MANY of us know Dodoma as the designated capital of Tanzania, but no legislation was passed to declare the announcement which would have pushed the government to shift from Dar es Salaam to the former, the National Assembly was told yesterday.
“Pronouncement of Dodoma as the capital
city was not made through an Act of the Parliament save for the Capital
Development Authority (CDA) which was established through the CDA Act,”
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office , (Policy, Parliament,
Labour, Employment , Youth and Disabled), Dr Abdallah Possi, said here.
The Deputy Minister however noted that a
team of technocrats was currently working on the proposed Bill before
it is presented before the cabinet for deliberations. Responding to a
supplementary question by Special Seats MP, Ms Fatma Hassan Toufiq
(CCM), was non-committal on whether the Bill will be tabled in the
National Assembly this year.
“I cannot say exactly if the Bill will
be brought before the august House this year because this will highly
depend on recommendations by the experts. I should add as well that no
budget has been allocated for the process as per now,” Dr Possi
explained.
He however noted that there was a
possibility of presenting the Bill in the House this year if there will
be no major changes on the initial documents by the technocrats.
In a basic question earlier, Ms Toufiq
complained that even as Dodoma was declared at the capital city, the
government has been reluctant to shift ministries and other public
offices from Dar es Salaam to the central region.
The Deputy Minister elaborated on the
other hand that the proposed document will be discussed during
Inter-ministerial technical committees comprising Permanent Secretaries
before it is presented before the Cabinet.
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