Abstract
In recent decades, Tanzania has undergone enormous political, social and economic reforms. It has moved from centrally planned economy governed by one political party to a multiparty and more liberalised economy. Decentralised and liberalised service provision has been one among the areas where such reforms have manifested. These include for example decentralised water supply and sanitation, education and health services and privatised or sub-contracted waste management. In all these reforms, private sector involvement has been actively promoted and as a result the sector today contributes more than was the case in the 1970s and 1980s. Results from a study on decentralised water supply in Dar es Salam show that there was a significant improvement in terms of service delivery, customer care and revenue collection to the Authority. Other achievements include increased enthusiasm and team work spirit among staff, improved capacity of the Area Offices to deal with issues at lower unit levels. These achievements are however, associated with a number of challenges such as exclusion of the poor who cannot afford privatised services, inadequate policy provisions and frameworks in some sectors, poor coordination among actors and limited capacity in terms of resources to optimise available opportunities.
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Waste management and refuse collection fees were set per use category of buildings or premises. These ranged from Tanzanian Shillings 500 (USD 0.4) per household per month for residential houses to Tanzanian Shillings 200,000 (USD 153.9) per month for Hotels with more than 100 rooms.
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This chapter has been drafted using documentary data from the research project by GIZ (2010) for the water supply case and unpublished students research project (Ph.D.) on solid waste. The authors extend their acknowledgement to these two and other sources as cited in the text.
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Kyessi, A.G., Lupala, J. (2016). Decentralisation of Municipal Servicing in Tanzania: Opportunities and Challenges. In: Dick, E., Gaesing, K., Inkoom, D., Kausel, T. (eds) Decentralisation and Regional Development. Springer Geography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29367-7_6
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