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Africa-Press<\/a> – Tanzania<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Speaker of the National Assembly Job Ndugai has ordered two Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) MPs Josephat Gwajima and Jerry Silaa appear before the Parliamentary Privileges, Ethics and Powers Committee to answer various allegations leveled against them.<\/p>\n

Bishop Gwajima and Silaa who represent Kawe and Ukonga constituencies in Dar es Salaam respectively, have been alleged of being untruthful and tarnishing the image of the Parliament, according to a statement released by the Bunge\u2019s information Unit on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The statement added that Gwajima has been scheduled to appear before the committee in Dodoma on Monday (August 23, 2021) while Mr Silaa will be required to wait until the following day (Tuesday).<\/p>\n

If none of the implicated MPs fail to appear before the committee according to the schedule, the statement added, legal measures will be taken against the MPs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Tanzania. Speaker of the National Assembly Job Ndugai has ordered two Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) MPs Josephat Gwajima and Jerry Silaa appear before the Parliamentary Privileges, Ethics and Powers Committee to answer various allegations leveled against them. Bishop Gwajima and Silaa who represent Kawe and Ukonga constituencies in Dar es Salaam respectively, have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":35393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12,16],"tags":[6990,6991,711],"class_list":["post-35394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press-2","tag-africa-press-tanzania","tag-tanzania"],"yoast_head":"\nSpeaker orders \u00a0MPs Gwajima and Silaa to appear before ethics committee - Tanzania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Speaker of the National Assembly Job Ndugai has ordered two Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) MPs Josephat Gwajima and Jerry Sil ...\" \/>\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\/speaker-orders-mps-gwajima-and-silaa-to-appear-before-ethics-committee\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Speaker orders \u00a0MPs Gwajima and Silaa to appear before ethics committee\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Speaker of the National Assembly Job Ndugai has ordered two Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) MPs Josephat Gwajima and Jerry Sil ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/speaker-orders-mps-gwajima-and-silaa-to-appear-before-ethics-committee\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Tanzania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-22T16:12:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/sites\/17\/2021\/08\/img-612271b88b1c9.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"360\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/speaker-orders-mps-gwajima-and-silaa-to-appear-before-ethics-committee#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/speaker-orders-mps-gwajima-and-silaa-to-appear-before-ethics-committee\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Speaker orders \u00a0MPs Gwajima and Silaa to appear before ethics committee\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-22T16:12:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/speaker-orders-mps-gwajima-and-silaa-to-appear-before-ethics-committee\"},\"wordCount\":149,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/speaker-orders-mps-gwajima-and-silaa-to-appear-before-ethics-committee#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/sites\/17\/2021\/08\/img-612271b88b1c9.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Tanzania\",\"tanzania\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/speaker-orders-mps-gwajima-and-silaa-to-appear-before-ethics-committee#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/speaker-orders-mps-gwajima-and-silaa-to-appear-before-ethics-committee\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/speaker-orders-mps-gwajima-and-silaa-to-appear-before-ethics-committee\",\"name\":\"Speaker orders \u00a0MPs Gwajima and Silaa to appear before ethics committee - 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