Immediate former Ubungo MP John Mnyika also said registering people after 6 PM is contrary to the rules and regulations set by National Electoral Commission (NEC).
Mnyika told the media yesterday that they learned from Chadema that some centres, including Kimara Baruti, Msakuzi and Msuguru were found registering people at night.
He said there were cases when clerks ordered people to bring letters of introduction with numbers of their houses before they could be registered.
He also claimed that CCM interfered with the process by choosing who should or should not be called on the list, citing Mabibo and Mburahati stations.
He asked the government, through NEC, to come out and explain about the allegations as well as scarcity of machines at many stations and the Prime Minister to comment on distortions to help citizens have necessary information concerning the BVR process.
Mnyika urged Chadema agents and leaders to use ‘people power’ to ensure there is no sabotage whenever it is necessary.
While on the tour with the former MP Mnyika, reporters toured Kimara and saw many voters complaining about their failure to be registered because BVR kits could not bee operated.
"It in now 1PM, but I have been on the line since 6AM…till now there is no hope to registered," Dickson Kunda a resident of Kimara Mwisho told the reporter
Penina Nkya, a member of Kimara local Government said until they have registered only 1,000 people while the area’s population is 23,000, adding that they need more time for the exercise because their machine ‘has serious problems.’
Tanzania's electoral commission on Monday began to register voters through the BVR system for the October general election.
The exercise had been scheduled for late 2014, but was delayed due to the government's failure to provide the electoral body with the necessary funding.
While the country needs more than 8,000 BVR kits to carry on with the exercise, NEC has received only 3,400 kits so far.
Meanwhile as only five days remain for Dar es Salaam residents to register for BVR, many still spend long hours in registration stations failing to register due to kits hiccups.
The Guardian has information revealing some resident forge hospital sick-sheets to fast track the service and are even tempting to bribe registering officials as it has taken since the launch of the exercise in the city to register without success.
At Tabata Kisiwani, Amina Abdallah complained that the repeatedly breakdown of BVR machines is the source of their suffering at registering station as authorities were ignoring the problem since the launch of the exercise countrywide.
Nestrory Kilacha from Kimara Baruti registering station complaining that transporting BVR kits by using motor cycle (Bodaboda) is the main reason for the damage of machine.
SOURCE: GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY
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