The law permits sentences of life in prison for some sexual acts between consenting adults. It criminalizes the undefined “promotion” of homosexuality, a provision that threatens human rights advocacy work and prompted a police raid on a joint US government-Makerere University HIV research and intervention program.
Waziri Mkuu Mizengo Pinda, ameamua “kujipima uzito” dhidi ya bilionea Mtanzania, Ally Edha Awadh ambaye ni mmiliki wa kampuni ya Lake Oil ya Mikocheni jijini Dar es Salaam inayoagiza, kuuza na kusafirisha mafuta na biashara nyingine nyingi.Awadh anayetajwa kama mmoja wa mabilionea vijana nchini, amefunguliwa mashitaka Polisi ya kumteka, kumdhalilisha kinyume cha maumbile na kumpora mali mmoja wa wafanyakazi wake.