THINKING CRITICALLY: Saint Patrick’s Day and new constitution

Monday was Saint Patrick’s Day, what the Irish call Lá Fhéile Pádraig, “the Day of the Festival of Patrick”.

>Last Sunday, that is, May 25, Africa marked 51 years since the founding of the Organisation for African Unity (OAU), which later transformed itself to the African Union (AU).

The long awaited so-called mini cabinet reshuffle has at long last been announced and one is left at a loss as to what the whole hullabaloo was all about.

Three weeks ago, on February 5, Tanzanians with social democratic sensibilities marked, quietly in the privacy of their souls, the 44th anniversary of the birth of Tanzania’s socialist blueprint, the monumental Arusha Declaration.

>Parliament is currently in its budget sitting and it is sad watching the conduct of the majority of its members.

>There is an unfolding political saga in Dodoma as Tanzania’s historic Constituent Assembly (CA) gets down to business.

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were at the Mons Barracks in Aldershot for the traditional St. Patrick's Day parade. Pregnant Kate, 33, was chic in a coat by Catherine Walker and a hat by the Duchess of Cornwall's favourite milliner Lock & Co. She also wore the gold Irish Guards Brooch, which once belonged to the Queen Mother and was lent to her for the occasion by the Queen.
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Monday, January 13, 2014 was not supposed to be a public holiday, but Tanzanian wage earners were given a pleasant surprise when it was declared, a day before, an extra Revolution Day public holiday by the imperial Union Presidency, which can decide on these costly matters without bothering to consult Parliament.