Tanzania: Why Criticising Donors Will Not Help the Govt

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Dar es Salaam — The government should put its house in order if it is to mend its relations with donors, this is an advice given following top government leaders applying innuendo-filled remarks when reacting to the Millennium Challenge Corporation's (MCC) decision to halt its Sh1 trillion support to Tanzania.

In its statement, the MCC said the money, which was basically meant for financing infrastructure projects, been withheld as a result of Tanzania's failure in a number of benchmarks, including abuse of its Cybercrime Act and the controversial annulment of the Zanzibar polls.

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