Increasing representation for women in Parliament is important but the legislative body should also mould its codes, ethics and practices to truly ensure equitable treatment of women, the Speaker of National Assembly of Tanzania says during the panel discussion on Special Gender Partnership debate Session. 

Makinda, also feels that….... Read more

All Parliamentary Standing Committees are convening in Dar es Salaam for two weeks from 15th - 26th October, 2012 to deliberate on the agenda for the 9th Parliamentary session which begins on 30th October, 2012. The Committees meetings, which are procedural, will deliberate on matters assigned to them by the….... Read more

Speaker of the National Assembly Rt. Hon Anna Makinda congratulated the EALA Speaker Rt Hon Margaret Nantongo Zziwa following her recent election and pledged to support the 3rd Assembly. She said that when both held talks after Hon. Zziwa paid courtesy call on Makindas Office this week. ‘ I assure….... Read more

The 58th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Annual Conference 2012 has kicked off in the Sri Lankan this week.

The apex event of the CPA will be held from 7th to 15th September in Colombo with the participation of approximately 800 members of parliament and Speakers representing 179 regions of….... Read more

The Pan African Parliament has elected Hon. Bethel Nnaemeka Amadi, a Nigerian Legislator its new President. He replaces Hon. Moussa Idriss Ndele, an MP from Chad, who was the President from 2009.

Hon. Amadi was elected unopposed after the only challenger Hon. Zerguine Mohamed Chafike (Tunisia) nominated by the Northern….... Read more

THE National Assembly session starts in Dodoma on Tuesday to deliberate on the government's budget for 2012/2013 financial year. The session will take two and half mouth discussing and approving ministerial budgets from 12 June to 22 August 2012. On Tuesday, before the stars of the Q&A session, The National….... Read more

All Parliamentary Standing Committees are convening in Dar es Salaam for two weeks from 28th May - 8th June, 2012 to deliberate on the agenda for the 8th Parliamentary BUDGET session which begins on 12th June 2012.

The Committee meetings, which are procedural, will receive reports on the performance and….... Read more

The Prime Minister Hon. Mizengo Kayanza Peter Pinda (MP) adjourned the 7th session of the National Assembly on 23th April 2012. To mark the end of the session, the Prime Minister delivered a speech which summarized the issues that were discussed and agreed upon during the session.

The Parliament of Tanzania and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Tanzania on Monday 23 April, 2012, they will be launching the Four year Project for Parliament of Tanzania called Legislatures Support Project (LSP) 2011 – 2015. The project aims to support Parliamentarians, their Committees and Secretariats for the….... Read more

Bunge has picked nine members who will represent Tanzania in the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) for the next five years following hotly contested elections held earlier this week. Those elected included four women and two candidates from opposition parties. A former journalist with the 'Daily News' and 'Sunday News'….... Read more