Tanzanian Constitutional Review Commission

The Tanzanian Constitutional Review Commission is the national commission established as per the Constitutional Review Act of 2011 for the collection of public opinion on the review of the Constitution of Tanzania and its validation via a referendum.[1] On 6 April 2012 President Jakaya Kikwete appointed the former Attorney General and Prime Minister Joseph Warioba as its chairman and the former Chief Justice Augustino Ramadhani as its vice chairman. The Commission is expected to complete its task by October 2013.[2] It will cost the taxpayers TZS 40 billion during the 2012/13 fiscal year.[3]

A cross section of the members of the Constituent Assembly

Members
Members from Mainland Tanzania Members from Zanzibar
Prof. Mwesiga Baregu Dr Salim Ahmed Salim
Riziki Shahari Mngwali Fatma Said Ali
Dr Edmund Sengondo Mvungi Omar Sheha Mussa
Richard Shadrack Lyimo Raya Salim Hamad
John Nkolo Awadh Ali Said
Alhaj Said Hamad El-Maamry Ussi Khamis Haji
Jesca Mkuchu Salma Maoulidi
Prof. Palamagamba Kabudi Nassor Khamis Mohamed
Humphrey Polepole Simai Mohamed Said
Yahya Msulwa Mohamed Yusuph Mshamba
Esther Mkwizu Kibibi Mwinyi Hassan
Maria Malingumu Kashonda Suleiman Omar Ali
Al-Shaymaa Kwegyir Salama Kombo Ahmed
Mwantumu Malale Abubakar Mohamed Ali
Joseph Butiku Ally Abdullah Ally Saleh

References
  1. The Constitutional Review Act, 2011
  2. Warioba named head of Constitution commission
  3. Warioba team to cost Sh 40 billion a year
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