MPs anxious about send-off package ahead of JK speech

There’s something truly melodramatic about the controversy over contested reports that, when the current crop of MPs ends its tenure next year, everyone in the group of the hallowed institution will pocket some Sh 160million as what is aptly characterised as a golden handshake.

>All eyes and ears will be directed on President Jakaya Kikwete tomorrow when he receives the proposed new constitution from the Chairman of the Constituent Assembly (CA) Mr Samuel Sitta. Preparations were in top gear to ensure that the function is conducted properly.

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe summons MPs to a special parliamentary session, a day after he read out the wrong speech at the opening of parliament.

An address to parliament by South Africa's President Jacob Zuma is halted by opposition MPs chanting: "Pay back the money."

>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.

Tanzania: Opp. MPs walk out of president's speech
Fulton News
ARUSHA, Tanzania (aa) – Tanzanian President John Magufuli inaugurated Friday the 11th parliament by giving the State of the Nation address, despite the decision from opposition coalition MPs to walk out in protest of presence of contested Zanzibar ...
UKAWA lawmakers ordered out of chamberDaily News | The National Newspaper (press release) (blog)
Speaker Orders Zanzibar MPs Out for HecklingAllAfrica.com

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Tanzanian MPs warned off witchcraft ahead of elections
Yahoo! Maktoob News
Tanzanian politicians have been warned to steer clear of witchcraft ahead of elections later this year after the nation's parliament heard lawmakers could be involved in a wave of attacks on albinos whose body parts are prized in 'black magic' rituals. The East ...
Tanzanian politicians warned off witch craft ahead of electionDaily Mail

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It’s all very well that, someone appointed to a senior, influential post, should be the focus of celebrations and congratulations by close family members, acquaintances and other well-wishers.

Ghana striker Majeed Waris faces a race against time to be fit for the World Cup in Brazil after scans revealed he has a torn quadricep.