Ilemela Council collects 4.37bn/- in first quarter as it targets 19.25bn/- for 2026/27

MWANZA: ILEMELA Municipal Council in Mwanza region has collected 4.37bn/- out of targeted 19.25bn/- in internal revenue set for the 2026/2027 financial year.

Presenting the report today during a full council meeting, the Acting Municipal Director of Ilemela, Mr Goodluck Lukandiza, stated that by September 30 of this year, the municipality had collected 4.3bn/-, representing 23 percent of the annual target.

Mr Lukandiza noted that between July and September 2026, the municipality allocated 4bn/- for the implementation of various development projects across its wards.

He explained that of this amount, 3bn/- consisted of carry-over funds from the 2025/2026 financial year, while 1.2bn/- came from the first-quarter allocation of the 2026/2027 financial year.

According to the report, Mr Lukandiza said that the surplus funds were utilized across various sectors, including Primary Education ( 873m/-), Administration ( 837m/-), Industry, Trade, and Investment (900m/-), Health (267m/-), and Secondary Education (156m/-).

“Other sectors that benefited include Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Cooperatives, which was allocated 144.7m/- , as well as Infrastructure, which received 51m/-,” he said.

Furthermore,Mr Lukandiza noted that regarding project implementation using internal revenue from the first quarter of the 2026/2027 financial year, 370m/-was allocated to the Health sector, 234m/- to Infrastructure, 221m/ to Community Development, and 177m/- to Secondary Education.

Meanwhile, the Councilor for Buzuruga Ward, Mr Manusura Sadick, commended the municipality for its strong revenue collection performance while also urging it to further expand its revenue sources.

It is an important milestone so for, we have to pay taxes fairly, that’s why Jesus Christ said what is Caisary must be given to Caisary, and what belongs to God must be given to God. When you talk about progressive system of taxation, this means you are talking about social justice in any political affiliations, can be in capitalism, mixed economy or in social system of politics. The progressive system charge taxes according to income, the more your income the more the tax you will pay, and vice versa, the progressive system does not embrace high tax base. But regressive system is much more harsh for poor or low income earners groups, so we have to be aware of these, the government exercise this system since it has a greater tax base, say many people pay tax here. If we look PAYE is good example of progressive system. On contrary VAT system is regressive in nature, it doesn’t care about your incomes. This means poor pay more out of their low income. The Tanzania at large charge VAT at 18%, with zero rate for exports thus encourages exports. In Zanzibar VAT is charged at rate of 15%, for goods and services, less rates becomes more affordable, what if we want to help some low income people in parts of country, we could help them by charging them low rate of VAT say 15%, eg in some parts of Maasai, in some villages etc, this will justify social justice for low income societies. Remember the ambitions of vision 2050, which aim among others; raising standard of living ( eg per capita income to $7000 from current of $3,500, and longevity of living from 66/67 to 77/78 years,) so we must innovate how we save our people.

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