Tanzania's President John Pombe Magufuli addresses members of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi Party (CCM) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. His government has denied any involvement in Kenya's election. [Photo: the-star.co.ke]President John Magufuli-led Tanzanian government has denied accusations that it is interfering in Kenya’s election by supporting Nasa flag bearer Raila Odinga.Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Dr Augustine Mahiga has told The Citizen, a Nation Media Group newspaper based in Dar es Salaam, that reports linking Tanzania with its Kenya's elections which are 13 days away were 'false'.Dr Mahiga described the reports, some attributed to the ruling Jubilee Party, as false and 'not based on truth'.“Rival camps are, therefore, using every technique to outperform one another, but the Government of Tanzania is not siding with any of the two major camps,” Mahiga said on Monday as quoted by the NationHe added that President Magufuli’s government believed it was the duty and democratic right of Kenyan voters alone, through the ballot paper, to choose their President.However, according to the Nation, the Tanzanian opposition insists that President Magufuli, who banned political activity and ordered the arrest of opposition leaders, is supporting Odinga to return a favour.The opposition claims that Magufuli, a personal friend of Odinga, is providing financial and strategy support for the Nasa campaign.Raila during the Presidential debate on Monday, also denied that Nasa has a parallel tallying centre in Tanzania.

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