Dar es Salaam, Sept. 9 -- PERIODIC elections constitute one of the most crucial exercises for any country.

This is because the major affairs of that entity are managed and monitored by men and women who are entrusted with managing, monitoring and fixing problems that may arise.

It may be recalled that, what is today Tanzania is a combination of what were initially two separate entities - Tanganyika and Zanzibar.

It was after they merged in 1964 that a new entity - Tanzania - was formed; hence the name United Republic of Tanzania, to reflect the combination of what were two separate geo-political entities.

Since Tanzania is not an island, but part of the family of nations, which is captured by the expression "global village", there cam...