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Constituent Assembly to resume with focused debates
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THE Constituent Assembly (CA) scheduled to resume on Tuesday will go on as planned, despite boycott by the Coalition of Defenders of the People's Constitution (UKAWA). In a telephone interview on Saturday, CA chairman Mr Samwel Sitta said that the ...
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The Constituent Assembly kicks off its business today in Dodoma with election of an interim Chairman, who will oversee enactment of Standing Orders and election of the permanent chairman.

>Tanzanians will be all eyes and ears today as President Jakaya Kikwete delivers a key address to the Nation through the Constituent Assembly (CA) sitting in Dodoma.

The new constitution writing process records another milestone today with the onset of the Constituent Assembly.

There are simply too many lobby groups working against each other to further their own political and ideological ends.

>A fortnight ago, this writer highlighted that abiding by democratic tenets, including citizens’ participation is an important procedural limitation that inherently accompanies and binds the constituent power in a situation of a state with politically organised people.

As August nears, so is the resumption of the meeting of the Constituent Assembly (CA) in Tanzania’s fictitious capital, Dodoma.

Action should be taken to curb the monetary cost which the government incurs in running the CA, says Bomani.

The Tanzania Centre for Democracy (TCD) is keen on negotiating a deal that will see opposition parties return to the Constituent Assembly. The umbrella organisation brings together all 22 registered political parties.