Lukuvi comes under more fire over army remarks

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'Lukuvi should resign over divisive remarks'
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Council of Islamic Organisations spokesman Rajab Katimba (R) addresses journalists in Dar es Salaam yesterday. (Photo: Omar Fungo). Islamic institutions Organisation has called for immediate resignation of minister of State Prime Minister's Office - Policy ...

“I am not a hypocrite.” These were the words of Mr William Lukuvi yesterday as he clarified his controversial statements which are threatening to tear the Constituent Assembly (CA) apart.

Tanzanian army officer killed, five injured in fire exchange
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A soldier with the Tanzania People's Defence Forces (TPDF) was killed and four others and one police officer injured on Saturday in a 15-minute exchange of fire with hardcore criminals in the east African nation's coastal region of Tanga, police said Saturday.
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No doubt acting out of curiosity, a reader emailed to ask me what the heading to this column, ‘Friendly Fire From Yesteryears,’ is intended to portray. How can fire be friendly, the fellow asked - perhaps bearing in mind such episodes as the Great Fire of London in 1666!

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Kessy stirs CA with remarks on Zanzibar
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Constituent Assembly security officials escort CA member Ally Kessy (C-foreground), apparently for his safety and comfort, as he leaves National Assembly grounds in Dodoma yesterday. Heated debate rocked the House yesterday following remarks by a ...

Chadema has written to the United Nations Secretary General, Mr Ban Ki-moon, to protest President Jakaya Kikwete’s remarks on the ‘vote guarding’ controversy.

Godbless Lema, the former Arusha Urban MP (Chadema) who is running for the seat again during the December 13 by-election has been warned not to incite people against the authorities.

The Constituent Assembly (CA) will not make any progress if members continue to shout down and heckle one another, a member warned yesterday.

>Civil society organisations and human rights activists yesterday condemned President Jakaya Kikwete over his remarks that it was his prayer he would not go through what the chairman of the now-disbanded Constitutional Review Commission (CRC), Judge (rtd) Joseph Warioba, experienced on Sunday.