He said as the commission is set to start implementing the crucial task, it would be very unfortunate to see people meddling with its work. Mr Warioba made the remarks yesterday in Dar es Salaam during an event to officially present the Commission with a building that will house its secretariat offices.
“We have been mandated with a national duty and would wish to be allowed to work freely; those who voted or supported us to be in this Commission should now realise that we only have Tanzanians in mind and not their representatives,” he said. He thanked the government for giving the Commission the premises saying: “This building is conducive for our work”.
According to the retired judge and former Prime Minister, the commissioners are facing a huge task with the biggest challenge being how best to reach as many people for inclusion of as many views as possible.
He said commissioners would use their expertise to achieve what the public expects from them, urging the government to maintain close communication to ensure even the rural based population is reached.
Mr Warioba added that a full programme on how the commission will do its work would be revealed soon.
During the brief ceremony, the government handed over to the Commission a new seven-floor storey building that was initially meant to house the ministry for Home Affairs. Chief Secretary Ombeni Sefue, who presided over the ceremony said the government was committed to ensure the Commission works efficiently by providing all that was required.
He said the government has ordered for thirty new vehicles for the Commission, however, in the meantime only a few would be available to aid commissioners’ activities. At the same time staff would be hired to assist the Commission in its work. Besides, the government has rented new houses for commissioners from outside Dar es Salaam for the entire period of their work for them to concentrate in their duties here.
“The government has honoured the public demand for a new constitution and will do all that is possible to assist the Commission,” said the chief secretary. He added that full security would be deployed to the building.
Already hansard equipment, according to the chief secretary is being fixed as the Commission’s website too is underway.
Constitutional and Legal Affairs minister Celina Kombani urged the commissioners to do diligent work, saying: “This is what the public wanted, give them the due opportunity to be heard”.
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