Joint committee solves five union contentions 28 Joint committee solves five union contentions THE government has removed five contentious issues from list of contentious issues afflicting the Union, including the cost for offloading cargo at Dar es Salaam port for goods coming from Zanzibar. Selemani Jafo. Other contentious issues that had already been solved and removed from the list include the involvement of the Zanzibar Government in international and regional issues, Zanzibar’s participation in the East African Community (EAC), exploration and drilling for oil and natural gas along with procedures for sittings of the Union and Zanzibar governments’ Joint Committee.