By TBN Reporter
Tanzania’s Parliament is ready to learn from other legislatures and share its own experience, Secretary to the Tanzania Parliament Baraka Leonard said today.
Speaking at a meeting of parliamentary secretaries held alongside the 153rd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), which is under way at the Arusha International Conference Centre, Leonard said cooperation between parliamentary administrations helped institutions improve their work.
“We recognise that no Parliament knows everything. Our approach is to learn from others and share experiences,” he said.
Leonard said there was no single parliamentary system that could be considered best in every circumstance. Some countries have bicameral legislatures, while Tanzania has a unicameral Parliament. Such differences, he said, made professional exchange between parliamentary secretaries valuable.
“We are not meeting to decide which system is best, but to understand what works, why it works and what lessons we can take from it,” he said.
He said the forum offered an opportunity to learn how legislatures manage parliamentary procedure, preserve institutional continuity, support members of parliament and adapt to rapid change while remaining effective.
Tanzania’s Parliament was responding to shifts in public expectations, technological change and demands for greater transparency, Leonard said.
He cited the introduction of the e-Parliament system, which allows members of parliament to access documents online and carry out their work with fewer paper records.
The Parliament had also expanded public access to its proceedings, he said. Sessions are broadcast on Parliament television and through social media, enabling citizens to follow debates, including students and other members of the public.
Leonard welcomed delegates to Arusha, describing them as partners in the administration of parliamentary business. He said his team had worked to create a setting for professional exchange, learning and cooperation.
“Arusha has long been associated with diplomacy, dialogue, regional cooperation and international engagement,” he said. “This meeting also comes at an important time in the history of parliamentary institutions in Tanzania.”
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