i didn't mean to offend anyone i was just asking a question kuuliza si ujinga, is it wrong to ask? this may come as something strange to Tanzanian but when Kenyan think of Tanzania they don't see all the bad things which you are saying the government has done. To most Kenyans we see Tanzania as a well run democracy things like corruption don't seem to be in Tanzanian society ask any Kenyan if you know any, their views are similar to mine. the only thing that Kenyan media shows of chadema is organization of protests e.g arusha protest of jan last year, the arrest of Freeman Mbowe last year nov. please if you are to reply answer objectively not with emotion but logic. its not bad to want to know what is going on across the border and i am not trying to start anything.
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Tanzania more corrupt, says 2011 bribery index
By Felix Andrew
21st October 2011
Former Tanzanian Cabinet minister, Ibrahim Kaduma holds up the East African Bribery Index Report in Dar es Salaam yesterday.
Tanzania`s ranking in the East African Bribery Index (EABI) 2011 climbed to third position from fourth, indicating that corruption was becoming more prevalent in the country and needed extra effort to weed out.
Speaking before the EABI launch in Dar es Salaam yesterday, the Executive Director of ForDIA, Bubelwa Kaiza, said corruption prevalence worsened, rising from 28.6percent in 2010 to 31.6 percent in 2011.
A total of 3,522 respondents selected through random households in Tanzania were interviewed from February to May this year.
Other countries and respondents in brackets are Kenya (2,943), Uganda (2,733) Rwanda (2,325) and Burundi (1,401) making a total of 12,924 in the region.
He said Burundi retained the first position with a corruption prevalence level of 37.9 percent from 36.7 in 2010, while Uganda and Kenya have been ranked second and fourth respectively.
According to the report Uganda has moved marginally up while Kenya has shown a marked improvement from 31.9 percent in 2010 to 28.8 percent in 2011. Rwanda once again ranked fifth with a bribery prevalence of 5.1 percent down from 6.6 percent.
However the EABI 2011 index score reveals that there is some level of improvement in certain institutions and deterioration in others in the scores and ranking.
The police have maintained the most unfavourable position while the Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) has improved slightly in ranking and significantly in the score. The local authorities and
Immigration departments have deteriorated in the overall index, rising to third and sixth from 14th and 17th place respectively in the previous year.
The police revenue authorities and the judiciary across the different countries were poorly rated. All the police institutions in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Burundi appeared in the list of the ten most bribery prone institutions in East Africa.