According to the State Department, overall U.S. bilateral assistance to Tanzania, not including food aid, totaled an estimated $426 million in FY2019 and $548 million in FY2020. The Trump Administration requested $329 million for such assistance in FY2021.
Kwa ufupi ripoti ya hali ya kisiasa nchini Tanzania toka Magufuli kuingia madarakani imewashitua wafadhili wa demokrasia na uwazi na hasa katika maswala ya ushiriki wa jamii na asasi zisizo za kiserikali.
Na utungwaji wa sheria mbalimbali kandamizi na kuhakikisha nchi inakuwa ya chama kimoja na upinzani unatoweka.
Katika kutubinya wataacha misaada inayogusa chakula tu na wanashawishi na jumuiya za kimataifa nao kutufanyia kama wao.
In summary
There are few signs that the governance trajectory in Tanzania discussed in this report is likely to change. One analyst of Tanzania sees President Magufuli and the CCM as pursuing “restorationist developmental nationalism”—a return to the sociopolitical development agenda and dominance of the CCM during the one-party state era, in which opposition parties play a limited role, if any.69 There are arguably a paucity of strong levers through which the United States and other aid donors might be able to press for a reversal of recent trends. Targeted restrictions on aid could potentially spur constructive responses from Tanzanian authorities in some instances, but the bulk of U.S. and other foreign aid supports development goals or other U.S. policy interests that such changes might hinder. Targeted sanctions, which the United States has used in one instance, 70 also are another possible pressure tool and vehicle for signaling U.S. concerns in selected instances, but are complex to administer and may have limited effect if sanctioned officials do not have personal or financial interests within U.S. jurisdictions. The governance trends discussed in this report also could potentially warrant a change in Tanzania’s eligibility for U.S. trade
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