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Left is a screen grab of the State House website yesterday. Right is the
same page as displayed on Wednesday with the circled image and name of
former energy minister Prof Sospeter Muhongo. There is however, a puzzle
as to why on both pages, the photo of Zanzibar President Dr Ali
Mohammed Shein is not shown despite his name appearing. PHOTO| VENANCE
NESTORY
By Athuman Mtulya, The citizen Reporter
In Summary
Dar es Salaam. Hours after The Citizen reported
that the official State House website was displaying the old cabinet
line up which was changed in late January, the site was updated and is
now displaying the incumbent team.
However, despite the intervention, the page still
contains some errors, including not displaying the photograph of
Zanzibar President Dr Ali Mohammed Shein.
Dr Shien is only mentioned by name and the space
where his photograph was meant to be placed remains blank. According to
section 54 (1) of the Constitution, the President of Zanzibar is a
Cabinet member of the United Republic of Tanzania. In the updated line
up, only 26 ministers are displayed while four ministers are nowhere to
be found. The missing four are minister for Agriculture, Food Security
and Cooperatives Mr Steven Wassira, minister of State in the Prime
Minister’s Office (Investment and Empowerment) Mr Christopher Chiza,
minister of State in Vice President’s Office (Environment) Dr Binilith
Mahenge and the minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office
(Policy, Coordination and Parliamentary Affairs) Ms Jenista Mhagama.
Some names of the ministers have been misspelled,
the minister of State, Vice President’s office (Union Matters) is Ms
Samia Suluhu but her surname in the Ikulu website reads Sululu. Minister
for Communication, Science and Technology is Prof Makame Mbarawa, but
in the State House website his surname reads Mbalawa.
Tourism minister Lazaro Nyalandu’s second name
reads Nyarandu. Education minister Dr Shukuru Kwambwa’s middle name
reads Jummanne instead of Jumanne.
While the State House officials at least took the
initiative to update the website, the Parliament website is still not
updated and still displays the names of former ministers as members of
the Cabinet.
Prof Anna Tibaijuka who was sacked by President
Jakaya Kikwete as minister for Lands, Housing and Human Settlements
Development is one of those shown.
The Bunge website has also not changed the old
titles of the many other ministers who were moved to new dockets back in
late January.
The Citizen highlighted the anomalies in the two
sites to show how, despite the fast adoption of the new technology, some
sensitive public dockets were caught nappping on critical information
shared by millions of internet users around the world.
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