{"id":24335,"date":"2016-04-03T02:33:49","date_gmt":"2016-04-03T02:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/us-agency-to-give-tanzania-conditions-for-aid\/"},"modified":"2016-04-03T02:32:27","modified_gmt":"2016-04-03T02:32:27","slug":"us-agency-to-give-tanzania-conditions-for-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/us-agency-to-give-tanzania-conditions-for-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"US agency to give Tanzania conditions for aid resumption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{The MCC board announced on March 28 that it was suspending a $473 million deal with Tanzania.}<\/p>\n<p>Tanzania will decide what steps to take in order to get nearly half-a-billion dollars in suspended aid, a US official has said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Government of Tanzania needs to determine how it will rectify the specific issues of concern,\u201d Renee Kelly, spokeswoman for the Millennium Challenge Corporation said in an email message.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is up to MCC\u2019s Board to determine if any such actions taken by the Government of Tanzania are sufficient to warrant re-instatement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The MCC board announced on March 28 that it was suspending a $473 million deal with Tanzania, partly on the grounds that the March 20 election in Zanzibar was unfair.<\/p>\n<p>The US Government agency also objected to limits that Tanzanian authorities placed on free speech and association through the country\u2019s Cyber Crimes Act.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Kelly did not respond to questions as to whether resumption of aid was predicated on Tanzania organising a new poll in Zanzibar and making changes in the Act. \u201cMCC does not provide checklists,\u201d she wrote in an earlier email to the Nation.<\/p>\n<p>At stake is a US-funded plan intended to expand access to reliable electricity and help Tanzania implement \u201cambitious plan to reform the energy sector\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In 2012, Tanzania was deemed potentially eligible for the $473 million aid.<\/p>\n<p>The country had previously received a $698 million MCC grant that financed projects in the transport, energy and water sectors.<\/p>\n<p>That initial five-year agreement with Tanzania \u2014 concluded in 2013 \u2014 was the largest approved by MCC since its establishment in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>Tanzania\u2019s status as a favoured recipient of US aid is in jeopardy as a result of the decision.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-11350 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/602558-01-02.jpg\" alt=\"Tanzanian President John Magufuli (second left) and Zanzibar&#039;s newly elected President Ali Mohamed Shein (second right) during Mr Shein&#039;s swearing-in ceremony in Stone Town, Zanzibar, on March 24, 2016.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{The MCC board announced on March 28 that it was suspending a $473 million deal with Tanzania.} Tanzania will decide what steps to take in order to get 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