About Tanzania
The United Republic of Tanzania was established in 1964, when Tanganyika and Zanzibar, hitherto separate independent countries, merged. On 25 April 1977 a permanent constitution for the United Republic came into force. In October 1979 the Revolutionary Council of Zanzibar adopted a separate constitution, governing Zanzibar's internal administration. A Bill to amend the United Republic's Constitution accordingly was tabled in January 1980. A new Constitution for Zanzibar, which came into force in January 1985, provided for direct elections to the Zanzibar Parliament.
Legislative power in Tanzania is exercised by the Parliament of the United Republic, which is vested by the Constitution with complete sovereign power, and of which the present National Assembly ist the legislative house. The Assembly also enacts all legislation concerning the mainland. Internal matters in Zanzibar and Pemba are the exclusive jurisdiction of the Zanzibar legislature, the House of Representatives or, in Swahili, Baraza la Wawakilishi.
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Official name of the federated
state/autonomous territory: Zanzibar
Part of the United Republic of
Tanzania
Official language: Swahili
Official name of Parliament:
Baraza la Wawakilishi
- Unicameral -
Address
Maktaba ya Baraza la Wawakilishi
House of Representatives
P.O. Box 902
Zanzibar
Tel. (255)(54)30234/5
Fax (255)(54)30215
Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1990
Person in charge: Ms Asha O.
Jamal,
Position or official title: Librarian
Assistant
Number of library staff: 2,
Number
of professional librarians: 1,
Number
of other staff in the Library: 1
Size of collection: 300
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification
system for subject indexing: Classification system
Restricted to members of parliament:
No,
Who else may use library:
parliamentary staff, civil servants
IFLA membership: No
Parliamentary Papers
* Majadiliano ya
Baraza : Hansard
In Swahili
