Clarence Kipobota
Outreach Services Coordinator, Legal and Human Rights Center
Focus: Elections
Keywords: new technology, gender, corruption, decentralization, party financing, Tanzania, voter fraud, vote counting, results declaration, media relations, rural voter registration, voter registration, enfranchising marginalized groups, voter education, monitoring
Interviewer(s): Varanya Chaubey
Country of Reform: Tanzania
Location: Legal and Human Rights Center, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of
Date: Mon Nov 24 2008
Abstract
Clarence Kipobota draws on his experience working on pre- and post-election issues at the Legal and Human Rights Center to address various aspects of Tanzania’s electoral process. He highlights problems with the independence of the Electoral Committee, updating the permanent voter registry, ensuring the enfranchisement of marginalized groups and combating voter fraud. He also details how the center and its partners were pushing for reform, and he discusses the voter-education activities they were leading.
Full Profile
Clarence Kipobota joined the Legal and Human Rights Center in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, after graduating from law school in 2003. At the time of this interview, he held the position of outreach services coordinator, working to coordinate nine different programs focusing on mass education, human rights monitoring, gender, legal aid, public engagement, election watch, Parliament watch, justice watch and government watch. He was involved in the pre- and post-election activities of the center.
