By Guardian Reporter , The Guardian
PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan is today scheduled to launch the 60th anniversary book of the Vice President’s Office which coincides with the 60th anniversary of the union between Tanganyika and Zanzibar.
Dr Selemani Jafo, Minister of State in the Vice President's Office (Union and Environment) said this here yesterday when presenting a review of implementation of plan and budget for the year 2023/24 and the estimated income and expenditure of 62.7bn/- for the financial year 2024/25.
Dr Jafo said the book is to be launched at Chamwino State House in Dodoma and is aimed at educating the public about the importance of the union. He said that the purpose of the information is to give people the opportunity to understand the implementation of the office’s responsibilities, the services provided and the success of its institutions.
The minister also stated that the celebration involved the union institutions’ exhibitions that started from April 14 to 20 in Zanzibar and April 19 to 25 in Dar es Salaam.
During this period, the Vice-President’s Office started preparations to establish the Union Archives and Documents Centre where the work carried out includes holding meetings of stakeholders from both sides of the union and collecting information about union issues that will be stored.
In addition, he said the collected information includes documents about union issues, books, publications, photos, biographies of leaders, various speeches and government announcements.
Debating the budget estimates, MPs asked the government to change some of the laws that hinder progressive activities in the union, including the laws that control Constituency Development Fund (CDF).
Pandani MP Maryam Omar Said (CUF) said that despite some of the problems being resolved, the CDF is still governed separately by laws of Zanzibar as well as Tanzania Mainland.
She said that acquisition of such funds becomes difficult especially in Zanzibar where the MP’s job is only to sign to receive but they do not have the right to decide where to direct the funds.
Wingwi MP Omar Issa Kombo (CCM) asked for the CDF law to remain under the management of Parliament as it is for MPs in the Tanzania Mainland.
“Here is where the big problem is that CDF is being guided by two different laws—Zanzibar and Tanzania Mainland,” he said.
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