Public dialogues held under the Raia Makini project have brought to light significant concerns among citizens regarding the planning and implementation of local budgets, while also building public awareness, confidence and willingness to engage leaders on the management of public resources. The dialogues demonstrated that when citizens are provided with information and a safe space to speak, they are ready to question decisions, demand accountability and contribute constructively to local development.

The morning dialogue under the Raia Makini project was held on 17 November 2025 at the Tanganyika District Council hall in Katavi Region. The main objective was to highlight the importance of citizens’ participation in planning and budgeting, as well as how the Council intends to enable them to take part in the budgeting process.

WAJIBU and Policy Forum have officially launched the 2023/24 Accountability Reports at an event held in Dodoma, marking a critical step towards strengthening good governance, enhancing transparency, and combating corruption, embezzlement, and fraud in the management of public finances.

At a breakfast policy dialogue hosted by Policy Forum and WAJIBU – Institute of Public Accountability, former Controller and Auditor General Ludovick Utouh delivered a critique of public financial management and service delivery in Tanzania, based on the findings from the latest audit reports. The event, part of Policy Forum's 2025 Breakfast Debate series, gathered stakeholders from government, civil society, and development partners to reflect on audit outcomes and budget execution trends.

The National Audit Office (NAOT) and the Controller and Auditor General (CAG) completed and submitted the audit reports to the President of the United Republic of Tanzania H.E Samia Suluhu Hassan on March 28, 2021 and which were tabled subsequently in Parliament on 8th April 2021.

To reach those who are furthest behind in society, it is important to institute a system of just and fair social economic development. This is key especially during these tough times of the COVID-19 pandemic where global health and economic systems have been significantly disrupted. Through the years that I have been working with communities, I have observed how important it is to have groups of people who are empowered and have a voice and the capacity of being active players in raising concerns that affects their wellbeing.

Policy Forum adopted social accountability monitoring (SAM) in 2008 as one of its strategic approaches to capacitate its members working at the sub-national level in Tanzania to engage in policy processes more meaningfully. Since then, I have seen SAM initiatives contribute to building teacher’s housing at remote schools, the operationalisation of primary health care facilities, and the empowerment of communities to lead participatory forest governance efforts among others.

The 2017/2018 CAG’s report has indicated areas of corruptive and fraudulent transactions amounting to TZS 207.12 billion. The amount is derived from weakness in the management of transit goods TZS 7.975 billion, human resources and pensions 2.59 billion, procurement and contract management TZS 133.17 billion, the expenditure management and budget execution TZS 54.48 billion and in management and collection of own source revenues TZS 8.66 billion.

The Embassy of Switzerland in Dar es Salaam through the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) has launched the third phase of its Social Accountability Programme (SAP) which provides support to key national Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) who are working to improve accountability in Tanzania.