Bill to regulate house rents in pipeline

 In a bid to increase government revenues and minimise budget dependency, the government is looking forward to table the tax exemption bill that will enable MPs to debate and come up with best means of collecting revenues.

East African Legislative Assembly
East African Legislative Assembly, Arusha, June 5, 2014: At the just ended Sixth meeting of the 2nd Session, EALA has granted Hon Dr James Ndahiro leave to introduce a Private Members’ Bill on Electronic transactions. The Bill is known as the EAC Electronic Transactions Bill, 2014. The object of this Bill is to make provision for the use, security, facilitation and regulation of electronic communications and transactions, to encourage the use of...

Bill to amend 1999 Copyright Act in pipeline
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The National Assembly was yesterday told that the Bill to amend the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act, No 7 of 1999 was in the pipeline, awaiting cabinet approval before tabling in Parliament. The deputy minister for Industry and Trade, Janet Mbene ...

Yesterday, they stood asking the House Speaker to compel Mr Ngwilizi to withdraw his statement, but their requests were watered down by Ms Makinda who said the House will review the Hansard to find out the authenticity of their claims. Aggrieved by Ms Makinda’s decision, the two furious MPs walked out of the debating chamber.

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Govt defends Media Bill in House
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The government has defended the Media Services Bill, saying it is a good foundation towards recognition of journalism as a profession, duties and rights of the press. However, the opposition contends that the bill is ridiculous, and would take the country back ...

After months of dilly-dallying, the government will finally table the anti-narcotics Bill in the ongoing parliamentary meeting.

The government yesterday withdrew the Statistics Bill 2013 which MPs were debating after it was tabled earlier in the morning.

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Public, private partnership bill tabled in House
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THE Public Private Partnership (PPP) Amendment Bill, 2014 aimed at establishing a one stop centre, PPP Centre, to improve efficiency and coordination of projects under partnership between public and private sector was tabled in Parliament on Tuesday.

A bill on the law for establishing an exchange market for commodities is set to be tabled in the next budget meeting in Parliament.