..kwa kweli hata mimi namuunga mkono Mh.Selelii ktk madai yake haya.
..haijalishi kama wa-Tanganyika wanataka kumiliki ardhi Zenj au la, sote tunapaswa kuwa sawa ndani ya Jamhuri ya Tanzania.
MP asks a question another MP
In a surprising and unusual turn of events, the Jangómbe representative, Mr Mohamed Rajab Masoud asked a question a fellow MP, Mr Lucas Selelii (Nzenga, CCM), instead of the Minister in question, who was at the time, the Minister for Land and Human Settlement Development, Mr John Chiligati.
The MP's were taken by surprise when Mr Masoud requested to ask a question Mr Selelii, when was given a chance to ask supplementary question to the minister, who was asked a principle question by the later.
"I would like to ask Mr Selelii if he does not think that his question is misleading the public for saying that the Zanzibar land law is discriminating?" asked Mr Masoud.
"Don't be surprised, our regulations allows a MP to ask a question another MP, so Mr Selelii proceed answering it," said the Speaker, before allowing Mr Selelii to answer the question.
Then Mr Selelii, mimicking the way Ministers answer MPs questions said, "Honourable Speaker, I would like to answer the question by Honourable Member of Parliament," which made the whole parliament laugh.
Mr Selelii argued that he is not misleading the public, insisting in his argument that the law is discriminatory since it is treating Tanzanians from the mainland as foreigners when it comes to land ownership in the two isles.
Mr Selelii said that he was not pleased with the minister's answer to his principal question. The Minister told the MP that the law is not discriminatory, since the land issue is not a Union issue, thus Zanzibar government has the right to create its own laws regarding the issues.
Concluding the debate, the Speaker said that he was surprised that there are Tanzanians from the mainland wanting to own land from the tiny isles while there is vast of land in the mainland. Pemba and Unguja Isles have total of 2640 square killometres.
"This debate will continue during the break and some other time."
..haijalishi kama wa-Tanganyika wanataka kumiliki ardhi Zenj au la, sote tunapaswa kuwa sawa ndani ya Jamhuri ya Tanzania.
MP asks a question another MP
In a surprising and unusual turn of events, the Jangómbe representative, Mr Mohamed Rajab Masoud asked a question a fellow MP, Mr Lucas Selelii (Nzenga, CCM), instead of the Minister in question, who was at the time, the Minister for Land and Human Settlement Development, Mr John Chiligati.
The MP's were taken by surprise when Mr Masoud requested to ask a question Mr Selelii, when was given a chance to ask supplementary question to the minister, who was asked a principle question by the later.
"I would like to ask Mr Selelii if he does not think that his question is misleading the public for saying that the Zanzibar land law is discriminating?" asked Mr Masoud.
"Don't be surprised, our regulations allows a MP to ask a question another MP, so Mr Selelii proceed answering it," said the Speaker, before allowing Mr Selelii to answer the question.
Then Mr Selelii, mimicking the way Ministers answer MPs questions said, "Honourable Speaker, I would like to answer the question by Honourable Member of Parliament," which made the whole parliament laugh.
Mr Selelii argued that he is not misleading the public, insisting in his argument that the law is discriminatory since it is treating Tanzanians from the mainland as foreigners when it comes to land ownership in the two isles.
Mr Selelii said that he was not pleased with the minister's answer to his principal question. The Minister told the MP that the law is not discriminatory, since the land issue is not a Union issue, thus Zanzibar government has the right to create its own laws regarding the issues.
Concluding the debate, the Speaker said that he was surprised that there are Tanzanians from the mainland wanting to own land from the tiny isles while there is vast of land in the mainland. Pemba and Unguja Isles have total of 2640 square killometres.
"This debate will continue during the break and some other time."