Union of the people crucial, Assembly member observes

Constituent Assembly (CA) member James Mbatia has said the country is currently on a constitutional crisis.

A member of the Constituent Assembly (MCA), Ms Suzy Laizer (Appointed – Farmers), yesterday defended the two-tier Union model saying it gives women entrepreneurs from both sides of the merger the opportunity to trade.

>The Constituent Assembly (CA) entered a ciritical stage yesterday as members gathered at the main debate chamber following the completion of the review of the constitution draft chapters at the committee stage.

The Constituent Assembly member through the Alliance for Tanzania Farmers Party (AFP), Mr Rashid Yussuf Mchenga, has been stripped of his party membership for allegedly securing representation post fraudulently.

The Republic of Zambia, formerly the British Protectorate of Northern Rhodesia became an independent state on October 24, 1964. The country is as large as France, Switzerland, Australia and Hungary combined with a total area of 750,000 square kilometres.

>As in sports, the outcome of politics and democracy, in particular, is determined quantitatively, not qualitatively. It is the numerical strength that matters the most.

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Earlier, Singida East legislator for Chadema, Tundu Lissu had charged that the Articles of the Union – as a singular set of documents – do not exist.

If you see either a photo or video of the symbolic ceremony of mixing the soil from Tanganyika and Zanzibar which took place on April 26, 1964, you will see two young men on their knees holding a pot and two young women handing over calabashes to the late president of Tanzania, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere.