GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 19th May 13
Members of Parliaments yesterday cautioned the government against what they called ‘a rush’ to lucrative gas deal with multinationals, saying such hurry is what cost the country billions of dollars in 1990s when the State signed bogus deals with foreign mining companies.
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THE GUARDIAN | 18th May 13
The Government has set aside Sh 150 billion for the development of the transport sector, giving priority to the Central Railway Line, the Deputy Minister for Transport Dr Charles Tizeba has said.
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THE GUARDIAN | 18th May 13
Industry and Trade minister Dr Abdallah Kigoda on Wednesday dismissed claims by Ilemela MP Highness Kiwia (CHADEMA) that a company in joint venture National Development Corporation (NDC) to generate wind electricity power in Singida region is owned by relatives of CCM MPs.
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THE GUARDIAN | 8th May 13
The government has been urged to increase the meagre 2013/2014 budget estimates of the Ministry of Home Affairs to ensure smooth implementation of its plans.
For financial year 2013/2014 the ministry requested 741.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 5th May 13
The government has stated that it will never succumb to any threats from any individual, faction or country when Tanzania’s soldiers perform national or international duties.
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THE GUARDIAN | 5th May 13
The Opposition Camp in Parliament triggered fierce debate on Friday arguing the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) was wrong in ordering Ward Development Committees (WDCs) to preside over the process of choosing members to form district constitutional assemblies on Mainland Tanzania.
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THE GUARDIAN | 4th May 13
About two weeks ago Deputy Speaker Job Ndugai came under fire from the official opposition camp in Parliament after he unilaterally suspended Singida East MP Tundu Lissu and five other Chadema legislators from attending Parliament for five days for undermining his powers and causing chaos.
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THE GUARDIAN | 1st May 13
The Parliamentary Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources yesterday warned that the elephant population in the country would be extinct in the next seven years.
The committee’s chairman James Lembeli (Kahama-CCM) made this warning in the National Assembly yesterday when presenting views on the tabled budget estimates for the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism for the 2013/2014 financial year.
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THE GUARDIAN | 1st May 13
Home Affairs minister Dr Emmanuel Nchimbi, yesterday attempted to clear the ruling CCM Secretary General Abdulrahman Kinana of allegation leveled against him over ‘ivory shipping’ scandal.
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THE GUARDIAN | 1st May 13
Under an agreement with the East African Common Market the government has been, since 2007/08, issuing subsidies to fisheries to the tune of 5 percent tax relief on fishing boat engines, zero rating tax on imported raw materials used to manufacture fishing equipment.
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THE GUARDIAN | 1st May 13
The government has pledged to set up small tea processing factories for farmers through its ministry of Agriculture, Food and Cooperatives.
Minister for Agriculture, Food and Cooperatives, Adam Malim, made the announcement yesterday in parliament where he explained the move is meant to curb the dire shortage of processing plants in most tea producing regions across the country.
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THE GUARDIAN | 26th Apr 13
Debate on budget estimates tabled by the Water minister Prof Jumanne Maghembe was yesterday suspended following a unanimous disapproval of the proposal by lawmakers in parliament.
With 398bn/- the budget is far less than last year’s 465bn/-, this is despite the augmented demand caused by various factors including population growth as well as increased business and agricultural activities.
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THE GUARDIAN | 25th Apr 13
Members of Parliament yesterday openly demanded that the budget allocated for water is too small to address the sector’s problems and that it should be increased to enable the country achieve the 2025 development vision.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 21st Apr 13
Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda was mid this week forced to recount a success story of the fourth phase government, in a move aimed at responding to critics who have labeled the current regime as ‘ a failure’ in terms of economic and social development.
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THE GUARDIAN | 20th Apr 13
There’s a worrying trend within one of the key pillars of the state, in this case, the Parliament. What worries many is that our Parliament has elevated itself to the status of commenting on everything including issues under investigation by the authorised authorities as well as cases which are before the court of law.
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THE GUARDIAN | 20th Apr 13
Anne Makinda yesterday issued her verdict on the decision taken by her deputy, Job Ndugai, on Wednesday of suspending five Chadema Members of Parliament, saying he was quite right.
Speaker Makinda issued her verdict in Parliament after Leader of the Official Opposition Camp in the House Freeman Mbowe protested to the Speaker on Thursday morning over what they described as ‘Ngugai’s irrational decision.
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THE GUARDIAN | 20th Apr 13
The government’s ban on production, importation, distribution and use of plastic bags introduced about seven years ago has failed because of what lawmakers attributed to lack of seriousness and poor policing within the responsible authorities.
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THE GUARDIAN | 20th Apr 13
The Court of Appeal yesterday began hearing of an appeal on the judgment of the Sumbawanga zonal branch of the High Court to nullify results of the 2010 Sumbawanga Urban parliamentary election where Aeshi Hilary (CCM) emerged the winner.
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THE GUARDIAN | 20th Apr 13
The government has said plans are underway to enact a new Road Traffic Act that would resolve problems and complaints related to registration of motor vehicles in Zanzibar and the Mainland imported through either side of the Union.
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THE GUARDIAN | 20th Apr 13
The National Assembly yesterday authorised Muhammed Seif Khatib (Uzini, CCM), Mussa Azzan Zungu (Ilala, CCM) and Jenista Muhagama (Peramiho, CCM) as its new Bunge Chairpersons with immediate effects.
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THE GUARDIAN | 19th Apr 13
There is no room for Special Seats MPs to get Constituency Development Catalyst Funds (CDCF), as the money is allocated only for those with geographical constituencies.
Minister of State, Prime Minister’s Office, (Policy, Coordination and Parliamentary Affairs), William Lukuvi told the House that the CDCF Act No 16 of 2009, doesn’t provide any room for MPs who have no constituency to be allocated such funds.
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THE GUARDIAN | 17th Apr 13
Members of Parliament yesterday turned their attention to Dar es Salaam's endemic road traffic jams, calling for serious measures to end them.
Contributing to the 2013/14 budget estimates for the Prime Minister's Office, Abbas Mtemvu (Temeke, CCM) said the congestion in Dar es Salaam needs immediate comprehensive action if it is to be eased.
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THE GUARDIAN | 17th Apr 13
The Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA’s) Import Duty Department came under the lawmakers’ spotlight in parliament yesterday over excessive bureaucracy which is claimed to have affected the government’s revenue collection strategies.
