The Citizenship Requirement for The Presidency in Tanzania: Critical Analysis of The Law and Practice

Mlenga, Teddy A.

dc.creator	Mlenga, Teddy A.
dc.date	2020-09-08T20:17:08Z
dc.date	2020-09-08T20:17:08Z
dc.date	2020
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-21T10:32:23Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-21T10:32:23Z
dc.identifier	APA
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/11192/3998
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11192/3998
dc.description	A Compulsory Research Report Submitted to Mzumbe University – Mbeya Campus College in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for an Award of The Bachelor Degree of Laws (LL.B) of The Mzumbe University
dc.description	This research study examines the Citizenship requirement for the presidency in Tanzania. The law which govern the citizenship matters in Tanzania is the Citizenship Act which recognize three types of Citizenship which is Citizenship by birth, by descent and by naturalization. The Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania of 1977 provides for the mandatory requirement for a person who want to hold the presidential post to be the citizen of the United Republic by birth. The aim of this research was to examine the possibility or impossibility of the right to the citizens of Tanzania who are citizens of the United Republic but not by birth to be eligible to hold the presidential post. This study examined the law and practice which regulate the requirement and election of president as well as the Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania of 1977 as to whether the laws provide the equal right to all citizens of the United Republic to be eligible to hold the presidential post. So, the findings of this study revealed that this right is not guaranteed to all citizens but only the citizens who are natural born and still there is no possibility of this right to be entitled equally to all citizens. This study further recommend that this right should at least be guaranteed to all citizens but subject to some conditions to the citizens who are not natural born. But also, the laws of Tanzania and the Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania of 1977 should be metalized so as to be in conformity with the international instruments which it has ratified.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Mzumbe University
dc.subject	Citizenship Requirement
dc.subject	Presidency in Tanzania
dc.subject	Law and Practice
dc.title	The Citizenship Requirement for The Presidency in Tanzania: Critical Analysis of The Law and Practice
dc.type	Thesis