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Transport services still snagged after election chaos

Dar es Salaam’s transit reforms are stalling due to vested interests and use of opaque private companies

On 8 January, 49 buses were delivered to Dar es Salaam port – with another 50 due later this month – as part of an emergency response to the transport crisis in Tanzania’s commercial capital. But popular anger over poor services continues and the crisis is made worse by an escalating sense of political risk among investors following the use of deadly violence to repress protests after the 29 October elections and questions about the legitimacy of President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s rule.

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