{The main opposition political party in Tanzania, CHADEMA, has asked Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and Member of Parliament for Monduli led (CCM ), Edward Lowassa to form a subcommittee to investigate the relationship between Tanzania and Rwanda.}
The party has given that advice after some media in Rwanda reported that leaders of the Resistance party Rwanda National Congress (RNC) and FDLR rebels have held talks with President Jakaya Kikwete in Dar es Salaam.
Meanwhile, Tanzania Embassy in Rwanda has said that referring to the dates of meetings mentioned by News of Rwanda in its article, about two weeks ago, President Kikwete was not there.
According to the Tanzanian Newspaper Mwananchi reported that the Director of Foreign Affairs of the party, Ezekiel Wenje said the committee is required to investigate such information as they may hamper efforts to strengthen cooperation between the two countries.
“In addition to requesting Lowassa Committee to examine the issue, we also appeal to the relevant authorities to investigate the process of issuance of passports of Tanzania to ensure the name is not used improperly, ” said Wenje .He said that there is need for the Government to explain its position because the RDI-Rwanda Nziza of Faustin Twagiramungu has shown that its intention is to stamp out incumbent administration of President Paul Kagame of Rwanda.
Two weeks ago, News of Rwanda released an article titled “Ex-PM Twagiramungu is special guest of Tanzanian President Kikwete”. The same source of information mentioned that Twagiramungu arrived in Tanzania on Sunday 19th January and has been hosted at secret locations under the direct protection of President Kikwete’s official detail; News of Rwanda got the news from the sources based in Dodoma.
Four days after the publication of the first article, News of Rwanda again learnt that Twagiramungu himself has confirmed the reports that he went to Tanzania, however, he added, he had no obligation to reveal the exact motives of his week-long Tanzania trip.
In this regard Tanzania’s opposition political Party, CHADEMA, has decided to ask MPs to investigate about recent development to clearly come up with the exact position of Tanzania on that matter that can harm the relationship between the two countries.
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