DODOMA, April 23 -- TANZANIA is preparing a sweeping rethink of how the state owns, manages and derives value from its vast portfolio of public investments, with a longanticipated Public Investment Bill at the centre of that shift, now scheduled for completion in the 2026/27 financial year.

Revealed in Parliament in Dodoma last week by the Minister of State in the Presidents Office for Planning and Investment, Prof Kitila Mkumbo, while tabling his ministrys 144.85bn/- budget for the 2026/27 financial year, the proposed law is framed less as a routine legislative update than as an effort to more clearly define the states role as owner, regulator and commercial actor.

For years, Tanzanias public entities have combined public service deliv...