Two-day reprieve for Bunge ops committee draws the ire of Katiba representatives [VIDEO]

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Zanzibar — Scuffles have been reported in primaries at different political parties preparing for the October general election. The latest being Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), which has just ended its internal opinion polls whose members applied to be ...

This year is critical for women in Tanzania. In just a few months, we’ll find out if the country is to have a new national constitution with the power to transform the lives and protect the rights of millions of women.

Any attempt to block the media from Constituent Assembly (CA) activities would render the constitution making process illegitimate, according to Ms Maria Sarungi, a CA member representing non-governmental organisations.

Interim Chair Pandu Ameir Kificho had to send delegates away midday after it became clear they would not be ratifying many of the contentious clauses of the Constituent Assembly’s proposed ‘House Rules’.

Constituent Assembly chair Samuel Sitta says he plans to officially suspend the special Katiba House on April 25.

Mwenyekiti wa Bunge hilo Samuel Sitta amesema kuwa Aprili 25 itakuwa siku ya mwisho ya majadiliano kwa kipindi hiki cha kwanza ili kupisha Bunge la Bajeti.

Rais Jakaya Kikwete amewataka wajumbe kufanya kazi ilowapeleka Dodoma, kwa kuhakiki na kuichambua kwa kina Rasimu ya Pili iliyowasilishwa na Tume ya Mabadiliko ya Katiba mnamo Jumanne.

Hata hivyo, msemaji huyo wa CCM alikiri kuwa ili mfumo huu wa serikali mbili uendelee kufanya kazi, lazima baadhi ya mambo yabadilike.