2016 will give ‘People Power’ wave a break

>Minister for Energy and Minerals Sospeter Muhongo did himself no favours when he announced on Thursday that his ministry would not submit oil and natural gas production sharing agreements (PSAs) to the Parliamentary Public  Accounts Committee.

Listening to politicians campaigning you a picture you get is that after October, Tanzanians will be living in heaven. Candidates’ promises paints a flawless Tanzania in which no one will labour for anything.

If we were to describe the African continent in brief, it would probably be “where there are trees but no builders.” It has plenty of human and natural resources, but the majority of its people languish in abject poverty.

MPs James Lembeli of CCM and Philemon Ndesamburo of Chadema have urged their fellow Constituent Assembly members to put aside narrow political interests when debating the draft constitution.

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President Jakaya Kikwete flips through text of address he is expected to deliver in Constituent Assembly in Dodoma today, signalling the official opening of the CA's 70-day meeting, as he flew from Dar es Salaam to Dodoma yesterday. Constituent Assembly ...
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>Members of the Constituent Assembly (MCAs) want to maintain the clause in the Constitution that forbids a petition against the winner of the presidential vote. This is truly shocking. What the MCAs are proposing is that once the winner of the presidential votes is announced, no one has the constitutional right to appeal.

>Police frequently disrupt demonstrations by opposition parties, even when they are peaceful. Journalists on duty also get the same hostile treatment. This is unacceptable.

Few weeks ago Tanzanians were made to believe that they will not be bothered by a referendum on the proposed constitution until after General Election slated for October next year.

Twaweza’s new survey indicates that Tanzanians are generally ill-informed on the gains from gas economy. Let’s take this as a wake-up call. It is interesting that Twaweza has released the report at a time when politicians are stomping around the country, telling the electorate they will upgrade Tanzania’s economy using revenue sourced from gas deals.