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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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eThinkTankTz@yahoogroups.com [mailto:eThinkTankTz@yahoogroups.com] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>David Sawe<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 18 January 2006 14:16<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> ethinktanktz@yahoogroups.com;
swopnet@dgroups.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [www.eThinkTankTz.org]
TzParliament website updated</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=3 color=navy face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:navy'>Greetings colleagues,<br>
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Kindly be aware that details about <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Tanzania</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s new MPs for
2005-2010 have now been published at:<br>
</span></font><a href="http://www.parliament.go.tz/bunge/Mp_Ls3.asp"><font
color=navy face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua";
color:navy'>http://www.parliament.go.tz/bunge/Mp_Ls3.asp</span></font></a><br>
<br>
<font color=navy face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua";
color:navy'>Let us not take this service for granted -- please see the article
hereunder and join me in congratulating our colleagues at the Speaker's
Office for continuing to provide us this valuable service.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
David. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=story-dateline><strong><b><font size=5 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Parliament Website Remains Closed</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=story-dateline><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>January 18, 2006 <br>
<span class=story-posted-date>Posted to the web January 17, 2006</span> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=story-writer><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Francis Openda<br>
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Nairobi</st1:place></st1:City> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=story-body><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Kenya</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region>
is the only East African country without a website for its Parliament.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=story-body><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The National Assembly's official website was shut down last September
after The Standard published education backgrounds, hobbies, ages and other
details of MPs from the site.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=story-body><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The site was shut down after complaints that the information was
"too sensitive" and that MPs had been embarrassed.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=story-body><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Posted on the website, http://www.parliament.go.ke , are the words:
"Thank you for visiting the Parliament website. We are currently updating
this site. Please bookmark this site and visit us shortly."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=story-body><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The site, which was on a test run, was shut before the launch, set for
last September. <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Kenya</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s
Parliament now lags behind its Ugandan and Tanzanian counterparts, which have
websites that have detailed information on MPs.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=story-body><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>They detail MPs' employment history, political experience and special
skills. The sites also tabulate MPs' performance in Parliament in terms of
questions raised and their contributions.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=story-body><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Also included are parliamentary documents such as Bills, Acts, Order
Papers and transcripts of proceedings.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=story-body><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The sites also contain a summary of development funds and ministry
activities. Also posted on the sites are proceedings of committee meetings,
which are still a closed-door affair in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Kenya</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=story-body><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The public is also given an opportunity to post comments on the
websites.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><a href="http://allafrica.com/copyright.html"><em><i><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Copyright</span></font></i></em></a></span></font><em><i><font
size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> © 2006 The East
African Standard. All rights reserved. </span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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