Tanzania: MP Pushes for Rural Banking, Govt Responds

Dodoma — The Member of Parliament for Kalenga, Mr Godfrey Mgimwa (CCM) on Monday April 16 appealed to the government to invest more in rural banking as the best way to boost financial inclusion in the country.

Mr Mgimwa said in parliament in Dodoma that most banking services were more concentrated in urban areas, thus denying financial services to the rural majority in Tanzania.

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