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THE GUARDIAN | 17th Apr 13
Any parliament worth the name is both supposed and expected to show maturity and a good sense of leadership and responsibility in the eyes of the public – the people it represents.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 14th Apr 13
As the parliamentary Budget session convenes in Dodoma, renowned economist and chairman of the United Civic Front (CUF), Professor Ibrahim Lipumba has challenged Parliament to set standards of the good use of public money through avoidance of unnecessary expenditure noticed in the 2012/13 budget.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 14th Apr 13
Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda has said concerted efforts are needed to address problems facing people with albinism to enable them lead normal lives, in an engaged seminar where MPs voted to skip an allowance for the albino society.
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THE GUARDIAN | 13th Apr 13
A war of words ensued yesterday in Parliament pitting CCM Deputy Secretary General Mwigulu Nchemba and Opposition Chief Whip Tundu Lissu over who exactly is the financier of the terrorist acts in the country.
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THE GUARDIAN | 13th Apr 13
In what could be described as questionable spending of public funds, the government has allocated Sh6billion/- to repair the leaking roof of the Parliamentary Debating Chamber in Dodoma.
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THE GUARDIAN | 13th Apr 13
Lawmakers have urged the government to improve emoluments of police officers to curb corruption and drugs abuse, retarding development progress in the country.
MPs were debating the Prime Minister’s Office budget estimates for the 2012/13 financial year tabled in the National Assembly by the Prime Minister on Wednesday.
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THE GUARDIAN | 10th Apr 13
The slow pace implementation of power transmission and distribution lines in different regions by US firm Symbion Power LLC was a big subject of big discussion in the National Assembly yesterday when lawmakers wanted to know when the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) funded projects would come to completion.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 7th Apr 13
Members of Parliament yesterday proposed that the new Constitution should clearly recognize balanced gender representation in various decision making organs, including top posts in public organizations.
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THE GUARDIAN | 30th Mar 13
President Jakaya Kikwete yesterday led hundreds of mourners at the Karimjee hall in Dar es Salaam to pay last respects to Chambani Member of Parliament Salim Hemed Khamis (62) who died at the Muhimbili National Hospital on Thursday.
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THE GUARDIAN | 29th Mar 13
The ministry of water has been directed to go back to the government and request for more money to implement projects in the sector.
The decision was communicated to the ministry by the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Water, Prof Peter Msola, who said the budget allocated was not enough to implement the projects.
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THE GUARDIAN | 29th Mar 13
Member of Parliament for Chambani (CUF) Salim Hemed Khamis (62) died yesterday while undergoing treatment at Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH).
Acting National Assembly Clerk John Joel told journalists in Dar es Salaam yesterday that the late Khamis died yesterday afternoon at the MNH’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
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THE GUARDIAN | 28th Mar 13
The Parliamentary Committee on Infrastructure Development has told the Finance ministry to disburse funds to the Ministry of Transport as allocated in the fiscal year 2012/13 within three months, so as to enable it to implement the earmarked projects.
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THE GUARDIAN | 28th Mar 13
Youth in the country have been insisted on playing their part in national development efforts and to start with, they should advocate and safeguard national peace instead of serving as political and religious pawns.
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THE GUARDIAN | 21st Mar 13
The Commission formed by Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda to investigate the mass failure of last year’s Form Four examination has disclosed that most people interviewed in Dar es Salaam attributed the big disappointment to poor learning environment, shortage of teachers and limited budget for the education sector.
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THE GUARDIAN | 13th Mar 13
Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema) has maintained its stand not to send its lawmakers to appear before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Privileges, Ethics and Powers to face questioning on House misconduct claiming that the committee does not exist.
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THE GUARDIAN | 6th Mar 13
Nominated lawmaker James Mbatia has turned down Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda’s appointment to take part in the probe team formed to investigate the mass failures of last year’s Form Four students.
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THE GUARDIAN | 5th Mar 13
Ubungo lawmaker John Mnyika has said he is organising water demonstrations in the city of Dar es Salaam mid this month to pressure Water minister Prof Jumanne Maghembe to explain how he is going to end water blues in the country.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 17th Feb 13
The Clerk of the National Assembly, Honourable Thomas Kashilila was this week quoted by the print media as saying that plans were afoot to stop live transmission of parliamentary session.
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THE GUARDIAN | 16th Feb 13
Plans by the National Assembly Secretariat to halt live coverage of parliamentary sessions has attracted strong criticisms, this time from the Tanzania Editors Forum (TEF) which says the move would lead to unacceptable news censorship infringing the freedom of information.
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THE GUARDIAN | 16th Feb 13
Some members of Parliamentary Committee on Trade and Industry have pledged to continue advising the government to increase human resources and financial support in the fight against poor standards along with verifying weights and measures, a problem that has faced farmers countrywide when selling their crops.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 10th Feb 13
Parliamentary Speaker Anne Makinda has announced a decision to dissolve all 18 current Parliamentary Standing Committees.
The decision was announced to the legislature at the end of the 10th meeting of the 10th Parliament of the United Republic, where the Speaker also announced a reconstituted format for parliamentary committees.
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THE GUARDIAN | 7th Feb 13
Members of Parliament yesterday cautioned the government against rushing to ratify international conventions, saying some of them are tricky and could plunge the country into trouble.
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THE GUARDIAN | 7th Feb 13
Energy supply in rural areas has long been an issue of much concern in the country but with advanced technology a solution maybe at hand. It has been suggested that government sets up photovoltaic solar power systems for rural-based health clinics across the country.
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THE GUARDIAN | 6th Feb 13
Scores of political and religious leaders and academicians have said Monday’s commotion in the National Assembly suggested lack of concern by MPs for the problems facing Tanzanians.
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THE GUARDIAN | 5th Feb 13
At least 47 members of parliament have applied for the national service training programme scheduled to resume next month.
The MPs will join other 5000 form six students who have been enrolled as the first batch of the programme.
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THE GUARDIAN | 31st Jan 13
Thousands of people in Magu, Misungwi and Lamadi townships are to benefit from the government’s initiative to rid them on the prolonged water shortage by tapping water from Africa’s largest fresh water, Lake Victoria.
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THE GUARDIAN | 17th Jan 13
Violation of rules and regulations that govern the public procurement in public institutions has caused the government to lose more than 5 per cent in revenue collection.
