Budget Committee cautions government on extra fuel tax

Decision to award a bulk import tender without competitive bidding has raised eyebrows

Finance Minister Saada Mkuya had every reason to resist the allure of increasing taxes on petroleum products. Presenting the 2015/16 Budget to the National Assembly on Thursday last week, she raised tax on petroleum products – a decision that will fuel further adjustments in the prices of petroleum products on July 1.

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Committee says No again to Nyalandu's budget estimates.
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Parliamentary Committee for Lands, Natural Resources and Environment again has rejected the 2015/16 budget estimates for the Ministry of Tourism and Natural Resources. The committee had given seven days for Lazaro Nyalandu's ministry to come out of ...

Africa: Budget Committee Applauds Ground-Breaking for New Home of Criminal ...
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Applauding the start of construction last month of a new facility for the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals in the United Republic of Tanzania, Stephen Cutts, Assistant Secretary-General of the Office of Central Support Services, ...

The Treasurer of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) - Africa Region Hon. Request Muntanga (Zambia) chairing the Budget Committee on the Association which met in Dar es Salaam on Sunday. On his right is the Clerk of the National Assembly of Tanzania Dr. Thomas Kashililah who is also the Regional Secretary of the Association.

The Treasurer of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) - Africa Region Hon. Request Muntanga (Zambia) going through the CPA Africa Regional...

>Finance minister Saada Mkuya yesterday tabled a budget that seeks to rein in lavish spending as it abolishes expensive tax exemptions. But even though the government promised to reduce the cost of living, the budget presented yesterday did not demonstrate clearly how the man on the street would get relief when it comes to daily household expenses.

Were issues of workers addressed in the last but one budget of President Jakaya Kikwete’s administration? They expected at least the pay as you earn to be reduced to a single digit but it’s still at double digit.

>Parliament reconvenes today with MPs scheduled to debate the current government budget funding crisis.

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Restoration of budget support by donors repairs government's anti-corruption ...
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On 11 March, Tanzania's finance minister Saada Mkuya confirmed that the country's development partners will resume their budgetary support programme imminently. Tanzanian president Jakaya Kikwete attends an East Africa Community (EAC) Heads of ...