their breach, and the need for and actual enforcement of consequential sanctions, as well as any follow-up activity that may be required. Media practitioners expressed dissatisfaction with the Media Act which gives the minister the power to shut down a media house if deemed necessary. 803. On ethics and standards in building and construction works, consultations revealed that, although a process of reviewing existing building rules has begun, it is not yet concluded. Engineers implicated in incidents of building collapse and poor road construction are struck off the roll. The same applies to construction companies. The Architect and Quantity Surveyors Registration Board (AQSRB) also has a Code of Ethics in its bylaws of 2000, made under the AQSRB Act no 16 of 1977, to which members subscribe. 804. It was the consensus of opinions from the consultations, that enterprises in the fishing industry exhibit high ethical standards because they have to ensure that the fish they export conform to international standards. This is also true of the tea and coffee processing and packaging industry. 805. Regarding the anti-corruption strategy, the CRM found that in Zanzibar, parliament had passed the anti-corruption law and it was expected that the President of the Revolutionary Government would assent to it before the end of 2012. 806. Although all available records and consultations across the regions and Zanzibar confirmed the relative infancy of the corporate sector in Tanzania, the corporate sector is essentially found in Mainland Tanzania and to a greater extent, in Dar es Salaam. Statistics from BRELA, shown in the chart below, further revealed a gradual increase in the number of business entities (including companies) registered since 1999. Specifically, the number of registered companies grew from 2,949 in 1999/2000 to 7,058 in 2010/2011. The increase in registered business names was much more as those numbers grew from 3,467 in 1999/2000 to 14,866 in 2010/2011. 807. There is therefore reason to believe that with sufficient public enlightenment, more business will be formally established and accordingly codes of good business ethics will increasingly be adopted. The plan by BRELA to introduce mobile registration services using especially designed vehicles for on-the-spot registrations, will also enhance such formalisation. (This proposal was set out in a Report on the Implementation of the Roadmap for doing Business up to February 2012 made available to the CRM by BRELA) BRELA: ACTIVITY RESULTS FROM 1999/2000 TO 2011/12 (DEC 2011) *This chart was obtained directly by the CRM from the BRELA office, on request for the information contained therein. 808. The CRM consultations found that although an Institute of Corporate Governance was registered in Tanzania, it is yet to become functional. 163

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