The The Union in Tanzania

Challenges and Opportunities as Tanzania Strides Towards a New Constitution

Authors

  • Raulencio Philemon

Keywords:

The Union, Challenges, Constitutional review and Opportunities

Abstract

It is now 53 years since Tanganyika and Zanzibar united to form Tanzania. Local legal scholars have been always attending the call to address the Union nature, its challenges and legal implication. According to the literature, the Union formation was characterized by absence of public consultation and participation, personal interests, lack of constitutionalism and structural ambiguity. There are Union muddles rooted in anomalies characterizing the Union formation and operation. The Union muddles are posing challenges on the survival of the same. In the year 2014/2015 the constitutional review process was inaugurated. Constitution reforms in Tanzania may offer remedies against Union challenges. Through the review process, there are several opportunities and solutions to the Union problems. All these are addressed in this article.

Author Biography

Raulencio Philemon

LLM (Mzumbe University), LLB (UDSM), Assistant Lecturer, President Academic Association, Institute of Judicial Administration Lushoto, Advocate of the High Court

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Published

2017-11-01

How to Cite

Philemon , R. (2017). The The Union in Tanzania: Challenges and Opportunities as Tanzania Strides Towards a New Constitution. Institute of Judicial Administration Journal, 1(1), 89–104. Retrieved from https://journal.ija.ac.tz/index.php/files2/article/view/5

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2017): Institute of Judicial Administration Journal

Section

Articles