High hopes ahead of 2025/26 Zanzibar Budget Speech
Zanzibar’s Minister of State, President’s Office (Finance and Planning), Dr Saada Mkuya, arrives to present the 2024/25 Budget in the House of Representatives in Zanzibar, June 2024. PHOTO | FILE
Unguja. On the day of Zanzibar’s national budget presentation, expectations are high. Citizens and economic experts are calling for a budget that prioritises individual prosperity, supports small enterprises, and expands the role of the private sector all while reducing the government’s dependency on foreign aid.
The 2025/26 national budget follows the conclusion of deliberations on sectoral budgets during the 19th session of the 10th House of Representatives — the final sitting before the end of the current legislative term (2020–2025).
