DAR ES SALAAM, June 23 -- LAST week but one, the Ministry of Finance tabled its Finance Bill totaling 62bn/- (24.3 billion US dollars), which is an expansion of 10 per cent compared to last year, signifying an increase in expenditure geared at boosting the economy on a larger scale.

By any means, this is good news to all Keynesians–economists who believe that government expenditure is a key driver of economic growth.

Other neighbouring countries, as is tradition in East African countries to table their bills on the same day, like Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda, had their day in their parliaments.

Kenya tabled a finance bill valued at 37.2 billion US dollars and Uganda came up with 22.8 billion US dollars.

While those were national bu...