Mzee Mwanakijiji
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Leave presidential committee alone
Editor
Daily News; Tuesday,November 27, 2007 @00:01
Editor
Daily News; Tuesday,November 27, 2007 @00:01
OPPOSITION parties have been making inappropriate comments on the 11-member non-partisan committee appointed by President Kikwete two weeks ago to review the procedures of contracting investors in the mining sector.
The presidents move, promised before the CCM National Congress in Dodoma and delivered on just ten days later, won deserved public acclaim from all right thinking quarters.
The team led by seasoned lawyer, Judge Mark Bomani, has a clear mandate to thoroughly examine the models used to draw mining contracts gauging them against local and international parallels and recommend changes to maximize gain for the national economy and the people.
But, in typical fashion, the opposition parties put the inclusion of Chadema MP Kabwe Zitto in the team above all else and have been making strange noises about it.
Zittos appointment to the committee was reportedly an agenda for a Chadema central committee meeting last weekend, which endorsed it. Absolutely senseless, we think.
Zitto is, indeed, a Chadema member, but like UDP Chairman John Cheyo, they have been included in the team in their individual capacities and not as direct representatives of Chadema and UDP.
The President probably expects their contribution to the deliberations of the committee to reflect the view of the opposition camp, but that is far from saying they are envoys of their respective parties.
Chadema could be excused if it stopped at glorifying Zitto. However, a statement by its Chairman, Freeman Mbowe, went on to demand nullification of the appointment of three committee members for reasons best known to the opposition party.
Such naked insubordination to the President is unwarranted, to say the least. Opposition politicians have evidently been idling since they lost the general elections heavily but they surely could not have lost their heads as well.
The time lost in gossip and meddling in other peoples affairs could be gainfully used to organize party machinery and grow membership in preparation for the next election, which is not that far off.
My Take:
I have seen editorials, this one ranks among the worst! Can they let Lusekelo write and ed op once in a while.. kwa sababu whoever wrote this crap should be fired!!!