Presenting a paper on Finance and Economic Affairs to the Parliamentary Standing Committee at a workshop on public procurement held on Monday in Dar es Salaam, the Institute of Procurement and Supply (IPS)’s Executive Chairman Stephen Masaburi made clear that violating procurement rules has dire effects including costing the government large sums in lost revenue due to the weak legal protection and also the lack of witness protection programmes.
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THE GUARDIAN | 13th Dec 12
Village leaders and executive officers in Dodoma are facing an accusing finger from the Kondoa District Commissioner, Omar Kwaangw', who is alleging that they are instigating land conflicts in attempts to solicit bribes.
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THE GUARDIAN | 23rd Nov 12
Tanzanians want the new constitution to demonstrate that members of parliament have a first degree as minimum qualification to join the House, saying this will allow them to effectively carry out their duties.
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THE GUARDIAN | 20th Nov 12
Gas stakeholders in Dodoma region have advised the government to table all gas and oil contracts in the parliament for discussion before signing them.
The stakeholders aired their views over the weekend during a conference meant to gather opinions on the expected new gas policy which is being prepared by the Ministry of Energy and Minerals.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 11th Nov 12
Understandably, a private motion by Kigoma North Member of Parliament, Hon. Zitto Zuberi Kabwe (Chadema) in the House in Dodoma last week raised a lot of temper both inside and outside parliament.
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THE GUARDIAN | 10th Nov 12
Parliament yesterday tasked the government to conduct thorough investigation to establish the names of Tanzanian personalities holding offshore bank accounts and the amounts held.
The move comes amid news that Britain’s biggest bank, HSBC is at the centre of a major financial scandal after it opened offshore accounts in Jersey for serious criminals living in United Kingdom (read separate story on page 2).
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THE GUARDIAN | 10th Nov 12
They lied to Parliament. That’s the conclusion of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Powers against Energy and Minerals Minister Professor Sospeter Muhongo and Permanent Secretary Eliakim Maswi.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 4th Nov 12
Members of Parliament yesterday called for a downsized cabinet and want it specifically crafted into the new constitution as one of the key means of cutting down government expenditure.
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THE GUARDIAN | 3rd Nov 12
Finally the minister for Home Affairs, Dr Emmanuel Nchimbi has withdrawn his statement which denied that the National Assembly had a right to overseeing the government.
The minister responded to a supplementary question posed by Zitto Kabwe, (Kigoma North-Chadema) saying: “…according to the Prisons Act and Prisons Management Regulations…inmates’ feeding formula is not allowed to be uttered in Parliament.
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THE GUARDIAN | 29th Oct 12
Members of Parliament have expressed their support of exercising immunities for members of parliament, something which allows members of parliament to express their opinions freely when in parliament without being legally held accountable for any acts or words they utter at the assembly.
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THE GUARDIAN | 27th Oct 12
The war over amending recent social security funds legislation is far from over as a member of Parliament now wants President Jakaya Kikwete to use powers vested upon him to order the government to bring the Bill to Parliament under a certificate of urgency.
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THE GUARDIAN | 12th Oct 12
A day after Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki blocked Parliament bonus to his lawmakers, politicians and activists in the country have said the move is a challenge to the Tanzanian government especially in making salaries of top government leaders known to the public.
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THE GUARDIAN | 1st Oct 12
Sumve legislator Richard Ndassa has suspended financial contributions for desks and chairs by students in his constituency, saying educational standards have fallen in Sumve ward due to the contributions parents are burdened with.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 30th Sep 12
Reports have it that about seven members of Parliament and two members of the House of Representatives are listed to travel to India in due course, accompanied by two members of the Media Council of Tanzania (MCT), to study the way the Freedom of Information Act operates there.
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THE GUARDIAN | 18th Sep 12
At least twelve people including Mtoni member of the House of Representatives (CUF) Faki Haji Makame have been arrested following the Sunday Bububu by-election fracas in which a Channel Ten reporter and several people were wounded.
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THE GUARDIAN | 14th Sep 12
Members of Parliament have been challenged to go for voluntary HIV testing and make their status known as part of efforts to fight the killer disease.
Inter-Parliamentary Union Advisory Committee on HIV/AIDS chairperson Marleen Temmerman threw the challenge at the launch of a new guide for MPs in the fight against HIV/Aids.
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THE GUARDIAN | 11th Sep 12
Residents of Hombolo division in Dodoma region have proposed that the new constitution should contain a clause binding Members of Parliament to reside in their constituencies so as to be close to their electorate.
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THE GUARDIAN | 4th Sep 12
An investigation officer from the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) in Coast region, Janeth Machurya, yesterday told the Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court that a Member of Parliament for Bahi, Omary Badwel intentionally solicited and received a bribe from a senior government official.
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THE GUARDIAN | 18th Aug 12
Speaker of the National Assembly Anne Makinda has extended to next month the duration of work of the parliamentary sub-committee, probing corruption charges levelled against a number of legislators.
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THE GUARDIAN | 16th Aug 12
The government has pledged to transform the Inspectorate Department into an agency to carry out inspection in all primary and secondary schools across the country.
Wrapping up his budget estimates here on Tuesday evening, Minister for Education and Vocational Training Dr Shukuru Kawambwa said that the decision has been taken as one of measures to improve education standards in the country.
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THE GUARDIAN | 16th Aug 12
Nothing is more essential to people's welfare in the world than decent and affordable housing. In Tanzania, for example, an estimated 14 million people are denied the right to affordable housing because of the existing restrictive laws.
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THE GUARDIAN | 15th Aug 12
Jubilant parliamentarians yesterday received 20 best candidates in February’s Form Six examinations when they were introduced to the House in Dodoma after the morning question & answer session.
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THE GUARDIAN | 13th Aug 12
This follows the Parliament’s plans to construct permanent structures in Dodoma to serve as offices for the lawmakers.
Opening a one-day media workshop on the parliamentary reporting, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Job Ndugai (pictured) said: “…we are working into this matter so that MPs are empowered with people who are competent in researching key issues before being presented in the house.
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THE GUARDIAN | 13th Aug 12
Kisesa lawmaker Luhaga Mpina is today expected to present to the Speaker of the National Assembly four different reports showing that Tanzania is losing billions of shillings every year due to illicit capital flow.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 12th Aug 12
Huge costs of parliamentary elections and loans of hundreds of millions of shillings offered to members of Parliament are major factors fuelling corrupt practices among legislators, this newspaper has been informed.
