ARTICLES ABSTRACT https://doi.org/10.12797/Politeja.15.2018.56.09 Andrzej POLUS University of Wrocław andrzej.polus@uwr.edu.pl Wojciech TYCHOLIZ University of Wrocław wojciech.tycholiz@uwr.edu.pl GOLD, GAS AND LIES EXTRACTIVE SECTOR IN A SUB-SAHARAN FUNCTIONAL STATE. THE CASE OF NATURAL RESOURCE SECTOR IN TANZANIA 1 Tanzania is usually presented as the most stable state is East Africa. Nevertheless political stability did not go hand in hand with economic development. The recent gas discoveries raised the issue of Tanzania’s readiness for the develop- ment of gas sector that will benefit the entire country instead of the rent ori- entated political elite. The development of the gas sector (although final de- cision about LNG terminal construction has not been taken yet) is correlated with President John Pombe Magufuli (JPM) takeover of power and substan- tial changes on Tanzanian political scene. The Authors posed a question about the basis for a robust mining sector development in Tanzania under President Magufuli. The article’s first part presents Tanzania within the frameworks of “competitive-authoritarian regime” or “developmental neopatrimonial state”. Then we ask whether the system that catapulted JPM to the top job in the coun- try can be change from the inside? Subsequently, we present dysfunctionalities of 1 This article is the effect of the research project Weryfikacja hipotezy klątwy surowcowej w Afryce Subsaharyjskiej. Przypadek Tanzanii, financed by the National Science Centre (Poland) – UMO- 2015/17/B/HS5/00473.