Business Corruption

According to Bertelsmann Foundation 2010, even though property rights and property acquisition are legally guaranteed in principle, nevertheless, corruption and inefficiency both within land administration and the judicial system limit their enforceability. Moreover, according to the report, there is an informal system of land distribution in urban areas, which is insecure and causes increasing numbers of disputes. This environment could potentially trigger opportunities for corruption within land distribution.

The pervasiveness of corruption within Tanzanian land administration is also pointed out by Global Integrity 2006. According to this report, corruption in the approval and issuing of building permits in land administration is common, as the procedures are very slow. Bribes can total around TZS 135,000 in addition to the official fees.

Political Corruption

Global Integrity 2008 illustrates that Tanzanian land authorities have been involved in forceful eviction of residents of Tabata Dampo in Tanzania in 2008. The report concludes that this eviction was illegal, rooted in personal interests of the concerned authorities, and facilitated by a corrupt system within, among others, land administration.

According to the report, another recurrent problem within land administration has been corruption in processing land title deeds.

Frequency

The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2011:
- Registering property requires 9 procedures, takes 73 days and costs 4.4% of the property value on average.

World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011:
- Business executives give the protection of property rights in Tanzania, including financial assets, a score of 3.7 on a 7-point scale (1 'very weak' and 7 'very strong').