8 October 2014
Members of Tanzania's Constituent Assembly attend a session March 13, 2014. [Dr. Hamisi Kigwangalla via Wikimedia Commons]
<p>The presentation of the Draft of the Proposed Constitution of the
United Republic of Tanzania by the Warioba Commission to the
Constitutional Assembly did provoke heated debate among the enlightened
populace, but not so much among the rank and file, who are simply
obsessed with personal survival and welfare rather than anything else.
</p><p>Among the initial commentators of Draft Union Constitution were
President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete and CUF Chairman Ibrahim Lipumba.</p>
<p>I have specifically singled out the two because their views on the
three-tier union government structure were initially similar, until when
the professor danced to another tune altogether once the Constituent
Assembly was convened.</p>
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