Tanzania, March 19 -- Dar es Salaam. A visit by a parliamentary committee to Ardhi University (ARU) has reignited debate on whether the country is fully utilising the expertise it already possesses to resolve one of its most persistent governance challenges.

During the inspection of infrastructure under the Higher Education for Economic Transformation Project (HEET) at the Dar es Salaam-based University on March 16, members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Culture and Sports quickly shifted the discussion.

They posed the construction progress debate, to a broader national concern: land disputes - a national challenge, that has increasingly surfaced during the nationwide tour of Prime Minister Mwigulu Nchemba.

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