls who collected nomination forms, 11 were cleared to contest. Five failed to return their forms, while a CUF candidate was disqualified after missing endorsements in one of the five regions.
