DODOMA, June 16 -- NATIONAL Assembly Speaker Mussa Azzan Zungu has directed the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) and the Capital Markets and Securities Authority (CMSA) to appear before the Parliamentary Budget Committee and explain delays in enforcing legal requirements that could significantly boost government revenue.

Issuing the Speakers guidance during budget deliberations in the National Assembly yesterday, Zungu expressed concern that several telecommunications companies operating in Tanzania have yet to comply with legal provisions requiring them to list part of their shares on the stock market.

He noted that amendments to Section 26 of the Electronic and Postal Communications Act (EPOCA) required all mobile n...