Tanzania: Pemba Politicians Fail to Attend CRC Meeting

LACK of funds has denied some politicians in Pemba the chance to travel to Stone town to give their views, to the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC), on what should be included in the new Union constitution.

Mr Said Soud, the National Chairperson of the Tanzania Association for Farmers Party (AFP), told the 'Daily News on Saturday' in Pemba: "We have not been able to join our colleagues in Unguja Island to give our views because we failed to get money to cover travelling costs." "May be the CRC team will think of coming to Pemba to listen to us.

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