Public-Private Partnership (PPPs) in the Management of Municipalities in Tanzania – Issues and Lessons of Experience By Honest

The use of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in production and distribution of some goods and services is inevitable for attainment of sustainable development. There is a need therefore to forge and promote strong, efficient, effective, sustainable, dynamic and vibrant PPPs so that the private sector can produce and deliver some goods and services hitherto (and now in most parts of Africa) produced and delivered by the public sector. The paper discusses the application of the application of the PPPs concept in eight (8) municipalities/councils in Tanzania – Arusha, Morogoro and Dodoma Municipal Councils; and Njombe, Muleba, Bariadi, Kigoma and Kisarawe councils. It further identifies and discusses some challenges in applying PPPs concept. Application of PPPs in Tanzania is still a new phenomenon. However it is evident that the concept is being used in Tanzania’s bid to bring about suistainable development. A number of potential and actual challenges are obvious in the prevailing PPP arrangement. For example, it is not easy to attain the minimum critical mass of the requirements for a smooth operation of the PPPs concept in Tanzania. The paper concludes with recommendations on the way forward for future improvement.