Another headache for Samia’s quest for re-election as auditor flags $430m loss

CCM Chairman President Samia Suluhu Hassan greets supporters at a past CCM party function.

Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group

A new government audit in Tanzania has exposed a whopping Tsh1.14 trillion ($430.2 million) unexplained expenditure from a year ago, adding to the problems President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s administration is grappling with ahead of the general election later this year.

The Controller and Auditor General (CAG) report for 2023/2024, published on Thursday shows that the amount, obtained through fuel levies to prop up the Tsh44.4 trillion ($18.4 billion) budget of that year, was unaccounted for by the Treasury.