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THE GUARDIAN | 8th Aug 12
A Member of Parliament yesterday blamed the government for its failure to fully declare free medication for cancer patients despite acknowledging a burden to victims in financing their treatments.
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THE GUARDIAN | 7th Aug 12
A Parliamentary sub-committee appointed last week by National Assembly Speaker Anne Makinda to probe allegations that some legislators received bribes when performing House duties has started work.
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THE GUARDIAN | 7th Aug 12
Ministry for Information, Youth, Culture and Sports will this year table in the National Assembly a bill for a law to set up the National Youth Council following the adaptation of its Policy in 2007, the House was told yesterday.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 6th Aug 12
Last Wednesday Tanzanians witnessed an unusual incident in a live television broadcast. The National Assembly accorded Professor Mark Mwandosya , Minister without Portfolio, a warm welcome after 14 months of illness, five of which he spent in a hospital in India.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 5th Aug 12
As the Parliamentary sub-committee drawing members from the Parliamentary Standing Committee for Justice, Ethics and Parliamentary powers tasked to probe legislators accused of corruption practices commenced its work this week here, The Guardian on Sunday provides details on the members constituting the team.
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THE GUARDIAN | 4th Aug 12
The Shadow Minister for Energy and Minerals, John Mnyika (CHADEMA) will on Monday table a private Bill in Parliament to press the House to review the amendments made to the Social Security Laws (Amendments) Bill, 2012.
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THE GUARDIAN | 4th Aug 12
Felister Bura (Special Seats, CCM) has urged the government to deploy more extension officers to Dodoma villages to support cashewnut, sesame and sunflower farming in the region.
The legislator said despite conducive Dodoma soil fertility for the production of oilseeds and other agricultural products related to cashewnut, farmers failed to participate effectively in the production process because of limited knowledge and poor supervisory conducted by the few agriculture field officers.
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THE GUARDIAN | 4th Aug 12
For over eight years since the establishment of a well-equipped Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Bunda District Hospital (BDH), the unit is yet to offer the services, Special Seats MP Ester Bulaya (CCM) said yesterday.
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THE GUARDIAN | 3rd Aug 12
Tanzania government has hit back at the statement by Malawi for its claim of ownership of Lake Nyasa, saying the country would defend its territorial integrity and observe international laws.
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THE GUARDIAN | 2nd Aug 12
Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the House, Zitto Kabwe has distanced himself from corruption allegations leveled at him, saying he will be ready to face the consequences if investigations prove that he is involved in the scandal.
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THE GUARDIAN | 31st Jul 12
Legislators have called on the Speaker of the National Assembly, Anne Makinda to dissolve Local Authorities Accounts Committee and Parastatal Organisations Accounts Committee which are also faced with corruption allegations.
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THE GUARDIAN | 30th Jul 12
NCCR-Mageuzi national chairman James Mbatia has urged legislators accused of involvement in corrupt practices to step down before they are identified and interrogated by the parliamentary standing committee on privileges, ethics and powers.
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THE GUARDIAN | 30th Jul 12
Same East legislator Anne Kilango has asked the government to stop members of Parliament interfering in affairs of other constituencies, thus fueling chaos and breaching peace.
Kilango made the remark in Parliament last week in her direct question to Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 29th Jul 12
While debating the budget of the Ministry of Energy and Minerals on Friday and Saturday, some MPs are heard to have accused their colleagues in rather vehement terms of taking bribes in order to drive personal instead of national issues.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 29th Jul 12
I know for sure that the phrase which says event x cannot pass without a comment is common to the extent that some people equate it to a slogan, and thus may not serve as the best opening when one is making some remarks on a big national issue.
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THE GUARDIAN | 28th Jul 12
Ruling party MPs yesterday united their forces to defend Permanent Secretary Eliakim Maswi in his decision to award Puma Energy (T) Limited a multibillion tender to supply heavy funnel oil to Independent Power Tanzania Limited (IPTL) plant for emergency power generation.
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THE GUARDIAN | 28th Jul 12
On Thursday this week, Members of Parliament made a second visit at a bill they passed into law in April, this year. During this session some of our MPs were heard expressing “dismay” at amendments to the country’s various pension funds.
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THE GUARDIAN | 27th Jul 12
Members of Parliament yesterday expressed their fury on the amendments made to the Social Security Laws (Amendments) Bill, 2012 in which members of various pension funds will not be allowed to claim their contributions until they reach retirement age.
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THE GUARDIAN | 26th Jul 12
Members of Parliament yesterday challenged the government to harmonise call charges by telecommunication companies to reduce the burden of people carrying more than one mobile phone in a bid to cut costs.
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THE GUARDIAN | 25th Jul 12
Members of Parliament yesterday questioned the delay by the government to come up with a new Media Law, saying the situation has caused complaints among the media stakeholders in the country.
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THE GUARDIAN | 25th Jul 12
The government has been called upon to ensure that every Tanzanian is well informed on the pros and cones of the ongoing oil and gas exploration and development.
This is one of the policy recommendations based on the Tanzania oil and gas status study report, Publish What You Pay (PWYP) presented by the Tanzania Coalition to the Members of Parliament in Dodoma last week.
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THE GUARDIAN | 24th Jul 12
Construction of primary court in Kawe constituency resurfaced yesterday in the parliament after its MP Halima Mdee (Chadema) questioned the government over its failure to implement its 2011/12 promises of allocating funds for the construction of the court.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 22nd Jul 12
Members of Parliament yesterday failed to pass the estimates for the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives due to lack of quorum of legislators.
The Parliamentary Standing Orders want the passing or endorsement of budget or any other resolution/motion to be made in the presence of at least half of the total number of members of Parliament.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 22nd Jul 12
As Tanzanians prepare themselves for writing a new Constitution one among pertinent issues that may cloud the debate is the question of Special Seats.
This type of arrangement enables women to enter the National Assembly depending on the proportion of votes obtained by each party in parliamentary elections on the Mainland, and the proportion of seats obtained in the House of Representatives by the different parties in Zanzibar.
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THE GUARDIAN | 21st Jul 12
Special Seats MP Diana Chilolo (CCM) yesterday complained about the delay in implementing the presidential promise to construct the Singida Urban – Ilongero – Ikhanoda road to tarmac level.
