Following Uganda's 2005 multiparty transition, observers expected the country's legislature - an unusually assertive body by regional standards - to lose its bite, muzzled due to newly re-instated party disciplinary measures. This article explains why - contrary to these expectations - executive-legislative tensions persist and, more fundamentally, what this tells ...

Tanzania's legislature, or Bunge, has undergone considerable change in recent decades, gradually strengthening to attain unprecedented influence during Jakaya Kikwete's presidency (2005-2015) only to decline again under President John Magufuli (2015-2021). This article investigates Bunge's institutional evolution, asking what explains institutional change within an...