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Tanzania's Deputy Speaker Tulia Ackson who has been nominated to be the next Speaker of Parliament. PHOTO | THE CITIZEN | NMG
By The Citizen & Apolinari Tairo
The top organ of Tanzania’s ruling party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), has proposed Deputy Speaker Tulia Ackson to be the next Speaker of Parliament.
Dr Ackson will replace Job Ndugai, who resigned on January 6, 2022 following pressure over statements he made questioning the country’s borrowing.