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THE GUARDIAN | 20th Jul 12
Speaker of the National Assembly Anne Makinda yesterday postponed House sessions until this morning following Wednesday’s sinking of MV Skagit in the Indian Ocean.
Makinda said already her office had sent a delegation of 18 members of Parliament to Zanzibar and that a certain amount from the MPs’ Thursday allowance will be deducted to support victims of the ship accident.
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THE GUARDIAN | 19th Jul 12
Members of Parliament have called on the government to amend the Prisons Act in an effort to address the issue of increasing incidents of sexual molestation on prisoners and remandees.
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THE GUARDIAN | 17th Jul 12
Young lawmakers will beginning next March join 5,000 other young people from secondary schools to take part in the revived National Service training in the country’s five designated training camps.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 15th Jul 12
Imagine going for a few rounds against Vladimir Klitscho once every month or two. That is more or less what Ukrainian MPs go through in their national assembly. Theirs is a career that probably has a vacancy ad closing line that sounds like, “Candidates skilled in hand-to-hand combat are highly encouraged to apply.
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THE GUARDIAN | 12th Jul 12
The Kawe legislator, Halima Mdee, has accused top government officials and tycoons of sabotaging the Dar es Salaam Water and Sewerage Corporation (Dawasco) alleging that they ‘illegally tapped public water storages for commercial purposes.
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THE GUARDIAN | 9th Jul 12
Youth in Mbinga District, Ruvuma Region have reason to smile following the Vice Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee for Industry and Trade, Gaudence Cassian Kayombo’s announcement of plans to establish two oil processing plants in the district.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 8th Jul 12
Despite the good job being done by the National Housing Corporation (NHC) in the country, the pricing of houses it constructs for sale to customers is not in consonance with the objective for its establishment.
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THE GUARDIAN | 5th Jul 12
The official Opposition in Parliament yesterday challenged the government to conduct environmental impact assessment in big mining sites before approving the projects arguing that the current system does not help to control the activities.
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THE GUARDIAN | 4th Jul 12
Members of parliament were yesterday banned from debating the ongoing strike by doctors on the ground that they will be breaking standing orders following Speaker of the National Assembly Anne Makinda's earlier ruling on the matter.
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THE GUARDIAN | 4th Jul 12
Legislators have tasked the government to ensure all projects proposed by the President’s Office, Planning Commission for the 2012/2013 development plan are implemented as outlined.
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THE GUARDIAN | 4th Jul 12
The government has given a grace period of one year for the use of steel yards in the purchase of cotton, the House was told on Tuesday when the government was giving its statement on the use of steelyard vis-à-vis the digital ones.
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THE GUARDIAN | 3rd Jul 12
The government said in Parliament yesterday that it gives schoolchildren with special needs great care to ensure that they follow their studies without problems.
Aggrey Mwanri, State Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office (Local Government and Regional Administration) stated this in the House when responding to a question posed by Special Seat MP Al-Shaymaa Kwegyir.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 24th Jun 12
Members of Parliament for Kisesa constituency Luhaga Mpina (CCM), who for the past week attracted public attention for his hard stance against 2012/13 national budget, says the battle was far from over as he will not change his position until changes he sought are accommodated.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 24th Jun 12
It is really appalling to see our National Assembly, a sacred place where the laws of the land are made and other serious matters of state are transacted, being turned into a political theatre as well as a house for comedians to display their theatrics.
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THE GUARDIAN | 14th Jun 12
Former Finance Minister Mustafa Mkulo yesterday was challenged to withdraw his statement or provide evidence to back his claims that the Parliamentary Parastatal Organisation Account Committee (POAC) was bribed to extend the tenure of the Consolidated Holdings Corporation.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 10th Jun 12
Four legislators who are members of the parliamentary Local Authorities Accounts Committee (LAAC) will be arraigned for soliciting bribes anytime from now, bringing the number of lawmakers accused of corruption to five, The Guardian on Sunday has learnt.
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THE GUARDIAN | 5th Jun 12
Bahi member of Parliament Omary Badwel (43) yesterday appeared before the Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court in Dar es Salaam, charged with two counts of corruption.
Prosecution led by Beny Lincoln and his assistant Janeth Machullya both with the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) claimed before Resident Magistrate Faisal Kahamba that the accused committed the first offence between 30 May and 2 June, this year, in Dar es Salaam.
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THE GUARDIAN | 5th Jun 12
The Parliamentary Committee on Finance and Economy government is set to discuss the 2012/2013 budget outline today, which sources say has risen to 15trn/-, posting an increase of 1.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 3rd Jun 12
The National Assembly has announced the formation of a parliamentary budget tracking committee to make continuous follow up on how the government spends the funds allocated by the legislature.
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THE GUARDIAN | 1st Jun 12
With only 11 days to go before Parliament resumes for the Budget Session starting June 12, legislators have expressed concern over the delay in receiving the budget books for the 2012/13 financial year.
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THE GUARDIAN | 24th May 12
The Parastatal Pensions Fund (PPF) has started getting repayment for its investments in government projects, specifically financing of the construction of Parliament building in Dododma, a senior fund official has said.
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THE GUARDIAN | 22nd May 12
Six former Stanbic Bank employees and an alleged son of a Special Seat member of parliament Anna Komu, Evance Komu (29), yesterday appeared in the Kisutu Resident Magistrate Court in Dar es Salaam charged with 113 counts, including conspiracy, money laundering, forgery and stealing more than 124m/-, USD 709,920 and euro 20.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 20th May 12
After ditching luxurious Landcruisers, isn’t time the nation considered a lean government and an affordable Parliament amid the country’s shaky economy?
Whether measured by the total number of legislators or the size of its building, said to be the biggest in eastern and southern Africa, the Tanzanian Parliament is a blotted one, planned more for political expediency rather than economic viability.
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THE GUARDIAN | 19th May 12
Serena Hotel in Dar es Salaam, formerly known as Movenpick, was sold to a new investor in a multimillion-dollar deal, The Guardian on Saturday can authoritatively reveal.
The revelation, which has also been confirmed by Serena Hotel’s top management, proves that former Deputy Minister for Finance Pereira Silima lied in the National Assembly in February, this year.
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THE GUARDIAN | 18th May 12
Special Seats lawmaker Dr Mary Mwanjelwa has stressed the importance of a multi-sectoral approach to development planning to ensure real investment in the area of reproductive health and family planning.
