New Tanzania draft Constitution tackles legitimate concerns on the Union

8 October 2014
Dr. Hamisi Kigwangalla via Wikimedia Commons
Members of Tanzania's Constituent Assembly attend a session March 13, 2014. [Dr. Hamisi Kigwangalla via Wikimedia Commons]
<p>The presentation of the Draft of the Proposed Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania by the Warioba Commission to the Constitutional Assembly did provoke heated debate among the enlightened populace, but not so much among the rank and file, who are simply obsessed with personal survival and welfare rather than anything else. </p><p>Among the initial commentators of Draft Union Constitution were President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete and CUF Chairman Ibrahim Lipumba.</p> <p>I have specifically singled out the two because their views on the three-tier union government structure were initially similar, until when the professor danced to another tune altogether once the Constituent Assembly was convened.</p>
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