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\nThe World Bank has confirmed it was withholding 50 million dollars of grant for Tanzania because the bank was deeply concerned about restrictions that the government has placed on freedom of speech concerning statistics.<\/u><\/u><\/div>\n
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\nThe grant was intended to support government statistical activities in Tanzania but latest reports indicated that this support may have to wait longer.<\/u><\/u><\/div>\n
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\n\u201cWe are in discussions with the government of Tanzania on whether further support to building sustainable statistical systems is appropriate at this time,\u2019\u2019 the bank in a terse statement said.<\/u><\/u><\/div>\n
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\nPresident John Magufuli was expected to sign into law the new Statistics Act which was passed on Sept. 10, by Parliament in the capital Dodoma.<\/u><\/u><\/div>\n
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\nReport says the new act seeks to criminalise the collection, analysis, and dissemination of any data without first obtaining authorisation from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).<\/u><\/u><\/div>\n
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\nThe World Bank on Monday said it had \u201cshared\u2019\u2019 its concerns with the Tanzanian government and was \u201cin discussions\u2019\u2019 with officials about the new act.<\/u><\/u><\/div>\n
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\nThe new statistics law criminalises the dissemination of \u201cany statistical information which is intended to invalidate, distort or discredit official statistics.\u2019\u2019<\/u><\/u><\/div>\n
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\nOffenses are punishable by a 6,000-dollars fine or a three-year prison term.<\/u><\/u><\/div>\n

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