fund two key municipal projects
The Geita Municipal Council in Tanzania has decided to use internal revenue to complete the Magogo Football Stadium and a local gold market project. The council abandoned plans to use CSR funds from Geita Gold Mining Limited due to budget overruns and implementation delays.
Why it matters
The decision reflects a shift in local governance toward self-reliance and fiscal accountability in managing municipal infrastructure projects.
GEITA: GEITA Municipal Council has resolved to use its ownsource revenue to complete the Magogo Football Stadium and Block D at the Gold Market after abandoning plans to finance the projects through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds from Geita Gold Mining Limited (GGML).
The council also directed that CSR funds initially earmarked for the two projects be redirected to other development projects within the municipality.
The resolutions were reached during the council’s fourth-quarter meeting for the 2025/26 financial year after the Finance and Administration Committee reported that implementation of the projects had failed to progress as scheduled.
“The Council directs the management to prepare alternative projects to be implemented using funds that had been earmarked for the Gold Market and football stadium projects,” Geita Municipal Deputy Mayor Elias Ngole said while reading the resolutions.
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