Magufuli pours cold water on the new Katiba dream

The then President Jakaya Kikwete and Zanzibar President  Mohamed Ali Shein display copies of the Draft of Proposed  New Constitution which was handed in by Chairman of the Constituent Assembly Samuel Sitta at the Jamhuri Stadium in Dodoma on October 9, 2014.
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What you need to know:

  • Tanzanians may have to wait much longer for a new Constitution after President Magufuli recently described the already paralysed process as a non-priority task for his government. Analysts are, however, of the view that the President’s good intentions are likely to be undermined by the old Constitution.