Dodoma. The whistle for the 2024 local government elections will be blown tomorrow, Thursday, August 15, 2024 when the Minister of State, Office of the President, Regional Administrations and Local Governments (Tamisemi), Mohammed Mchengerwa will announce the election.
According to the Head of the Government Communications Unit of Tamisemi, Nteghenjwa Hosseah, the announcement will be made at Chinangali Stadium in Dodoma at 6pm.
“This announcement will provide various details of the type of election that will be held and the entire flow of local government election events,” said Hosseah.
Among those that will be determined are the rules for the election of the township chairman in small town authorities in 2024, and the rules for the election of the local chairman and members of the local committee, 2024.
Others are the rules for local government elections in district authorities, 2024 and the rules for government elections in city authorities.
The regulations empower the relevant minister to issue an announcement to the public about the existence of elections in Kiswahili and English newspapers distributed throughout the country, and in other media not less than 90 days before election day.
The announcement will also make clear the election schedule and activities related to the important conditions of the election in accordance with those laws and regulations.
Among the things that have been well received by political parties and citizens in general, the election will be held without the presence of a candidate who passes unopposed, as was the case in other previous elections.
