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Industrial Mining costs us a big deal in the name of revenues. The predatory extractivism taking place in Tanzania does not only reap our wealth but our lives as well. From land grabbing, health issues, gender based violence, food insecurity, exploitation, water scarcity, decrease in household income to sexual violence, the list could go on.
The ministry of energy and mineral has passed its 2014/2015 budget last week, where conducive environment for investors is one of the many agendas. Yet no budget allocated for mitigating the risks brought about by mining. or enough budget with good strategy and easy access of funds for empowering small scale miners mostly Tanzanians and specifically women.In my opinion, i think it is time we as a nation pause for a while and assess ourselves in terms of large scale mining against its benefit to Tanzanians.
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