MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT [CCM] IN TANZANIA THREATEN TO DISRUPT PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS IN THE BUNGE ON FINAL GRADUITY CLAIMS !!!

BY THE GUARDIAN REPORTER, 

SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN, TANZANIA.

9th July 2015

 

CCM national Chairman President Jakaya Kikwete arrives at Dodoma Airport  on 8/7/2015.

 Furious over ‘delay’ in the payment of their gratuity, CCM Members of Parliament have threatened to disrupt President Jakaya Kikwete’s final address in the House on 9/7/2015.

Sources say the MPs are unhappy with the pay that the government has proposed and they want the matter be discussed before any other House affairs may proceed.

“The government wants to give a ‘golden handshake’ of only 160m/-...we were expecting to be paid at least 230m/-,’’ said one of the MPs who preferred anonymity.

So intent were the MPs that the National Assembly Deputy Speaker, Job Ndugai was forced to adjourn the evening session to give room for the law makers to discuss the matter.

As a result, among the affected affairs of the House is the matter of the tabled Teachers’ Service Commission Act 2015 which the MPs lagged about and did not endorse until the House was adjourned.

Earlier when responding to a query from Sumve MP, Richard Ndassa, the Deputy Speaker said the matter of benefits due after their five year tenure, is under the Steering Committee. 

“The Steering Committee is meeting with Speaker Anne Makinda the committee’s chairperson over the matter,” he tried to appease the MPs.

However, seeking the Deputy Speaker’s guidance, MP Ndassa pointed out that; “Our minds are not settled because this matter touches our welfare.”

“It would be ideal if we debate this issue and reach a conclusion before we continue with the debate on the Teachers’ Service Commission Bill, 2015,” he insisted.

The issue on gratuity payment was firstly brought in the House by Nzega MP, Dr Hamis Kigwangala who wanted the Chairman, Mussa Azzan Zungu to allow the MPs to debate the matter citing that it will be difficult for them to demand their pay after the House is dissolved.

According to the House timetable, President Jakaya Kikwete  was expected to dissolve the 20th parliament  on 9/7/2915.