On Friday, October 31, Kenyan newspapers reported extensively on the post-election unrest in Tanzania, with protesters clashing with the police.
This comes as the counting of votes begins in the East African nation, even if President Samia Suluhu is not known.
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1. The Standard
The publication reported that the president of Tanzania Samia Suluhu was not known even if the post-election unrest rocked the East African country.
Senior government officials in Dodoma were also nowhere to be seen as thousands of Tanzanians flooded the streets to protest what they called an irregular election.
As the country continues to face a communication blockade, violence continued for a second day in several major cities of Tanzania.
On Thursday, October 30, in the afternoon, chaos broke out at the Namanga border checkpoint as Kenyan and Tanzanian youths threw stones at the Tanzanian police, who responded with live fire and tear gas.
Two people were shot and killed by police in the riots: Tanzanian citizen Kabuli Balayi and Kenyan businessman John Kahindi.
Their bodies were taken to a nearby mortuary. Two others, including a Kenyan police officer, were seriously injured.
2. Daily Nation
The publication revealed that at least 10 people were killed during the post-election violence in Tanzania.
This is according to a diplomatic source, although the reports could not be independently verified.
Preliminary election results were announced by the state-run Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation, which revealed that Suluhu had won large majorities in several states.
The election also included votes for parliamentarians and officials of the semi-independent islands of Zanzibar.
Demonstration they were called by the main opposition party, Chadema, which was expelled for refusing to sign the code of conduct, and its leader, Tundu Lissu, was accused of treason.
The British government announced that the airports in Arusha and the one near Mount Kilimanjaro had been closed, and that international flights to and from Dar es Salaam had been cancelled.
3. People Daily
In Kenya, the government plans to print six million new identity cards at a cost of KSh4.2 billion before the 2027 General Election.
Three million of the six million cards will be new IDs, and another three million will be replacements for lost cards.
Bello Kipsang, the Permanent Secretary (PS) for Immigration and Civil Services, told MPs that the government will spend about KSh 700 to print one identity card.
“We expect to spend about KSh 4.2 billion to print 3 million ID cards and then replace them with the same number,” The secretary said.
4. Nation Today
Robert Ingasira, the former Acting Executive Director of the Community Health Authority (SHA), and three other people were accused of submitting false medical claims from a private clinic to defraud the health insurance scheme of KSh 17.5 million.
In relation to the alleged loss, which state prosecutors claim was handled by the Archprime Medical Clinic in Oyugis, Homa Bay county, Ingasira appeared in court alongside Arthur Otula, Rosemary Daraja, and Peter Abuna.
The four denied the seven charges when they appeared before the Chief Magistrate of Milimani Lucas Onyina.
These charges included conspiracy to defraud, falsifying health information, obtaining and using the proceeds of crime, and issuing false documents, all of which are in violation of the Penal Code, the Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Act, and the Community Health Insurance Act.
5. The Star
After the death of the former Prime Minister Raila Odingawho has long been considered a political enigma and kingmaker, the political future of prominent leaders is at stake.
The late ODM leader’s influence was seen as crucial to the election and political survival of the so-called “Raila orphans,” a group of governors and MPs.
These include the governors Johnson (Nairobi), Fernandes Barasa (Kakamega), Gladys Wanga (Homa Bay), Gideon Mung’aro (Kilifi) and James Orengo (Siaya).
Raila led ODM for two decades, and the party has gone back to the drawing board after his death.
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