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The National Assembly of Tanzania was formed as the Legislative Council of Tanzania Mainland – then known as Tanganyika – in 1926. The Council was formed under a law enacted by the British Parliament called the Tanganyika Legislative Council Order and Council. The law was gazetted in Tanganyika on 18 June 1926.
The National Assembly, or Bunge la Jamhuri ya Muungano, has 323 members: 232 members elected for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies and 75 seats allocated to women who are elected by the political parties that are represented in the National Assembly.
Most members of the Bunge, Tanzania's National Assembly, are elected concurrently by direct popular vote for 5-year terms. Additional members are nominated by the President, and five seats are chosen by the Zanzibar House of Representatives. Further seats are reserved for female members who are selected by their parties.
Name Took office Left office Notes Adam Sapi Mkwawa 26 April 1964 19 November 1973 Mkwawa was elected as Speaker of the National Assembly of Tanganyika on 27 November 1962 [2]
List of Tanzania National Assembly members 2005–2010; References This page was last edited on 5 June 2024, at 12:36 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
The unicameral National Assembly of Tanzania or Bunge has 393 seats — 264 elected by popular vote, 113 allocated to women chosen by their parties in proportion to their share of the electoral vote, 10 nominated by the president, five members chosen by the Zanzibar House of Representatives, and the Attorney General as an ex officio member ...
Radio Tanzania - established 1 July 1965 The board of the corporation was dissolved. The structure of the corporation was changed. It became part of the government's Ministry of Information and Tourism. Radio Tanzania established 2 stations IN 1973 Swahili service later called ‘Idhaa ya Taifa’ or the National Service; English service
On 27 July 2020, Lissu returned to Tanzania after three years in exile to contest in the general elections. [32] In January 2023, Tundu Lissu announced that he had returned to Tanzania after five years of exile in Belgium. [33] He was arrested in separate occasions in August and September 2024. [34] [35]