US says Tanzania aid grant depends on anti-graft action
Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete. He is next week expected to decide on whether to approve the dismissals ordered by parliament of the government officials implicated in graft claims. PHOTO | FILE
The United States warned aid-reliant Tanzania on Thursday that further assistance, under a programme that rewards countries for good governance, depended on its success in fighting corruption.
Over the past six years, the east African nation has fallen 17 places to 119 in a global ranking of perceived official corruption compiled by the anti-graft organization, Transparency International.
