Dastan Kweka

The Ministry of Minerals informed the parliament in April 2026 that the Tanzania Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (TEITI) had disclosed information about three mining contracts during the past year, and added that TEITI would “continue to disclose contracts” entered into between the government and mining companies. To set the record straight, TEITI has not disclosed contracts but basic information, or summaries, about three contracts.

If legacy is a longstanding impact of an event or action, what is the point of fussing over the legacy of an incumbent President, especially one who has just begun her second term? There are three reasons why the timing is right. Firstly, no other union government in Tanzania’s history has faced the level of legitimacy crisis the current administration has experienced over the past year.

As major powers such as the US and China compete for access to critical minerals to feed their expanding technology, defence and clean energy industries, Tanzania occupies a strategic position. Firstly, Tanzania is endowed with both large quantities of critical minerals which include nickel and graphite and important energy resources such as natural gas and potentially oil.