First is the fact that one of the key political parties contesting in the elections is the ruling party, the Democrartyic Progerssive Party (DPP), that was never ever eleected by the electorate for it to be in power. 
Kwanza ni ukweli kwamba mmoja wapo ya vyama muhimu kabisa vya siasa vinavyogombea katika uchaguzi huu ni chama tawala, DPP, ambacho hakikuwahi kamwe kuchaguliwa na wananchi kutwaa madaraka.