Inclusiveness in writing basic law

Today, in a series of my articles which try to respond to the proposals of Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) following the publication of the second Draft Constitution, I would like to critically, but constructively differ with CCM’s proposal that the Draft Constitution is too much detailed to the extent that it lacks profundity and brevity as it is supposed to be.

Today, we are looking into Chapters - One and Two – in both documents and see how similar or different they are. We do this because we want to establish how easy or difficult harmonisation of these two basic laws is, as we look forward to writing the federal Constitution of member countries of the East African Community (EAC).

Although historians and lawyers differ on many issues, they share many characteristics. In making their arguments, both professions engage in case-making by citing scenarios, which can justify a status quo.

On April 30 next year, Tanzanians through a referendum will decide if they want the proposed Constitution to be their new and permanent Constitution or not. If they vote for it, then it will be their Constitution for many years to come, affecting not only the current generation, but many others in the future.

At last the long awaited Constituent Assembly has arrived in Dodoma although there are mixed feelings of its outcome after 70 or more days.

The constitutional review process has now reached a perplexing stage. The Constituent Assembly (CA) has just completed the voting process for the draft constitution, yet there is no hope that a new constitution will be in place any time soon.

In last week’s article, I started making a comparative analysis on the constitution making process in Tanzania vis-à-vis the Constitution of Kenya. The proposed Constitution is subject to the referendum’s approval or disapproval

>On April 24, 2015, the Conseil National Pour la Défense de la Démocratie–Forces pour la Défense de la Démocratie (CNDD–FDD), the ruling party in Burundi, endorsed Pierre Nkurunziza as its candidate to contest the presidential election slated for June 26, 2015

CA asked to focus on people's issues not Union's articles in basic law debate
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Instead of unprofitable debates on the authenticity of Articles of the Union, members of the Constituent Assembly (CA) are been called on to focus on solutions to the challenges facing the people. Speaking at the start of the week in the capital, Zanzibar Deputy ...