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THE GUARDIAN | 3rd May 12
Tarime Teachers College in Mara region is facing a number of challenges, including poor infrastructure, prompting college principal Nicholaus Magige to request the government to provide funds to rehabilitate it.
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THE GUARDIAN | 25th Apr 12
Members of Parliament have faulted the government’s proposed national development plan for 2012/2013 saying it was not practical and was not addressing the actual needs of the ordinary Tanzanians and the nation at large.
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THE GUARDIAN | 24th Apr 12
Prime Minister, Mizengo Pinda said yesterday that the government would work on the issues related to massive corruption, embezzlement of funds, accountability, raised by members of Parliament.
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THE GUARDIAN | 24th Apr 12
The Controller and Auditor General has noted improper payment of millions of shillings as sitting allowances to members of Parliament who were not attending House sessions.
In his annual general report on the central government for the year ended June 30, 2011, CAG Ludovick Utouh said members of parliament received allowances amounting to 6,960,000/- as per diem during parliamentary sessions while they were not in Dodoma while 20,915,126/- were paid to various officers and MPs contrary to standing orders and staff circular.
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THE GUARDIAN | 24th Apr 12
Kigoma North legislator Zitto Kabwe (Chadema) told the House yesterday that a former Energy and Minerals minister [he didn’t reveal the name] instructed the State Mining Corporation (Stamico) not to renew its licence for Kaburo site, believed to have abundant coal deposits.
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THE GUARDIAN | 23rd Apr 12
Kisesa legislator Luhaga Joelson Mpina plans to ask the National Assembly to endorse amendments to the law so that ordinary citizens can institute legal action against public figures misusing public funds.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 22nd Apr 12
As Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda yesterday remained tight-lipped, the fate of seven cabinet ministers and one deputy minister who are said to have been ordered to resign by the ruling party caucus is now in the hands of President Kikwete, who returned in the country yesterday ready to face the current political storm.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 22nd Apr 12
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy and Minerals has warned the government against entering new contracts with private investors in the gas sector in the absence of policy and special legislation to govern the field.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 22nd Apr 12
Parliament this season appears to have started with a bang. Our legislators, quite a gifted lot, have learnt to perfect their performance.
They know that voters in their respective constituencies are increasingly demanding government accountability and expect MPs to act on their behalf.
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THE GUARDIAN | 21st Apr 12
Members of Parliament seeking to move a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda yesterday marshaled 66 of the 70 signatures, only to learn that the motion could not be moved during the current session.
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THE GUARDIAN | 21st Apr 12
Special Seats member of Parliament Josephine Chagula (CCM) has advised the government to use the National Housing (NHC) to construct hostels in secondary schools.
She told the House that one of the Millennium Development goals is to ensure that girl children access education.
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THE GUARDIAN | 20th Apr 12
Ludewa legislator Deo Filikunjombe (CCM) yesterday pointed an accusing finger at Finance minister Mustafa Mkulo, associating him with corruption, dishonesty and lack of integrity.
He did so as debate continued on reports tabled in the National Assembly by parliamentary committees for public accounts (PAC), parastatal organisations accounts (POAC), and local authorities accounts (LAAC).
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THE GUARDIAN | 20th Apr 12
More scandals are being unveiled regarding Air Tanzania Company Ltd (ATCL)’s misappropriation of 12bn/- with respect to the construction of a VIP lounge at JK Nyerere Airport in Dar es Salaam, which leader of the Opposition camp in the House, Freeman Mbowe, described as 'an ordinary building' which is certainly worth the claimed amount.
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THE GUARDIAN | 19th Apr 12
Ministers and Members of Parliament disagreed yesterday on the fate of the Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) director general for allegedly giving the oversight committees false information on vehicle inspection offices abroad.
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THE GUARDIAN | 19th Apr 12
The National Assemnly been been called on to press the government to sign a contract with the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) for the construction of the University of Dodoma (UDOM).
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THE GUARDIAN | 18th Apr 12
A heated debate recurred yesterday in the National Assembly as members of Parliament called for the sacking of Tanzania Bureau of Standards Director General Charles Ekelege for claims that he has shown weakness in running the bureau, giving rise to mushrooming of counterfeit products in the country.
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THE GUARDIAN | 14th Apr 12
Kigoma North legislator Zitto Kabwe has said that since he was suspended from Parliament in 2007 for exposing the 'dubious' Buzwagi gold mine no other contract has been signed between the government and investors.
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THE GUARDIAN | 5th Apr 12
CCM Secretary General Wilson Mukama yesterday expressed “disappointment” over what he saw as a tendency by parliamentary committee leaders to flout House standing orders by ruling on issues without observing laid down procedures.
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THE GUARDIAN | 3rd Apr 12
Two lawmakers of the opposition Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo, who are nursing their machete wounds sustained in an attack in Mwanza Region on Sunday have accused the police of colluding with gangs of thugs in the assault.
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THE GUARDIAN | 2nd Apr 12
Chadema legislators Highness Kiwia of Ilemela and Salvatory Machemli for Ukerewe and six other people have been attacked and seriously injured by unknown people at Ibanda village in Ilemela district, Mwanza Region.
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THE GUARDIAN | 23rd Mar 12
Speaker of the National Assembly Anne Makinda said yesterday that most of the legislators now understood parliament rules and regulations better than last year, where some of the MPs violated them.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 18th Mar 12
Public concern over land grabbing has reached new heights as politicians are reported to be among leading land grabbers at the expense of public amenities.
The concern was raised during a meeting between the Speaker of the National Assembly, Anne Makinda and African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) team led by barrister Adele Muna.
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THE GUARDIAN | 14th Mar 12
Mtera Member of Parliament Livingstone Lusinde is expected to be the guest of honour at the launching of ruling CCM campaign for the by-election in Lizaboni ward councillorship in Songea municipality, Ruvuma region.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 4th Mar 12
We predicted in this very column right from the day the news about the proposed MPs’ sitting allowance rise by 185 percent got published in the media, a few weeks before the end of last year that the issue would be one of the more controversial ones, come 2012.
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THE GUARDIAN | 3rd Mar 12
Mbeeya Urban lawmaker Joseph Mbilinyi has said that over 75 per cent of people visiting his office to explain about their problems want support to pay school fees for their children.
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THE GUARDIAN | 27th Feb 12
National Assembly Speaker Anne Makinda has revealed that nearly half the Members of Parliament want to step down due to inadequate remuneration compared to the high cost of living.
