Dodoma. As the next session of the 13th August House approaches in the administrative capital of Dodoma, the Tanzania Parliament has released a line-up of 17 chairpersons and Vice-Chairpersons with two first-time opposition members securing a slot in the crucial oversight roles.<\/p>\n
As usual, before the full House kicks off its marathon meetings, members ought to meet for committee sessions that are led by either chairpersons or their deputies.<\/p>\n
Tuesday this week, the MPs started their committee sessions at parliament offices, where they began by electing leaders of the various committees.<\/p>\n
The list availed to the media yesterday shows that the names of some political heavyweights who were leaders of parliamentary committees in the 12th parliament have resurfaced.<\/p>\n
The list further indicates that opposition parties\u2019 members, Devotha Minja (Special Seats-Chauma) and ACT Wazalendo\u2019s Ado Shaibu (Tunduru North) have been tasked to chair the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and Local Authorities Accounts Committee (LAAC) respectively.<\/p>\n
The two committees ought to conduct scrutiny of public and local government spending following reports released by the Controller and Auditor General (CAG).<\/p>\n
In the previous parliament chairpersons of the two committees were elected from the camp of the official opposition in parliament.<\/p>\n
But this is the first time two politicians from different opposition parties are leading these committees. Currently there is no official opposition in the House.<\/p>\n
The list indicates that Ms Minja will be assisted by CCM\u2019s Aeshi Hilaly (Sumbawanga-Urban) while Mr Shaibu will have Nanyamba MP, Abdalla Chikota (CCM) as his Vice-Chair.<\/p>\n
Other committees that were formed include the Committee on Privileges, Ethics and Parliamentary Powers, chaired by Anne Kilango Malecela with Christina Mndeme as Vice-Chairperson.<\/p>\n
The Public Investment Committee chaired by Former Director General of the Tanzania Railway Corporation (TRC)-come politician, Masanja Kadogosa with Douglas Masaburi as Vice-Chairperson.<\/p>\n
The Committee on Subsidiary Legislation will be led by Cecilia Pareso with Yahya Zuberi as Vice-Chairperson, while the Committee on Governance, Constitution and Legal Affairs has been entrusted to legal experts, with Dr Damas Ndumbaro, the former cabinet minister, as Chairperson and Edwin Swale as Vice-Chairperson.<\/p>\n
Mr Mashimba Ndaki has retained his position to chair the Budget Committee, assisted by Ally Hassan King as Vice-Chairperson.<\/p>\n
Former Deputy Minister for Energy, Subira Mgalu, has been selected to the Energy and Minerals Committee, assisted by Simoni Lusengekile.<\/p>\n
Mpanda Member of Parliament Moshi Selemani Kakoso has also retained his position as Chairperson of the Infrastructure Committee, assisted by Abubakari Asenga.<\/p>\n
The Committee on Health and HIV\/AIDS will be chaired by Dr Johannes Lukumay, with Zeyana Abdallah Hamid as Vice-Chairperson.<\/p>\n
Another Member of Parliament who has returned to his post is Timotheo Mzava, who continues as Chairperson of the Lands, Natural Resources and Tourism Committee, with Mary Masanja as Vice-Chairperson. The Committee on Education, Culture and Sports will be chaired by Husna Sekiboko, assisted by Cornel Lucas Magembe.<\/p>\n
Other committees include the Water and Environment Committee, which has once again been entrusted to Jackson Kiswaga, with the Vice-Chairperson position going to Professor Pius Yanda.<\/p>\n
The Committee on Social Welfare and Community Development will be chaired by Hawa Mchafu, with Regina Malima as Vice-Chairperson.<\/p>\n
Former chairperson of the 12th Parliament, Nagma Giga, has this time been appointed to lead the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security, with Dodoma MP Paschal Chinyele as Vice-Chairperson.<\/p>\n
The Committee on Industry, Trade and Agriculture continues under Deodatus Mwanyika, with Mariam Ditopile returning as Vice-Chairperson.<\/p>\n
In the Regional Administration and Local Government Authorities Committee (TAMISEMI), Florence Kyombo has been elected as Chairperson, assisted by Jafari Chege.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dodoma. As the next session of the 13th August House approaches in the administrative capital of Dodoma, the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24624,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[15191,15190,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-24623","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tanzania","8":"tag-13th-meeting","9":"tag-bunge","10":"tag-tanzania"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}