South Africa High Commision building in Dar es Salaam. The newly constructed office was opened early this year. A new government directive requiring that diplomats shift their operations to Dodoma has thrown most foreign embassies back to the drawing board. PHOTO | SAID HAMIS
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Most of the missions currently based in Dar es Salaam may not move as fast as the government envisaged, The Citizen can report. Western diplomats interviewed for this story but who were unwilling to go on record estimated that it will take over a decade for any meaningful shift to a new capital city.
“And that will depend on whether the government will be willing to offer attractive incentives and tax waivers on goods and services to facilitate the shifting of our operations,” said one of the envoys from the European Union.
