TAMISEMI Transfer of public servants 2023

As stipulated in the Public Service Law No. 8 of 2002 and its Rules and Operating Procedures of 2003, the Transfer Authority for all public servants lies with the Secretary General Office of the President-Public Service Management.

In accordance with the instructions of the Office of the President-Management of Public Service laid out in letter Ref. C/CB.271/431/01/62 dated 8/06/2006 and Ref. C/CB.271/431/01/J/144 dated 27/08/2007, the Transfer Authority in Local Government Authorities has been assigned to

2. Types of Transfers

(a) Request Transfer

Procedures for Applying for Transfers-

• The employee will have to request a transfer position by submitting his transfer request to the Director of the Council or Authority he wants to move to through his work supervisors in his current work center and his Director.
• Managers of the employee requesting transfer will have to ensure that the employee’s request reaches the relevant authority with their opinion on the request and not block the request. If there is a valid reason to block the application, the employer should inform the employee by referring him/her to the existing guidelines.
• If the applicant is not satisfied with the opinions/reasons of the employer/supervisor for rejecting his application, the applicant will submit his application to the Regional Administrative Secretary for advice and if he is not satisfied, the application will be submitted to the Secretary General, Office of the Prime Minister TAMISEMI with the necessary evidence to confirm that the application was rejected by the Director and explain his reasons for requesting the transfer.
• The Director/Supervisor who will be asked for the opportunity to move will have to respond to the employee through his Director in a letter telling him what the availability of the position was based on, including mentioning the Check Numbers of the employees who died or left the job.
• If a public servant requests a transfer for the reasons of following a husband or wife, preparing to retire after spending ten years outside the region he expects to retire and staying in the same center for more than five years, he may be considered to be covered for transfer costs even if he requests the transfer himself.
• An employee who requests a transfer should submit his request to the General Secretary or the Regional Administrative Secretary or the Director attaching a letter agreeing to move to the station he wants to move to. In addition, it is important to inform the applicant whether he will be transferred or not after getting the position

• It is not allowed for any employee to use someone other than himself or his employer to submit his transfer request by post or by hand. It is recommended to use the EMS or registry method for ease of tracking.

• All applicants who applied for transfer will receive their response by mail through their employers and not otherwise.
• In addition, since this transfer is open, employees who have been accepted or rejected will receive preliminary information through the website of the Office of the Prime Minister TAMISEMI ie www.pmoral.go.tz in early July for applications received from January to June and in early January for applications received from from July to December since our Office has planned to deal with transfer issues twice a year to avoid the overlap of responsibilities in the work centers during the year.
• An employee who has a complaint about his transfer request is advised to direct his request to the Authority that appointed him through his employer and work supervisor attaching his previous request and other important documents as reasons for requesting transfer and evidence of delivering his letter to the transfer Authority.
• Complaints of a servant who requested a transfer and did not receive a response or was not satisfied with the response received, his complaint will be processed within seven days regardless of the time of the transfer, i.e. June or December.
• After the interpreter gets the answers / letter of transfer, he should report within fourteen days since he has been handed his transfer letter, otherwise he will be considered absent from work.