02 February 2022
Dodoma, Tanzania
SIKU YA SHERIA
Tanganyika Law Society TLS ambacho kilikuwa chama huru cha wanataaluma ya sheria kukubali kuhamia Dodoma makao makuu huku kikiwa na jengo lake la Wakili House jijini Dar es Salaam walilolijenga kwa juhudi zao kama wanataaluma ni hatua mojawapo ya kujitumbukiza ktk kibano cha mhimili wa dola.
Source : Wakili TV
TLS kuwa omba omba kiasi sasa serikali leo tarehe 2 February 2022 kutambuliwa na serikali kuwa TLS hii siyo ile iliyokuwa huru chini ya viongozi madhubuti kama kina Tundu Lissu, Fatma Karume, Dr. Rugemeleza Nshala, Rwechungura kwa kuwataja kwa uchache haliopigania TLS kuendelea kuwa huru.
Mwaka 2020 mwezi January serikali ilianza zoezi la kuizonga na kuimaliza pumzi ya TLS kwa kuwasilisha muswada ulipingwa na kambi ya upinzani bungeni na wadau wengine watetezi wa uhuru
Under the Bill, which was tabled in Parliament on Tuesday evening by Attorney General Prof Adelardus Kilangi, the government will have a mandate to appoint its representatives to the TLS annual general meeting, where important issues about the Bar including the election of the association president, are made.
If the Bill is assented to by President John Magufuli, then Constitution and Legal Affairs minister will also have powers to appoint government representatives in TLS meetings.
The Bill drew strong reactions from Opposition lawmakers, who argued that the Bill was passed in order to restrict TLS and lawyers’ powers.
Some of the MPs, who spoke during the debate, claimed that the Bill was tabled in order to impose the Executive powers on the Judiciary.
Parliament also turned down some of the recommendations from TLS, which included extension of president’s tenure to three years. Currently, TLS president’s tenure expires after a year READ MORE : Strong reactions greet Tanganyika Law Society new law
Dodoma, Tanzania
SIKU YA SHERIA
Tanganyika Law Society TLS ambacho kilikuwa chama huru cha wanataaluma ya sheria kukubali kuhamia Dodoma makao makuu huku kikiwa na jengo lake la Wakili House jijini Dar es Salaam walilolijenga kwa juhudi zao kama wanataaluma ni hatua mojawapo ya kujitumbukiza ktk kibano cha mhimili wa dola.
Source : Wakili TV
TLS kuwa omba omba kiasi sasa serikali leo tarehe 2 February 2022 kutambuliwa na serikali kuwa TLS hii siyo ile iliyokuwa huru chini ya viongozi madhubuti kama kina Tundu Lissu, Fatma Karume, Dr. Rugemeleza Nshala, Rwechungura kwa kuwataja kwa uchache haliopigania TLS kuendelea kuwa huru.
Mwaka 2020 mwezi January serikali ilianza zoezi la kuizonga na kuimaliza pumzi ya TLS kwa kuwasilisha muswada ulipingwa na kambi ya upinzani bungeni na wadau wengine watetezi wa uhuru
Strong reactions greet Tanganyika Law Society new law
Thursday January 30 2020
Dodoma. Parliament has passed a law through the government Miscellaneous Amendments Act, which among other things, ‘curtails’ Tanganyika Law Society (TLS) autonomy.Under the Bill, which was tabled in Parliament on Tuesday evening by Attorney General Prof Adelardus Kilangi, the government will have a mandate to appoint its representatives to the TLS annual general meeting, where important issues about the Bar including the election of the association president, are made.
If the Bill is assented to by President John Magufuli, then Constitution and Legal Affairs minister will also have powers to appoint government representatives in TLS meetings.
The Bill drew strong reactions from Opposition lawmakers, who argued that the Bill was passed in order to restrict TLS and lawyers’ powers.
Some of the MPs, who spoke during the debate, claimed that the Bill was tabled in order to impose the Executive powers on the Judiciary.
Parliament also turned down some of the recommendations from TLS, which included extension of president’s tenure to three years. Currently, TLS president’s tenure expires after a year READ MORE : Strong reactions greet Tanganyika Law Society new law
