Dar es Salaam, Feb. 12 -- DODOMA: THE government has clarified the reasons behind its insufficient funding of the Tanzania Rural and Urban Roads Agency (TARURA) in the first half of the current financial year.

Minister for Finance Dr Mwigulu Nchemba addressed the issue in the House yesterday, following the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Local Government Affairs tabling of its 2024 report, which raised serious concerns over the agencys poor funding in the first six months since the National Assembly passed the 2024/2025 government budget in June 2024.

According to the committee, the House allocated a total of 886.30bn/- to TARURA for the current financial year.

By December 2024, the government was expected to release 443bn/- to the...