PRIME Minister Kassim Majaliwa has refuted claims that there are government directives in higher learning institutions to discriminate against students who do not like Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) and are members of opposition parties.
He said all Tanzanians were free to join
any political party they prefer, but must follow regulations and
procedures of areas of working or learning.
"Workers are allowed to join any
political party but they are not allowed to conduct politics at the work
place, the same goes for students ... they are not allowed to conduct
politics during lessons, so they and others can concentrate on their
lessons," he explained.
He said: "Differences might emerge
between two students from different political parties ... that has
nothing to do with the government. I want to urge you political leaders,
don't take such difference as government's position, instead we must
look at it as we would see difference emerged between two traders from
different political parties."
Mr Majaliwa said the government would
serve all Tanzanians regardless of their political party affiliations,
calling on all Tanzanians to respect regulations and rules of respective
places including work place and learning institutions.
Premier Majaliwa was responding to a
question from Esther Matiko (Tarime Urban–Chadema), who wanted to know
if the government had issued directive to discriminate against higher
learning students who are opposed to CCM politics.
She said University of Dodoma was the
leading higher learning institution in discriminating against such
students, requesting the government to issue directives to the
institution’s management against such discrimination. The legislator
made the question during a session of impromptu question to the prime
minister.
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