In a radio interview while on a working trip to the U.S. Controller and Auditor General, Mussa Assad, described the Tanzanian parliament as "too weak" to hold the government accountable, which has led to the MPs refusing to work with him, leaving the fate of the latest annual audit report on government expenditure hanging in the balance.
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Well ahead of other African countries, Tanzania introduced a universal primary education programme in 1974 in keeping with its "education for self-reliance" policy. The government then estimated that 85% of the population was illiterate and extremely poor. Hunger, widespread disease and a low average life expectancy of just above 40 years, were also major obstacles. Periodic droughts, food shortages and limited
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Parliament on June 30, passed The Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Bill, 2021 to among others, tighten road safety regulations on scooter taxis, commonly known as "bodaboda" operators. In the motion for the amendments of 14 laws, Attorney General Adelardus Kilangi said: "the government has approved changes in the Road Traffic Act (Cap 10) by increasing the licenced ownership age for an operator from 16 to 18 years, and that licences will only be issued to motorbike
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The executive and the judiciary have agreed to fully switch the legal system and legal materials from English to the Kiswahili language, a century since the establishment of the high court in the country. Speaking at the opening of this year's Tanzania legal week and the 100th anniversary of the high court, Vice-President Samia Suluhu Hassan said that it was unjust to deny justice to a group of the citizens on the grounds of a language barrier because rural residents are unaware of most of the
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Fuel prices have gone up by 58% during the past 12 months due to a rise in global demand and increasing local taxes and levies. Tanzanians now have to pay U.S.$0.38 more to access a litre of petrol in Dar es Salaam in July 2021 compared to what they paid for the same volume of the product 12 months ago. The latest adjustments were effected on July 1, 2021 as the government seeks to collect U.S.$0.43 as fuel levy in line with the U.S.$15 billion-budget for the financial year 2021/22.
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The country is said to have demonstrated the most conducive environment for financial inclusion in the region.
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Tanzania Minister for Minerals Angellah Kairuki has told parliament that it has collected over U.S.$269,000 in royalties from tanzanite artisanal miners in three months, from January to March 2018 which is more than what it collected in the last three years.
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The bodies of 11 people who died when a chartered plane crashed near the Serengeti National Park have been recovered, it has been reported. The Cessna Grand Caravan aircraft 5H-EGG carrying a pilot and 10 passengers was flying from Kilimanjaro and Arusha to Serengeti when it went down in the Ngorongoro Crater.
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The flamboyant businessman and politician who in 2007 gifted opposition leader Raila Odinga with a Hummer SUV, had been in custody since 2013. He was tried for conspiracy and money laundering alongside four people including his lawyer.
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Only 18% of the country's 36 million hectares of arable land is currently under cultivation, according to a new Agriculture and Livestock census. The report highlights the nation's vast agricultural potential and the challenges its farming families face regarding crop production.
''This means that the future of national economic transformation will continue to be deeply linked to our ability to
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