DAR ES SALAAM, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- Tanzania's Minister for Finance and Planning, Philip Mpango, on Tuesday urged officials in his ministry to ensure that funds earmarked for the implementation of development projects were spent accordingly.
Speaking to employees of his ministry, Mpango said there was still embezzlement of public funds, affecting the implementation of the development projects.
"Funds allocated to implement development projects are misused resulting in poor implementation of the projects," he told the employees in the capital Dodoma.
Mpango said about 40 percent of budget allocations for implementation of development projects were squandered, adding that "this should stop because we are using taxpayers' money."
He said Tanzanians have high expectations for the government to deliver what it promised during campaigns for the October general elections in which the ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi won with a landslide victory. Enditem
