Bunge la Tanzania

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Bunge la Tanzania is the unicameral legislative body of the United Republic of Tanzania, responsible for making national laws and overseeing the government.

All labels observed (2)

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
approves national budget of Tanzania ⓘ
budgetaryPower authorizing public expenditure ⓘ
imposing taxation through legislation ⓘ
canBeDissolvedBy President of Tanzania under constitutional conditions ⓘ
constitutionalStatus supreme legislative authority of Tanzania ⓘ
country Tanzania ⓘ
United Republic of Tanzania ⓘ
linked to: Tanzania
electoralFunction participating in election of certain national offices as provided by law ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post for constituency seats ⓘ
proportional representation for special seats ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch ⓘ
hasChamber National Assembly of Tanzania ⓘ
hasCommittee select committees ⓘ
standing committees ⓘ
hasLeaderTitle Speaker of the National Assembly ⓘ
hasMemberCategory appointed members as provided by law ⓘ
constituency members ⓘ
special seats members ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.bunge.go.tz ⓘ
jurisdiction United Republic of Tanzania ⓘ
linked to: Tanzania
legalSystemContext common law and statutory law framework of Tanzania ⓘ
legislativeFunction amending the constitution ⓘ
making national laws ⓘ
location Dodoma ⓘ
meetingPlace Parliament of Tanzania complex, Dodoma ⓘ
nativeLabel Bunge la Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania ⓘ
linked to: Bunge la Tanzania
numberOfHouses 1 ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
oversightFunction approving the national budget ⓘ
overseeing the government ⓘ
questioning government ministers ⓘ
scrutinizing the executive branch ⓘ
oversightTool motions of censure or confidence as provided by law ⓘ
parliamentary committees ⓘ
parliamentary questions ⓘ
passes Acts of Parliament ⓘ
publishes Hansard (official parliamentary debates record) ⓘ
regulates its own procedures through Standing Orders ⓘ
reportsTo citizens of Tanzania ⓘ
roleInUnion legislature for the Union Government of Tanzania ⓘ
shortName Bunge ⓘ
supervises Government of Tanzania ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Assembly of Tanzania → alsoKnownAs → Bunge la Tanzania ⓘ
Dodoma → hasParliamentBuilding → Bunge la Tanzania ⓘ
Bunge la Tanzania → nativeLabel → Bunge la Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania ⓘ
linked to: Bunge la Tanzania
Bunge → alsoKnownAs → Bunge la Tanzania ⓘ