Tanzania, March 12 -- Dodoma. The government is moving to reduce reliance on foreign donors in the 2026/27 fiscal year, placing greater emphasis on domestic revenue mobilisation to fund a proposed Sh62.3 trillion national budget covering both recurrent and development expenditures.

The decision follows some donor countries signalling their withdrawal from General Budget Support (GBS). Presenting the budget before MPs in Dodoma yesterday, Finance Minister Khamis Mussa Omar said the government will prioritise domestic revenue collection to improve efficiency and reduce dependence on external funding.

To achieve this, the government will implement the Medium-Term Strategy for increasing revenue (2025/26-2027/28), aimed at broadening the ta...