{"id":135045,"date":"2025-06-24T18:42:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T18:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/legislators-urged-to-continue-executing-duties-heading-into-recess"},"modified":"2025-06-24T18:42:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T18:42:00","slug":"legislators-urged-to-continue-executing-duties-heading-into-recess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/legislators-urged-to-continue-executing-duties-heading-into-recess","title":{"rendered":"Legislators urged to continue executing duties heading into recess"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Tanzania. <\/strong><\/span>THE Speaker of Tanzania\u2019s National Assembly, Dr. Tulia Ackson, has called on Members of the Parliament to fully continue executing their oversight responsibilities over the government, even as the parliament approaches a temporary recess.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in the House in Dodoma, Dr. Tulia emphasized that the mandate to hold government authorities accountable must not cease, as Tanzanian citizens still require services and development regardless of the parliamentary calendar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reality is this: When the Parliament is dissolved temporarily, the government continues with its work. When an MP raises an issue, it is not on their behalf but on behalf of the people. The needs of the citizens are not dependent on the timing of Parliament,\u201d said Dr. Tulia.<\/p>\n<p>She added that lawmakers should not hesitate to table motions, ask questions, and closely monitor the implementation of development projects and other key matters within their constituencies.<\/p>\n<p>The Speaker noted that the Parliament holds a unique role in ensuring government accountability, urging MPs to make full use of the remaining sessions to enhance government performance and transparency.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, Dr. Tulia\u2019s remarks underscore the importance of maintaining strong and responsible representation of the people, even during political or parliamentary transition periods.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\">Tanzania<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Tanzania. THE Speaker of Tanzania\u2019s National Assembly, Dr. Tulia Ackson, has called on Members of the Parliament to fully continue executing their oversight responsibilities over the government, even as the parliament approaches a temporary recess. Speaking in the House in Dodoma, Dr. Tulia emphasized that the mandate to hold government authorities accountable must [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":135044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[6990,6991,711],"class_list":["post-135045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press-2","tag-africa-press-tanzania","tag-tanzania"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Legislators urged to continue executing duties heading into recess - Tanzania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/legislators-urged-to-continue-executing-duties-heading-into-recess\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Legislators urged to continue executing duties heading into recess\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Tanzania. 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