The ombudsman in the Tanzanian one-party system

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Title:	The ombudsman in the Tanzanian one-party system
Author:	Kjekshus, H.
Year:	1971
Periodical:	The African Review: A Journal of African Politics, Development and International Affairs
Volume:	1
Issue:	2
Pages:	13-29
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Tanzania
Subjects:	one-party systems ombudsman
Abstract:	Although the permanent Commission of Enquiry, later known as the Tanzanian Ombudsman, and the introduction of a one-party system by Tanzania's Interim Constitution of 1965, were clearly related developments, there were doubts whether the 0mbudsman office would be a viabl contribution in the African context. This is examined here by discussing the powers and procedures of the PCE in order to gauge its range of possible activities; by relating the PCE to the political system which it serves, with discussion of the system's two main characteristics: the single party the executive president; and by assessing the contribution of the PCE to good administration and clean government in the newly independent state bent on rapid and socialist development. Notes, table.