Hon Makinda made the remarks over the weekend during a public rally at Ikwivaha ward in Njombe town, Iringa Region at which she asked the constituents to accept her decision of not contesting as an MP for Njombe –South in 2015.
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THE GUARDIAN | 11th Feb 12
The National Assembly yesterday endorsed the Constitutional Review Amendment Bill after a two-day tug of war between the ruling (CCM) and opposition legislators over controversial and contentious sections in the document.
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THE GUARDIAN | 10th Feb 12
Proposed amendments to the Constitutional Review Act seeking to substitute district commissioners with Local Government Authority directors in coordinating public opinion gatherings when the exercise begins, took centre stage yesterday when MPs started debating the Constitutional Review Bill.
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THE GUARDIAN | 9th Feb 12
The Parliament yesterday took the government’s act not to present names of individuals and companies that benefited from the 1.7trn/- stimulus package in the House as ‘deliberate’ disrespect of the former’s directives.
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THE GUARDIAN | 9th Feb 12
The Parliament is expected to discuss the doctors-government crisis following persistent pressure from the lawmakers to have the matter expressly resolved.
The Parliamentary Steering Committee met with the Parliamentary Committee on Social Services in Dodoma yesterday evening to discuss the findings of the latter committee tasked by the House to investigate the crisis.
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THE GUARDIAN | 8th Feb 12
The parliamentary Standing Committee for Energy and Minerals has called for the immediate repayment of $20.1 million (32.2 billion/-) said to have been fraudulently paid to Pan African Energy Tanzania (PAT) Ltd through a gas production sharing agreement with the state-run Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation.
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THE GUARDIAN | 7th Feb 12
Members of Parliament yesterday questioned the government on delays in investigating the controversial UDA purchase deal, which recently provoked heated debates inside and outside the House.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 5th Feb 12
At last the tug of war between the striking doctors and the government got a deemed mediator following a decision by Parliament to handle the matter through its parliamentary standing committee on social services headed by Margaret Sitta and her deputy, Dr.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 5th Feb 12
The Parliamentary move to reject two government motions this week was influenced by what some legislators termed as ‘arrogance and disregard’ shown by ministers and some top government officials, The Guardian on Sunday has learnt.
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THE GUARDIAN | 4th Feb 12
Members of Parliament yesterday failed to move Deputy Speaker Job Ndugai to allow them to debate a government statement on the doctors’ strike which has severely curtailed health services in the country.
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THE GUARDIAN | 4th Feb 12
The government was yesterday urged to tighten and implement anti-money laundering laws in a bid to fight the vice, with the opposition camp warning that Tanzania was a potential “heaven” for illicit cash.
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THE GUARDIAN | 3rd Feb 12
The Parliament yesterday rejected a government resolution to amend the Excise Management and Tariff aimed at reducing tax charges on bottled and packed water produced in the country from 69/- to 12/- per litre.
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THE GUARDIAN | 2nd Feb 12
The government came under fire yesterday, as Members of Parliament exposed gross violation of women’s rights and various forms of violence against women and girls in the country’s prisons.
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THE GUARDIAN | 2nd Feb 12
Members of Parliament have urged the government to ensure that the African Youth Charter is fully implemented to solve problems facing youths which include unemployment, troubled education system and marginalisation during appointments to key posts.
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THE GUARDIAN | 1st Feb 12
As members of parliament began receiving 200,000/- in new allowances, up from the previous 70,000/-, the State House in Dar es Salaam refuted reports that President Jakaya Kikwete has endorsed them.
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THE GUARDIAN | 31st Jan 12
The Speaker of the National Assembly, Anna Makinda said yesterday there were no “conflicting views” between her office and opposition parties (NCCR-Mageuzi and CUF) over the expulsion of their MPs —David Kafulila and Hamad Mohamed Rashid.
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THE GUARDIAN | 30th Jan 12
Members of Parliament have blamed the government for failing to come up with a strategy that will enable people to utilise alternative sources of energy to protect forests.
This was said in Bagamoyo on Sunday by Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema) Special Seats MP Suzan Lyimo during a climate change workshop, which drew participants from the parliamentary committees for Land, Natural Resources and Environment and Finance.
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THE GUARDIAN | 28th Jan 12
Drama erupted yesterday when national women football team (Twiga Stars) players rejected 100,000/- each which was given to them as their share from the 10m/- donated to them on Thursday by Members of Parliament.
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THE GUARDIAN | 27th Jan 12
Members of Parliament donated 10m/- to the national ladies football team (Twiga Stars) at a short ceremony held at the Karume Memorial Stadium yesterday.
Twiga Stars will play Namibia (the Brave Gladiators) in their African Women Championship (AWC) preliminary round second leg tie at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam on Sunday.
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THE GUARDIAN | 26th Jan 12
Twiga Stars are expected to shift their residential training camp from the Ruvu National Service military base to Dar es Salaam today preparing for the African Women Championship preliminary round second leg tie against Namibia.
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THE GUARDIAN | 26th Jan 12
Members of Parliament have formed a group to financially help the national women football team (Twiga Stars) qualify for the Africa Women Championship (AWC) finals which will be held in Equatorial Guinea later this year.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 22nd Jan 12
President Jakaya Kikwete yesterday led hundreds of mourners at the Karimjee Hall in Dar es Salaam to bid farewell to the late Jeremiah Sumari, Arumeru East MP (CCM) who passed away on Thursday.
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THE GUARDIAN | 21st Jan 12
Members of Parliament, government officials and the general public will today pay their last respects to Arumeru East MP Jeremiah Sumari (CCM), who died on Thursday at Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) where he was hospitalised.
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THE GUARDIAN | 17th Jan 12
Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Job Ndugai has called for the formation of a state organ that will regulate, set salary standards and allowance payments for public servants.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 15th Jan 12
The road carnage on Tanzania roads yesterday claimed the life of another Member of Parliament, prompting angry reactions from his colleagues in Parliament and Chadema party, with North Kigoma legislator Zitto Kabwe saying her untimely death was a blow to the younger generation in politics.
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THE GUARDIAN | 13th Jan 12
Kilimanjaro regional commissioner Leonidas Gama has stood firm against some dishonest officials of the Kilimanjaro National Park (Kinapa) reportedly harvesting forests inside the park.
