Tanzania Diaspora - The case for Dual Citizenship

Dual Citizenship ni : 1. Kwa Ajili ya Wewe 2. Kwa Ajili ya Nchi 3. Kwa Ajili Ya Watoto Wako 4. Kwa Ajili Ya Maendeleo ya Nchi
The government has said that it is high time now for Tanzania to allow dual citizenships so as to enable the Diasporas contribute to the country’s development in terms of income and expertise.
It has been said that many wealthy and well educated Tanzanians living abroad fail to contribute to national development because they are denied the right to dual...

I would like to provide alternative point of views about the way to frame the advantages of dual citizenship and hence contribute to the on-going narrative about the same.
First, I would like to make it clear that I support dual citizenship but the reasoning that have been put forward so far in support of it just do not make sense.  To my knowledge, the proponents of dual citizenship have put forward among others, two major points, in support of their position.  That a) It will facilitate...

Dual Citizenship ni: 1. Kwa Ajili ya Wewe 2. Kwa Ajili ya Nchi 3. Kwa Ajili Ya Watoto Wako 4. Kwa Ajili Ya…

Kikwete challenges Diaspora to lobby for dual citizenship
Daily News
PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete has urged Tanzanians in the Diaspora to persuade and illustrate the significance of dual citizenship to members of the Constituent Assembly (CA) to ensure the issue is included in the ongoing debates for the envisaged new ...

By Hassan Saudin The current debate on dual citizenship in Tanzania has come to a crucial juncture now that the Constitutional Assembly has begun deliberations on the draft constitution. Tanzanians are eagerly following-up developments emanating from Dodoma, particularly on issues that concern them the most,  and one topic of contention that directly touches millions Tanzanians in the diaspora is that of dual citizenship. The basis of apprehension by those who oppose dual citizenship ought...

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Kikwete to Diaspora: Go beyond use of social media in seeking dual citizenship
IPPmedia
The ongoing constitution review process presents the opportune time to Tanzanians in the Diaspora to vie for dual citizenship, President Jakaya Kikwete has advised. In the press statement released yesterday by the Directorate of Presidential Communication, ...
Make use of local financial services, Diaspora toldDaily News

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Tunapoendelea kufuatilia majadiliano  ya wajumbe maaluum wa bunge la katiba si vibaya tukaweka msisitizo au kuwakumbusha wajumbe wetu kuhusu mada iliyopo katika rasimu ya katiba sura ya tano inayozungumzia  urai pacha.
Nchi yetu bado haitambui uraia wa nchi mbili, kwa maana kuwa ukichukua uraia wa nchi nyingine unapoteza haki ya Urai wako  wa Tanzania. Tunashukuru kuwa swala hili limeingizwa katika rasimu ya pili ya katiba,ili liweze kujadiliwa .Sisi Watanzania...

Each year, bright, optimistic Africans leave home to earn an education or seek a better economic life abroad for themselves and their families. With fewer opportunities in their home country, many never return home. The African Diaspora is broadly defined by the African Union Commission as "peoples of African origin living outside the continent, irrespective of their citizenship and nationality and who are willing to contribute to the development of the continent and the building of the...

 One of the crucial issues facing the constitution making process now is on whether this is the right time for Tanzania to allow dual citizenship or not.