Z’bar CA member collapses in shock I FUKUFUKU inakufukulia
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| NCCR-Mageuzi vice chairman (Zanzibar) Haji Ambar Khamis (left) speaks to journalists in Dar es Salaam yesterday.
Dar es Salaam. A member of the disbanded Constituent Assembly from Zanzibar collapsed yesterday as he tried to explain how shocked he was to learn that his name was on the list of members who voted in favour of the proposed constitution. Mr Haji Ambar Khamis was taken to Amana Hospital.
He had a rough time of it trying to prove he had no hand in the inclusion of his name on the list of CA members who approved the document presented to President Jakaya Kikwete on Wednesday.
He told reporters he did not take part in either preparing or voting on the document. In fact, he added, he had nothing to do with the document from April after he boycotted sittings of the assembly together with other members who disputed the manner in which the assembly was conducted.
He returned to the CA in August but claims he had neither discussed the document nor voted on it. Mr Hamis is a vice chairman of the opposition NCCR-Mageuzi in Zanzibar. “I have never participated in approving the proposed constitution,” he insisted. “The truth is that I have been pained so much because I don’t know what the future holds for me and my family.”
The politician, who was once a candidate for the Zanzibar presidency, broke down during the interview. NCCR-Mageuzi officials led him out of the office as he appeared to be losing consciousness. The Citizen on Saturday’s correspondent in the company of the NCCR-Mageuzi leaders witnessed him being laid on a bed as doctors moved to examine him. NCCR-Mageuzi Chairman James Mbatia, who was the first to speak at the press conference, said information put out by leaders of the disbanded CA that Mr Hamis voted for the document was wrong.
After thoroughly going through a copy of the proposed constitution, he added, they discovered that name of one-time party member Haji Ambar Hamis was on the list of those who approved the proposed Katiba.
Mr Mbatia explained: “On the list of members who took part in approving the proposed constitution, his (Ambar’s name) is on the list of CA members from Zanzibar.
But following a discussion with him, Mr Hamis sincerely assured us he had never participated in preparing or approving the proposed constitution.”
According to Mr Mbatia, putting the name of the party’s national leader on the list of those who endorsed the document without his consent amounts to gross fraud.
The CITIZEN
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