Major bribery in contracting and procurement, plus systematic petty corruption among government officials, constitute serious obstacles to foreign investment, economic growth, and social equity as well as undermining political legitimacy. Moreover, the complexity and unpredictability of the state bureaucracy make bribery an often self-defeating practice. Foreign direct investment into Tanzania was virtually non-existent from the late nineteen-seventies to the late nineties.
Kwa mujibu wa kamusi ya Kiswahili kama ilivyonukuliwa tarehe 26 January 2011 katika tovuti (http://www.kamusiproject.org/en/lookup/sw?Word=uhuni) uhuni umepata majina mbalimbali kama vile vandalism (uharibifu), vagrancy, lawlessness+ disorderly conduct (kutofuata utaratibu), hooliganism, immorality (kutokuwa na maadili) moral decline (kuporomoka kwa maadili) na decadence (uovu).