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Constitutional Review Commission - CSOs lead the way |
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Written by Ngunga Tepani
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About 170 Civil Society Organizations' representatives from all regions of Tanzania (mainland and partly Zanzibar) met at Dodoma Hotel on 13th & 14th March 2012 at a national constitution convention to elect names that were to be proposed to the President of the United Republic of Tanzania for possible nomination into the Constitutional Review Commission. Acting in accordance to the Constitutional Review Act No. 8 of 2011 and the subsequent amendments made in February 2012, upon which the President had asked for names of people from various groupings to serve on the (yet to be formed) Constitutional Review Commission, TANGO and NACONGO formed a consortium with Jukwaa la Katiba to hold the national convention and show the country an exemplary way of electing leaders democratically.
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ACTIVIST DEMOSTRATE TO REFUSE PAYING DOWANS!! |
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Several activist organized peaceful demonstration in Dar Es Salaam next Saturday to protest the decision to pay Dowans compensation among to about Tanzanian Shillings 10 billion.
The payment was ordered last November by International Commercial Court (ICC), which held Tanzania Electricity Company (TANESCO) liable for arbitrarily terminating his power production contract with Dowans.
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Trade: TANGO trade relations unit worked together with ESRF on the CUTS-London project in which it was charged with the responsibility of disseminating and publicizing the finding of trade research undertaken under the CUTS-London trade project.
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CSOs DECRY THE LIP-SERVICE RENDERED TO POVERTY ALLEVIATION BY THE GOVERNMENT! |
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The Tanzanian civil society Anti –poverty movement last Saturday held a landmark show of mass power when thousands of people stood-up in solidary with 35% of the Tanzanian population which lives in abject poverty.
Rallying under the banner slogan, “how can we stay seated when 14 million Tanzanians go hungry each day”, the participants of the mass rally which was preceeded by a 10 kilometre marching procession urged the masses to only select leaders who are mindful of the plight of the poor as they vote this year.
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SOUTHERN HIGHLAND CSOs TAKE AIM FOR EFFECTIVE COORDINATION |
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Southern Highlands CSOs have now defied the odds suggesting the presence a grassroot-driven zonal CSO network. This comes as a results of efforts by TANGO and KEPA to bring CSOs in the Southern Zone to deliberate opportunities and challenges that face CSOs for effective engagement in the local government development discourse.
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