Uproar over Katiba forum violence

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Tanzanian constitutional forum marred by violence
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Tanzanian police made a number of arrests Sunday (November 2nd) after violence flared at a forum to discuss the country's new draft constitution, Tanzania's Daily News reported. Related Articles. Tanzania's draft constitution to be finished by June ...
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Katiba forum ends in disarray
Daily News
THE Mwalimu Nyerere Foundation (MNF)-organised forum in Dar es Salaam to discuss the proposed constitution ended prematurely on Sunday, with the meeting hall in a city hotel turning into a battleground. MNF Executive Secretary Joseph Butiku was ...

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Forum urges harmony on 'Katiba'
Daily News
AS the Constituent Assembly (CA) resumes its session in Dodoma on Tuesday, members of the former Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) have stressed that the envisaged new constitution should encompass interests of the majority rather than ...

>The Tanzania Constitution Forum (TCF) has proposed that the Katiba-making process be suspended until after the 2015 General Election.

>In what seemed to be a well-choreographed act, a group of young  people believed to be university students yesterday forced the suspension of a symposium on the proposed new constitution, which was being broadcast live.

The west African country has been blighted by ethnic and Islamist violence in recent years.

>The Sh306 billion Tegeta escrow scandal kicked off a countrywide uproar yesterday, with the majority of Tanzanians demanding accountability from key players. For the second day running, open air debate in major cities and chitchat on social media was virtually dominated by the report on the scandal that was tabled on Wednesday by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).

>Minority members in the Constituent Assembly (CA) yesterday were up in arms over the chairperson of Committee Number One, Ms Ummy Mwalimu, claiming she violated standing orders in the House.

>A public outcry has greeted reports that MPs will pocket Sh160 million each in a send-off package after the expiry of their five-year parliamentary term next year.