Meanwhile, the Chadema Campaign Manager, Prof. Mwesiga Baregu, has urged the National Electoral Commission (NEC) to elaborate on where the 19.6 million voters who are registered in the voters' book have come from, saying that with the country's population, the number was impossible.
He claimed that the country's population was by last year estimated to be 40.6 million people out of which 44.4 per cent were estimated to be under 15 years of age and that the rest of the population minus those under 18 years and those who did not register it was impossible to have 19.6 million registered voters.
According to the recent World Population Data Sheet issued by Population Reference Bureau, Tanzania is one of the countries whose population has many youths less than 15 years (45 per cent).
Prof Baregu noted that from the consultations they have made from several experts, the country like this can have a maximum of 16 million voters other factors remaining constant.
Attempts to reach the NEC Director for Elections, Mr Rajabu Kiravu, to comment on the matter proved futile as his mobile phone was not answered.
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