Tanzania, June 6 -- Dodoma. Members of Parliament (MPs) have been signing attendance registers on behalf of colleagues and travelling without authorisation have prompted National Assembly Speaker, Mr Mussa Azzan Zungu, to issue a stern warning, while directing the House Clerk to seek explanations from legislators who travelled to Morocco.

He also urged Prime Minister, Dr Mwigulu Nchemba, to stop allowing both ministers and their deputies from the same ministry to be away from Parliament simultaneously on official trips, insisting that at least one of them must remain in the House to follow proceedings.

Mr Zungu, who is also the CCM legislator for Ilala Constituency, issued the directive in Parliament on Friday, June 5, 2026, instructing...