JK to meet TCD in Dodoma today

President Jakaya Kikwete

President Jakaya Kikwete is expected to meet chairmen and secretaries of political parties under the umbrella of Tanzania Center for Democracy (TCD) at St Gasper grounds in Dodoma Region today.

 According to the official statement availed to The Guardian on Sunday, the discussions will center on the ongoing new constitutional writing process.

Discussions will also touch on Coalition of Defenders of the People's Constitution (Ukawa), which has boycotted Constituent Assembly (CA) deliberations.

However, speaking in a telephone interview with reporters of The Guardian sister’s paper Nipashe, UKAWA Secretary Tundu Lissu denied having such information.

“I have just heard that information also from the media that the President is planning to meet Ukawa,” he said.

SOURCE: GUARDIAN