TITLE:
Assessment of Legal Foundations for the Establishment and Functioning of Civil Society Organisations in Tanzania
AUTHORS:
Lubunga Kakozi
KEYWORDS:
CSOs, Advocacy, Legal Foundations, Political Discrepancies
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.10 No.2,
February
24,
2022
ABSTRACT: Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) seem to play an intelligible role in a
sustainable world: From advocacy to empowerment, and service delivery to
community building. However, there is an on-going debate on the establishment
and functioning of CSOs in Tanzania especially when they show up for advocacy,
which takes the form of counter-power actions and protests. Many nagging
questions which dominate the debate include CSOs’ establishment, functioning, and
funding. This paper assesses legal foundations for the establishment and
functioning of CSOs in Tanzania. The work focuses on a description of the laws
which guide the existence and operations of CSOs in Tanzania. The study adopted
a qualitative research design which employed qualitative approach in the
identification of laws which support the establishment and shape the
functioning of CSOs in Tanzania. The paper concludes that, despite observed
political uncertainties, CSOs’ establishment in Tanzania has legal foundations;
and their functioning is legitimate regardless observed political
discrepancies.