Dar es Salaam, Sept. 28 -- THE National Electoral Commission (NEC) has warned candidates aspiring for different electoral posts in the forthcoming General Election to desist from telling their electorates that they already have won elections.

NEC maintains that it is the only body vested with powers to announce winners after counting and tallying of votes.

The Director of Election, Dr Charles Mahera specifically pointed out Chadema Presidential Candidate, Mr Tundu Lissu for such utterances in his public rallies across the country.

It has come to pass that some candidates such as Chadema's Lissu and ACT Wazalendo's Maalim Seif Sharrif Hamad declaring illegally that Lissu is the next president of Tanzania come October this year. Maalim S...