Former National Assembly Speaker Pius Msekwa, for his part, said the draft constitution should be understood in the context of the East African Community integration. In a letter he wrote to The Citizen yesterday (to be published tomorrow), Mr Msekwa said the draft union constitution should be considered as an interim measure pending the arrival of the East Africa federation. Quoting Mwalimu Julius Nyerere as he was seconding the articles of the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar for ratification in Parliament on April 25, 1964 Mr Msekwa noted: “My assumption is that the United Republic of Tanzania would cease to exist upon our entry into the East African federation for it is unlikely that the Tanzanian federation, which has been proposed in [Judge Joseph] Warioba commission will continue to exist in the larger federation of East Africa.” One possible scenario is that the government of Tanzania Mainland being proposed by the Warioba commission and the existing government of Zanzibar would each want to join the EA Federation separately, Mr Msekwa said.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 07:38:06 +0000