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The Minister, Dr Harrison Mwakyembe, told the National Assembly here yesterday that his ministry would
finalise arrangements for establishment of the court that will operate as a new division of the High Court.
Presenting budget estimates of his ministry for the 2016/17 financial year, Dr Mwakyembe said legal
services infrastructure, working environment, ICT use and research and drafting of laws would be
improved.
He said the ministry would also improve access to legal aid services for people who cannot afford,
storage of court records and data, professional training for workers and improve law training institutions
by establishing part-time programmes.
It would also increase zonal centres to facilitate enrolment of more law students from the current 1,800
annually to 3,000 by 2020. The ministry would also work closely with the Ministry of Home Affairs and its
institutions – Police Force and Prisons Department -- to work on a myriad of challenges, including delays
in court cases, disappearance of court files, delays in issuing of copies of court judgement and
proceedings and framing up of cases at the police stations.
Dr Mwakyembe told the House that the ministry would want to see that there is legal directive on
specific time to finalise court cases without any excuses from the prosecution.
It would also press for harsh penalties for court officers charged with files to serve as deterrence. He
said the ministry would also seek a legal provision to check framing up of cases against innocent people.
Earlier, the Parliamentary Committee on Constitution and Judiciary expressed concern over non-
disbursement of budgetary allocations to the ministry, saying it undermined its ability to implement
activities planned for the current financial year.
In its contribution read in the National Assembly by its Vice-Chairperson, Najma Murtaza Giga, the
committee said the ministry was allocated 191.4bn/- for recurrent and development expenditure but had
received 49 per cent as at the end of March this year.
Meanwhile, tempers flared in a debating chamber after an MP from CCM uttered what was considered to
be defamatory words against Opposition lawmakers. Mr Goodluck Mlinga (Ulanga-CCM) said that
Chadema was promoting lesbianism in his contribution to the budget estimates of the Ministry of Justice
and Constitution.
He had earlier said that the most important qualification for women politicians in Chadema to get special
seat positions was to be called ‘baby.’
He did not explain but it seemed the message had sunk among Opposition MPs who stood up and
demanded that the MP withdraws his statement. The Deputy Speaker, Dr Tulia Ackson, called on the
Opposition Chief Whip, Mr Tundu Lissu, to calm down his colleagues. Mr Lissu advised MPs to adhere to
Section 64 of the House Standing Orders, which forbade use of offensive language.
The Government Chief Whip from CCM, Ms Jenista Mhagama, concurred with Mr Lissu but noted that
both parties were guilty of using offensive language. She advised the Deputy Speaker to withdraw all the
offensive words from the Hansard.
In another development, Ukonga MP (Chadema), Mr Mwita Waitara, was ordered out of the debating
chamber by the deputy speaker after he was deemed to have moved inconveniently closer to a CCM MP
who was contributing at the time.
The CCM MP, Mr Augustine Ole (Kasulu South), had earlier claimed that he was convinced by rumours
that Mr Lissu had a file at the Mirembe Psychiatric Hospital in Dodoma. He was ordered to withdraw the
statement, which he did.
finalise arrangements for establishment of the court that will operate as a new division of the High Court.
Presenting budget estimates of his ministry for the 2016/17 financial year, Dr Mwakyembe said legal
services infrastructure, working environment, ICT use and research and drafting of laws would be
improved.
He said the ministry would also improve access to legal aid services for people who cannot afford,
storage of court records and data, professional training for workers and improve law training institutions
by establishing part-time programmes.
It would also increase zonal centres to facilitate enrolment of more law students from the current 1,800
annually to 3,000 by 2020. The ministry would also work closely with the Ministry of Home Affairs and its
institutions – Police Force and Prisons Department -- to work on a myriad of challenges, including delays
in court cases, disappearance of court files, delays in issuing of copies of court judgement and
proceedings and framing up of cases at the police stations.
Dr Mwakyembe told the House that the ministry would want to see that there is legal directive on
specific time to finalise court cases without any excuses from the prosecution.
It would also press for harsh penalties for court officers charged with files to serve as deterrence. He
said the ministry would also seek a legal provision to check framing up of cases against innocent people.
Earlier, the Parliamentary Committee on Constitution and Judiciary expressed concern over non-
disbursement of budgetary allocations to the ministry, saying it undermined its ability to implement
activities planned for the current financial year.
In its contribution read in the National Assembly by its Vice-Chairperson, Najma Murtaza Giga, the
committee said the ministry was allocated 191.4bn/- for recurrent and development expenditure but had
received 49 per cent as at the end of March this year.
Meanwhile, tempers flared in a debating chamber after an MP from CCM uttered what was considered to
be defamatory words against Opposition lawmakers. Mr Goodluck Mlinga (Ulanga-CCM) said that
Chadema was promoting lesbianism in his contribution to the budget estimates of the Ministry of Justice
and Constitution.
He had earlier said that the most important qualification for women politicians in Chadema to get special
seat positions was to be called ‘baby.’
He did not explain but it seemed the message had sunk among Opposition MPs who stood up and
demanded that the MP withdraws his statement. The Deputy Speaker, Dr Tulia Ackson, called on the
Opposition Chief Whip, Mr Tundu Lissu, to calm down his colleagues. Mr Lissu advised MPs to adhere to
Section 64 of the House Standing Orders, which forbade use of offensive language.
The Government Chief Whip from CCM, Ms Jenista Mhagama, concurred with Mr Lissu but noted that
both parties were guilty of using offensive language. She advised the Deputy Speaker to withdraw all the
offensive words from the Hansard.
In another development, Ukonga MP (Chadema), Mr Mwita Waitara, was ordered out of the debating
chamber by the deputy speaker after he was deemed to have moved inconveniently closer to a CCM MP
who was contributing at the time.
The CCM MP, Mr Augustine Ole (Kasulu South), had earlier claimed that he was convinced by rumours
that Mr Lissu had a file at the Mirembe Psychiatric Hospital in Dodoma. He was ordered to withdraw the
statement, which he did.
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