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Tanzania: Integrity Scorecard Report > Sub-Category: Political Financing
Indicators		Score
20	Are there regulations governing political financing?	43
21	Are the regulations governing political financing effective?	0
22	Can citizens access records related to political financing?	8

Indicator and sub-Indicator Details

Are there regulations governing political financing?

20a: In law, there are regulations governing private contributions to political parties.

Score:

YES

Comments: Parties have to declare only contributions coming from outside Tanzania or from non-Tanzanian individuals and organizations residing in Tanzania (Section 13 (2)).

References: Political Parties Act, Section 13

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20b: In law, there are limits on individual donations to candidates and political parties.

Score:

YES

Comments:

References: According to Political Parties Act, there are no limits on personal and corporate contributions, as long as they come from Tanzanian individuals or organizations. Also no requirement to report donations exists. See Section 13 of the act.

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20c: In law, there are limits on corporate donations to candidates and political parties.

Score:

YES

Comments:

References: According to Political Parties Act, there are no limits on personal and corporate contributions, as long as they come from Tanzanian individuals or organizations. Also, no requirement to report donations exists. See Section 13 of the act. [ LINK ]

Peer Review Comments: Tanzania does not have a ceiling for financing from foreign corporate entities.

20d: In law, there are limits on total political party expenditures.

Score:

YES

Comments:

References: There are no limits on expenditure, according to the Political Parties Act.

20e: In law, there are requirements for disclosure of donations to political candidates and parties.

Score:

YES

$Scoring Criteria :: YES: A YES score is earned if there are any requirements mandating the disclosure of financial contributions to political parties or candidates. NO: A NO score is earned if there are no requirements mandating the disclosure of contributions to political parties or candidates, existing regulations do not require a donor\'s name or amount given, or the regulations allow for anonymous donations.$

Comments:

References: There are no requirements for disclosure of donations in Political Parties Act or elsewhere.

20f: In law, there are requirements for the independent auditing of the finances of political parties and candidates.

Score:

YES

Comments:

References: Political Parties Act,Section 14

Peer Review Comments: Only political parties that receive state subvention are audited. Individual politicians are not known to have been subjected to auditing of electoral financing.

20g: In law, there is an agency or entity that monitors the political financing process.

Score:

YES

Comments:

References: The Registrar of Political Parties receives and inspects audited accounts from each party (Political Parties Act, Section 14).

Are the regulations governing political financing effective?

21a: In practice, the limits on individual donations to candidates and political parties are effective in regulating an individual's ability to financially support a candidate or political party.

Score:

100

Comments: There are no limits for contributions or requirement to report.

References: Interviews with a wide range of experts.

21b: In practice, the limits on corporate donations to candidates and political parties are effective in regulating a company's ability to financially support a candidate or political party.

Score:

100

Comments: There are no limits.

References: Interviews with a wide range of experts.

21c: In practice, the limits on total party expenditures are effective in regulating a political party's ability to fund campaigns or politically-related activities.

Score:

100

Comments: There are no limits or requirement to make donations public.

References: This is common knowledge.

21d: In practice, when necessary, an agency or entity monitoring political financing independently initiates investigations.

Score:

100

Comments:

References: Brian Cooksey Sept. 20, 2007 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Rakesh Rajani Founding Chairman of Policy Forum Sept. 20, 2007 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Peer Review Comments: For the first time this year, the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau launched investigations of voter bribery during the ruling party CCM's preliminaries. Even though the bureau is not an election monitoring agency, it has provisions to investigate bribery in elections.

21e: In practice, when necessary, an agency or entity monitoring political financing imposes penalties on offenders.

Score:

100

Comments: No investigations are ever done.

References: Rakesh Rajani Founding Chairman of Policy Forum Sept. 20, 2007 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Brian Cooksey Sept. 20, 2007 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

21f: In practice, contributions to political parties and candidates are audited.

Score:

100

Comments: Party accounts are audited, but emphasis tends to be on use of state subventions to political parties.

References: Rakesh Rajani Founding Chairman of Policy Forum Sept. 20, 2007 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Brian Cooksey Sept. 20, 2007 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Can citizens access records related to political financing?

22a: In practice, political parties and candidates disclose data relating to financial support and expenditures within a reasonable time period.

Score:

100

Comments: Parties are required to provide audited accounts of expenditure to the Registrar of Political Parties on an annual basis, but this does not detail sources of contributions and is not made public.

References: Rakesh Rajani Founding Chairman of Policy Forum Sept. 20, 2007 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Brian Cooksey Sept. 20, 2007 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Peer Review Comments: Unlike parties, candidates are not subjected to this requirement.

22b: In practice, citizens can access the financial records of political parties and candidates within a reasonable time period.

Score:

100

Comments:

References: Rakesh Rajani Founding Chairman of Policy Forum Sept. 20, 2007 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Brian Cooksey Sept. 20, 2007 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

22c: In practice, citizens can access the financial records of political parties and candidates at a reasonable cost.

Score:

100

Comments:

References: Rakesh Rajani Founding Chairman of Policy Forum Sept. 20, 2007 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Brian Cooksey Sept. 20, 2007 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania