Tanzania’s President Signals Repossession of Idle Tea Estates, Vows to Hand Them to Cooperatives
TUKUYU, Tanzania — September 5, 2025. Tanzania’s president and ruling CCM presidential candidate, Dr. Samia Suluhu Hassan, has ordered a government task force to assess under-utilized tea estates held by Mohamed Enterprises Tanzania Ltd (MeTL) and Watco, signaling the state’s intent to take back the farms and factories and reallocate them to farmer cooperatives after outstanding debts to workers…