Parliament has stripped Cabinet secretaries and governors of the luxury
of having their official vehicles bedecked with a national flag.
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By The Citizen Reporter
In Summary
Airing his views, the Member of Parliament for
Kigoma South on the ticket of the opposition NCCR-Mageuzi, Mr David
Kafulila, said he would rather see the CA postponed sooner than later so
as to give time for the Parliament to endorse the budget first.
Dodoma. Prime Minister Mizengo
Pinda said on Wednesday that there are uncertainties on the actual time
to start debating the country’s 2014/15 budget even in government
quarters, noting however, that all he wants is to see the CA being given
enough time.
He said by the end of April and towards early May,
they will sit to evaluate the position that the Kitiba process will
have reached and propose the right step for President Jakaya Kikwete to
take.
“By that time, we will be able to see the work
that will have been done. We will then ask the President to postpone the
CA so we can start debating the budget….having approved the budget, we
will then ask the President to reconvene the CA so we can proceed with
Katiba,” he said.
He said the Katiba process may also disturb Civic
Elections that had earlier been planned for October this year. “We will
also ask to postpone them to next year.
Airing his views, the Member of Parliament for
Kigoma South on the ticket of the opposition NCCR-Mageuzi, Mr David
Kafulila, said he would rather see the CA postponed sooner than later so
as to give time for the Parliament to endorse the budget first.
“While we are spending time on Katiba, development
is stalling at different levels....From the political point of view,
this Katiba issue could be a ploy by the ruling party to fill our minds
with other issues so that we forget the Parliament’s task of holding the
government accountable,” he said. In the end, CCM will carry the Katiba
issue as its marketing point as it seeks people’s endorsement in next
year’s general elections.
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