Mr Mkapa, who steered the nation to entering into mineral development agreements (MDAs) with multinational mining companies in mid-90s, is now the point of blame over alleged recklessness in crafting and enacting laws extremely unfavourable to Tanzania’s interests.
The mining laws and policies enacted under his stewardship are now blamed for denying the nation hundreds of trillions of shillings in tax exemptions and unnecessary incentives in the past two decades.
