Though Hassan will be one of 17 presidential hopefuls on the ballot paper Luhaga Mpina the candidate of the second largest opposition party ACT-Wazalendo is not among them after the Attorney General upheld a ruling by the electoral commission that his party had not followed nomination procedures...

Tanzania's presidential election is set to become slightly more competitive after the High Court ordered that Luhaga Mpina of the ACT Wazalendo party should be allowed to submit nomination forms to the Independent National Electoral Commission...