Annual general report of the controller and - Parliament of Tanzania

11.3 Parliamentarians serving as Directors in various Boards of
Public Authorities for the year ended 30 th June, 2008
The notion of separation of powers and functions among
the three pillars, that is the Executive, Judiciary and
Parliament is to promote checks and balances. Contrary to
this concept of separation of powers it was noted that
Boards of directors for public corporations include members
of Parliament who constitute between 17 to 56% of the
total number of Board Members. In this respect, the
oversight role of the parliament is impaired thus jeopardize
the spirit of good governance.
In view of the above weakness, a PA&oBs Accountability
Conference held on 23 rd -24 th January, 2009 made a call for
the Government to ensure Members of Parliament are not
appointed Board members in Public Authorities.
The table below shows the level of MPs participation in
different Boards of Directors.
S/N Entity Total
members
Number
of MPs
Non
MPs
%
of
MPs
1. Tanzania Cotton Board
(TCB)
9 5 4 56
2. Tanzania Fertilizer
Company Limited (TFC)
7 2 5 29
3. Cashewnut Board of
Tanzania
9 3 6 33
4. Ngorongoro
Conservation Area
Authority
14 5 9 36
5. TCRA 6 1 5 17
6. TCAA 5 1 4 20
7. Mzumbe University 17 3 14 18
8. National Museum 11 3 8 27
9. Tanzania Tea Board 8 3 5 38
10. Consolidated Holding 5 2 3 40
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