{"id":47315,"date":"2022-02-09T17:14:10","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T17:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/?p=47315"},"modified":"2022-02-09T14:38:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T14:38:26","slug":"ccm-endorses-zungu-for-deputy-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/ccm-endorses-zungu-for-deputy-speaker","title":{"rendered":"CCM endorses Zungu for deputy speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Tanzania. <\/strong><\/span>THE ruling party CCM has nominated Ilala Member of Parliament Mussa Azzan Zungu to run for the position of Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Before announcement in Dodoma on Tuesday, CCM national Chairperson and President Samia Suluhu Hassan presided over a special session of the Central Committee (CC) held at the party&#8217;s headquarters in Dodoma.<\/p>\n<p>The committee endorsed Mr Zungu out of 11 total members, who sought the party&#8217;s green light to contest for the post.<\/p>\n<p>The name of Mr Zungu then got blessings from the party caucus, according to Secretary of the caucus, Mr Rashid Shangazi.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement issued by the office of the National Assembly Clerk over the weekend, Members of Parliament will cast their votes on Friday this week to elect the Deputy Speaker.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after the post became vacant following resignation of former Deputy Speaker Dr Tulia Ackson, who contested and won Speaker&#8217;s slot.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Tulia was elected to the post after the resignation of former Speaker Job Ndugai, who served in the position for six years.<\/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 ruling party CCM has nominated Ilala Member of Parliament Mussa Azzan Zungu to run for the position of Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly. 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