ZANZIBAR, July 22 -- ELECTORAL officials appointed to oversee the 2025 presidential, parliamentary and ward-level elections have been strongly reminded to uphold their oath of secrecy and exercise caution in the use of social media during the entire electoral process.

The call was made over the weekend by the Vice Chairperson of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mr Mbarouk Salim Mbarouk, during the closing ceremony of a threeday training workshop held at the Police Ziwani Hall in Zanzibar.

The training brought together election coordinators, officers from correctional centres (prisons), constituency-level returning officers and their deputies.

Mr Mbarouk warned that any breach of the oath, especially through unautho...