PRIME Minister Kassim Majaliwa has urged senior government officials to ensure that priorities outlined in the national development plan for 2025/2026 are effectively incorporated into plans being worked upon by their respective institutions.

Adjourning the 17th session of the current legislature in the capital, he stated that the plan is focused on initiatives for ‘big results’ in priority areas of the third five-year national development plan.

The President’s Office (Planning and Investment) had submitted proposals for fiscal 2025/2026, where the government, in collaboration with the private sector, will focus on flagship projects.

It is those that generate significant benefits and results, concentrating efforts on stimulating a competitive and inclusive economy and strengthening industrial production capacity and service delivery.

It also seeks to promote investment and business, fostering human development and advancing human resource capacities, he elaborated.

He told the MPs that the government had successfully managed revenue collection during the first quarter of fiscal 2024/2025, with a total of 11.55trn/- collected from domestic and international sources, where 7.93trn/- is domestic revenue, a 99.4percent of the target of collecting 7.97trn/- during the period, he said.

Upwards of 7.09trn/- was collected by the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) while 518.32bn/- came from non-tax revenues collected by ministries and state agencies. A total of 321.32bn/- was collected by local government authorities, he explained

The increase arose from various strategies implemented by the government, including strengthening ICT systems in revenue collection plus widening the use of electronic receipt machines, he stated.

He was fulsome in his praise for TRC staff and CEO Yusuf Mwenda, along with other institutions involved in revenue collection, while lauding the wider public for dedication in ensuring they pay taxes for the country’s development.

Business operators need to issue receipts and buyers ought to demand receipts whenever they purchase goods, he stated, tasking TRA officials to persist in the good work in revenue collection.

They also need to further educate the public on tax payment for the benefit of our nation, he added.