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Gross indiscipline reason for MKUKUTA's Tittanic fall
Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 9:17am
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MISMANAGEMENT of public finance has been the major obstacle to Tanzania’s development goals under the umbrella of anti-poverty economic vehicle Mkukuta, The Express can report today. Stakeholders have cited misallocations of public funds, embezzlement and over- expenditure as the major culprits behind the failure of the ambitious programme. “We failed to deliver through the country’s economic vehicle Mkukuta because of the rampant extravagance of public funds,” says Dr Oswald Mashindano, an economist at the University of Dar es Salaam. Acronym for Swahili version of National Strategy for...
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