Mobilising More, Losing More: Why Tanzania’s 2025/26 Budget Still Sidesteps the Elephant in the Room?
As Tanzania pushes aggressively to boost domestic resource mobilisation, the 2025/26 national budget emerges as both a beacon of ambition and a mirror reflecting unfinished battles. While the government’s focus on expanding revenue streams and tightening tax incentive management signals progress, it stops short of confronting the systemic bleed caused by illicit financial flows. This silent drain, through trade misinvoicing, tax avoidance, and corruption, remains the overlooked challenge undermining the country’s fiscal foundations.