Tanzania MPs demand firm diplomatic response to US sanctions bill
Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation minister Mahmoud Thabit Kombo and his deputy, Mr James ole Millya, are congratulated by MPs after Parliament passed the Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation ministry’s 2026/27 budget proposals in Dodoma on Tuesday, May 27, 2026. PHOTO | SAID KHAMIS
Dar es Salaam. Members of Parliament on Tuesday, May 26, 2026, engaged in a heated debate over a proposed United States Senate bill seeking sanctions against Tanzania, as the government said it would respond through diplomatic channels and had invited the bill’s sponsors to visit the country and assess the situation firsthand
Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation Minister, Ambassador Mahmoud Thabit Kombo, told MPs that Tanzania’s Embassy in Washington, led by Ambassador Dr Elsie Sia Kanza, had been instructed to engage with the concerns raised by US Senators.