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THE GUARDIAN | 9th Jan 12
Arusha Urban lawmaker Godbless Lema has secured 400m/- for buying a plot at Burka area in the city where a new hospital will be constructed.
“I’m very happy… my dream has come true,” he said, stating that the proposed new health facility will serve thousands of people in Arusha.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 8th Jan 12
Judge John Tendwa, the Registrar of political parties, says the political situation within parties has a deadly effect on the democratic process as key decisions on members and leaders are prejudged before the meetings are held – an improper practice in a democratic context.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 8th Jan 12
1. A political party like any other formal organization has the standing orders, specific rules and regulations geared at governing, regulating and rationalising the behavioural patterns of its leaders and members.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 8th Jan 12
One of the hotly debated issues during the twilight days of 2011 was the proposed, or should we say the already endorsed but reservedly and vaguely talked about by relevant spokespersons, is the upward adjustment of our beloved MPs’ sitting allowances by a cool 185%.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 25th Dec 11
The recent political incident whereby the National Executive Committee (NEC) of NCCR-Mageuzi purportedly stripped Kigoma South MP David Kafulila of party membership, hence disqualifying him as MP sends a signal that an MP is not accountable to the electorate.
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THE GUARDIAN | 21st Dec 11
Scores of Arusha residents and activists wrapped in sacks yesterday walked barefoot for about 7kilometers to protest against the new MPs’ allowances, saying they widened the gap between the “haves” and "have nots".
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 18th Dec 11
The hiking of MPs’ sitting allowances from Sh 70,000 to Sh 200,000 per day has attracted an unprecedented heated debate so far as religious leaders, teachers and doctors are describing the decision as selfishly motivated.
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THE GUARDIAN | 14th Dec 11
For the last two weeks there has been a fierce debate on allowances given to Members of Parliament, chiefly fuelled by recent revelations by two leading daily newspapers.
The revelations were first denied by the Clerk of the National Assembly but later, in a swift move, confirmed by the Speaker.
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THE GUARDIAN | 12th Dec 11
Kigoma North Member of Parliament Kabwe Zitto has opposed the payment of new sitting allowances to some members of parliament before the endorsement of the President.
He sounded the opposition yesterday in Dar es Salaam when addressing Christian faithful at a fundraising party hosted by St Nicholas & African Martyrs Cathedral Anglican Church in Tanzania.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 11th Dec 11
It now clicks in the minds of Tanzanians, who by their number are the majority that truly the elders had it perfectly when they said a goat always eats by the length of its rope.
The adage was widely recalled Wednesday this week when people read headlines that Members of Parliament are now receiving Sh 330,000 per day, being Sh80,000 per diem, Sh200,000 sitting allowance and Sh50,000 for car fuel.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 11th Dec 11
The debate on what should be the most appropriate level of per diem and sitting allowance for our MPs should lead us to find a better way of remunerating and compensating those holding public and/ elected offices.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 11th Dec 11
As usual, the story of a proposed sharp rise of our legislators’ sitting allowance was first disclosed by our news sniffing reporters.
And, as is always the case, reaction of officials expected to have this information and disclose it to the public was to pretend they did not know much about the issue.
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THE GUARDIAN | 8th Dec 11
Finance Mustafa Mkulo has said he does not know whether sitting or any other allowances for Members of Parliament have been increased substantially as reported in the media and confirmed by National Assembly Speaker Anne Makinda on Tuesday.
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THE GUARDIAN | 7th Dec 11
Speaker of the National Assembly Anne Makinda yesterday confirmed that the sitting allowances for MPs have been beefed up from 70,000/- to 200,000/- contrary to earlier statements from various sources.
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THE GUARDIAN | 21st Nov 11
Academicians and activists have urged the government to move swiftly to institute legal and disciplinary action against leaders involved in the Energy and Minerals PS funds collection scam.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 20th Nov 11
The National Assembly has convicted the besieged permanent secretary of the Ministry of Energy and Minerals, David Jairo for ordering departments and agencies under the ministry to contribute Sh50 million each towards the facilitation of the approval by Parliament of the ministry’s 2011/12 budget estimates.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 20th Nov 11
Despite a move by some members of Parliament calling for the resignation of the Minister for Energy and Minerals, William Ngeleja, it turned out that the Parliamentary probe committee cleared him of any wrong doing in David Jairo’s fund raising scam.
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THE GUARDIAN | 19th Nov 11
The government yesterday officially set the pace for writing the country’s new Constitution after the National Assembly passed the Constitution Review Bill, 2011 amid objection from two opposition parties.
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THE GUARDIAN | 18th Nov 11
The path towards the writing of a new Constitution for Tanzania could be bumpier than expected should NCCR-Mageuzi initiate a process parallel to the one backed by the government as promised if the deadlock over the one now under dispute is not broken.
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THE GUARDIAN | 17th Nov 11
Members of Parliament from the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi have accused diplomats and non- governmental organisations (NGOs) funded by foreign donors of interfering with the on-going constitution review process.
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THE GUARDIAN | 16th Nov 11
Members of Parliament for Chadema and NCCR-Mageuzi announced yesterday that they will no longer participate in the debate and passing of the Constitutional Review Bill, 2011 but will rather speak directly to wananchi.
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THE GUARDIAN | 15th Nov 11
The government has bowed to pressure from MPs and scrapped heavy plants and machinery from the list of used assets that the government can purchase.
This is contained in the amendments of various sections of the Public Procurement Bill, 2011 carried out yesterday following an intense debate in Parliament since last Thursday.
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THE GUARDIAN | 15th Nov 11
Opposition MPs from Chadema and NCCR-Mageuzi yesterday walked out of the Parliamentary debating chamber in protest against the tabling of the Constitutional Review Bill, 2011.
The MPs walked out immediately after Shadow Minister for Justice and Constitutional affairs Tundu Lissu had read the opposition’ views on the motion tabled by Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs Celina Kombani.
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GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY | 13th Nov 11
No matter how the government drafts multiple bills to seal loopholes of theft and embezzlement of public funds and corruption such legislations would always remain a white elephant as long as government officials’ integrity continues to erode.
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THE GUARDIAN | 12th Nov 11
Kinondoni legislator Idd Azan (CCM) has advised the government to make a quick research on the efficacy of the traditional therapy administered by retired pastor Ambilikile Mwasapila by sampling MPs and ministers who went for the ‘cup’ at Samunge village in Loliondo district, Arusha region.
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