Some Constitutional Review Commissioners attentively listen to the
chairman, Judge (rtd) Joseph Warioba, as he presents some points from
the second draft constitution in Dar es Salaam on Monday. PHOTO|EMMANUEL
HERMAN
By Felix Lazaro ,The Citizen Reporter
In Summary
He called on the government to investigate the matter and have funds returned to Tanzania if the need arose.
Dar es Salaam. Public leaders
will be disallowed from opening or owning bank accounts outside Tanzania
if the second draft Constitution is passed.
Constitutional Review Commission chairman Joseph
Warioba emphasised that public leaders would open bank accounts abroad
if the law allows them to do so. The document was unveiled on Monday.
Mr Warioba also said the draft proposed that
public leaders should not seek loans or receive loans or benefits that
will degrade their status.
The first draft Constitution that was released in June 2013 had no such restrictions.
If the new draft Constitution is passed,
Parliament will enact a law to hold accountable leaders who will not
comply with it. Kigoma North MP Zitto Kabwe has repeatedly complained
that some Tanzanian leaders had stashed away billions of shillings in
Swish banks. Sources of such money were not immediately known.
He called on the government to investigate the matter and have funds returned to Tanzania if the need arose.
The Swiss Central Bank released a report of
countries whose nationals had stashed away millions of dollars in the
country considered a haven for such transactions.
Tanzania was among African countries in the list with deposits totalling $196 million (Sh313.6 billion).
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