Since the new president took office in 2015, the fight against corruption, especially in public institutions, has intensified. The number of corruption cases has increased, but the pace of prosecution and adjudication has remained slow, with nearly 4,000 allegations of corruption in Tanzania in 2015-2016, with investigations completed in just over 300 cases.

The newly formed Collegium, located in a separate facility in Dar es Salaam, will focus on fast-tracking corruption and economic cases. Officials say the review period will not exceed 9 months. The Collegium will consist of 14 judges appointed by Tanzania's senior judge and who have undergone preliminary training.

According to supporters of the creation of a specialized court, such a reform will increase the speed of investigation of corruption offenses and will provide significant support to anti-corruption bodies, especially the Bureau for the Prevention and Combating of Corruption.

At the same time, critics of the reform believe that it could lead to duplication of functions within the country's judiciary and reduce resources for day-to-day litigation, which in turn would only increase the burden on the judiciary. In addition, it is noted that Tanzania's anti-corruption agencies, courts and prosecution services are heavily dependent on the President, who makes key appointments in these institutions. This significantly increases the risks of political interference in corruption cases

The establishment of separate courts to hear corruption cases is not a common practice at the moment, with only a few countries in Asia and Eastern Europe attempting such a mechanism. Nevertheless, anti-corruption courts are becoming increasingly common in African countries, with Uganda and Kenya, for example, having established them in the last seven years, in addition to Tanzania.

The issues related to the usefulness and effectiveness of anti-corruption courts are also beginning to be discussed by the expert community. For example, the U4 research center launched a separate project to study the specifics of the activities of such institutions, within the framework of which the first series of publications was published in 2016, including brief reviews of Indonesia, the Philippines, Slovakia, and Uganda. The experience of these countries shows that the establishment of anti-corruption courts, indeed, often leads to a reduction in the time it takes to resolve cases of corruption offenses. inter alia.