Tanzania, Aug. 19 -- Dar es Salaam. A Tanzanian lawyer has taken legal action challenging the long-standing imposition of user fees on motorists crossing the Julius Nyerere Bridge in Dar es Salaam, setting the stage for a constitutional battle over infrastructure financing and public toll collection.

In Constitutional Case No. 20632 of 2026, filed at the High Court of Tanzania, Dar es Salaam Sub-Registry, Advocate Mohamed Majaliwa asks the court to declare all tolls collected at the landmark bridge null and void.

He argues that the toll collection system breaches fundamental provisions of the Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania by failing to accord citizens equal treatment under the law.

The suit names five public instituti...