Donors weigh CAG, PAC reports

[MchunguZI]

Suppose the new CAG comes out with different findings? What will be the effect?

Unaandika kama Ngereja! Yaani unaombea aseme vinginevyo, halafu iweje? Eti jeuri ya CCM wanashauri tusiwategemee donors wakati wanafahamu mkiti anarudi huko tena hivi karibuni kuangaliwa sehemu za siri tena? Hahaaaaa! Umaskini taabu kabisa.

 

[tpaul]

Mkuu BAK Mbu ndio huyo keshatua Tua kwenye 'tezi-cols" za wenye serikali yao, nawashauri waache kutumia violence way wawe wapole tu watafute ufumbuzi, vinginevyo watapasua hata hizo tezi-cols zao:-?, na sidhani kama Zina spare hizi ndude. Chakaza na tpaul na kaka Mani Hebu nisaidieni labda "baba" alirudi na za spea.

mkuu, ni kweli magamba wameshikwa pabaya na wameshikwa kwa wakati muafaka...muda si mrefu serikali itatangazwa mufilisi...nchi iko hoi bin taabani...mambo hayaendi. na wahisani wakidinda kutoa hizo hela lazima serikali ikawasalimie kwa heshima. haya yote yanasababishwa na mtu mmoja tu...SINGASINGA. hii nchi ni ya ajabu sana i see!

 

[MchunguZI]

The Parliament will have to meet and instruct PAC to evaluate the new report and see if they can come up with any new recommendation to guide the discussion

Under which resolution will the parliament be working in line with? Were there any loophole for that? Rubbish thinking?

 

[tpaul]

Donors weigh CAG, PAC reports

By Patrick Kisembo

6th December 2014

Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda

A week after the National Assembly passed eight resolutions recommending accountability to be sought from implicated government officials and individuals in the IPTL's Tegeta Escrow Account, the European Union delegation in Tanzania has said it is analyzing two key reports before making any decisions.

They said the Budget Support Group is working on the report of the Controller and Auditor General and the Public Accounts Committee before reaching a position on the stalled budget support funds.

The EU said further that is was consulting with the Government of Tanzania, and once completed there will be a statement by the Chair of the donor group.

The EU response came after The Guardian thought clarification of the EU's action after the National Assembly made the resolutions for measures to be taken against the principal suspects in the Independent Power Tanzania Limited Tegeta Escrow account saga and whether donors were ready to release funds they had withheld following the uproar.

Responding, the EU press and information officer, Susane Mbise who later referred this reporter to the Finnish Embassy as current chair of the budget support Development Partners (DP) group in Tanzania said the EU is part of the Budget Support Group which has a chair who speaks on behalf of the group.

When contacted for comment, Sinikka Antila, ambassador of Finland in Tanzania who is the current chair of the Budget Support Development Partners Group in Tanzania said: "At this stage I do not want to say much."

The Chair of the Group which includes 12 member countries explained: " ---except that we Budget Support DPs are encouraged by the fact that the Controller and Auditor General (CAG) report was submitted to Parliament and discussed. Decisions on further disbursements will be made after assessing the situation."

In October a group of 12 international donors delayed budget support for Tanzania until findings of an investigation into charges of corruption in the energy sector were released and appropriate action taken.

The government denied the charges of graft related to the energy sector special central bank account in question. It says it investigated the charges and comes down firmly against them.

The donor group - comprising Finland, Germany, Britain, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the European Commission, Ireland, Canada, Japan, the World Bank and the African Development Bank - has so far paid $69 million of $558 million pledged, said Kati Manner, head of cooperation at Finland's Embassy in Tanzania.

The Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Finance, Dr Servacius Likwelile was quoted in Washington saying that development partners were demanding Tanzania to first sort out Independent Power Tanzania Limited (IPTL) issues before they provide funds for implementation of the government budget.

The Paymaster General noted: "IPTL has no relations with our original agreements with development partners. This has only been chipped in, affecting our budget implementation situation," he stated.

"What we are waiting for now is the findings of the CAG's (Controller and Auditor General's) report, and government action. This will inform the decision on further disbursement of funds," the envoy, whose country currently leads the donor group, told Reuters.

Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda announced in May to Parliament that the government had ordered investigations by the CAG and the state anti-corruption watchdog into fraud allegations.

Pinda said opposition MPs had accused senior officials of fraudulently authorizing payment of at least $122 million of public funds from an escrow account held jointly by state power firm TANESCO and independent power producer IPTL to IPTL's owner Pan Africa Power (PAP) in 2013. PAP said the transfer was legal.

At last a week ago, Tanzania, through the National Assembly knelt under the donor group, coming up with eight resolutions on the hot debate involving the withdrawal of ($122million) Sh320bn from Tegeta Escrow account that was being administered by the Bank of Tanzania.

Among the resolutions, the legislature agreed that key government officials who facilitated the withdrawal of the monies from the account be removed from their respective positions.

On November 26 this year, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) recommended that Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda and other top government officials take political responsibility and resign over the scandal involving funds that were fraudulently withdrawn from the Bank of Tanzania and shared out.

Tabling the eagerly-awaited report in Parliament PAC Chairman Zitto Kabwe and his deputy, Deo Filikunjombe, took time to present the shocking findings on how a businessman, in collaboration with high-ranking state officials, hatched a plot to grab the money from the Bank of Tanzania.

Other top government officials implicated in the saga are Attorney General Frederick Werema, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Energy and Minerals Eliakim Maswi, Energy and Minerals Minister Sospeter Muhongo and his deputy, Stephen Masele.

The resolutions to sack the ministers and other top government officials were reached last week at the climax of the debate on the PAC report in Parliament.

SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN

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Ni kwanini hasa JK anaona aibu kuwafukuza hao WEZI na kumkamata Singasinga? Hivi anataka wananchi waendelee kufa mahospitalini mpaka lini? Tunafahamu kwamba yeye tezi dume lake analitibia marekani wakati walalahoi wakifariki kila siku kule ocean road hospital. Ni heri JK atumie busara kuwafukuza wezi na kutaifisha vijisenti vyao walivyochota kutoka ESSCROW kuliko kuwaacha wananchi wasiokuwa na hatia wakifa kila kukicha. Nchi hii imefika hapa kwa sababu ya uongozi wa kibwege kutoka kwa serikali ya kifisadi ya CCM.

 

[BAK]

....labda naye alipewa mgao mnene na hao wapata mgao wengine wanalijua hilo hivyo wameshamtisha ukimwaga ugali sie tunamwaga mboga, labda ndio sababu kulikuwa na juhudi kubwa sana ya kuhakikisha ripoti ya CAG haijadiliwi Bungeni na haya kulikuwa na rumors kwamba kuna barua toka mahakama iliyozuia mjadala wa ripoti ya CAG usifanyike Bungeni na baada ya watu kutaka kuiona barua hiyo na pia kutaka kujua iliandikwa lini na nani aliyeiandika kukatokea sintofahamu nyingi huku mahakama ikisema hawajaandika barua kama hiyo na ofisi ya katibu wa Bunge ikidai haijapokea barua kama hiyo. Juhudi zote zile labda zilikuwa ni za kumsitiri Kingunge asiadhirike na hii kashfa kubwa. Haingii akilini wiki inakatika hakuna tamko lolote toka kwa Kikwete kuhusiana na mapendekezo ya PAC.

Ni kwanini hasa JK anaona aibu kuwafukuza hao WEZI na kumkamata Singasinga? Hivi anataka wananchi waendelee kufa mahospitalini mpaka lini? Tunafahamu kwamba yeye tezi dume lake analitibia marekani wakati walalahoi wakifariki kila siku kule ocean road hospital. Ni heri JK atumie busara kuwafukuza wezi na kutaifisha vijisenti vyao walivyochota kutoka ESSCROW kuliko kuwaacha wananchi wasiokuwa na hatia wakifa kila kukicha. Nchi hii imefika hapa kwa sababu ya uongozi wa kibwege kutoka kwa serikali ya kifisadi ya CCM.

 

[ngajapo]

kuomba omba kubaya sana!

 

[BAK]

 

[BAK]

JK's silence on saga criticised

By Kalunde Jamal, The Citizen Correspondent

Posted Saturday, December 6 2014 at 11:59In Summary
Addressing a campaign rally in Kigamboni in Dar es Salaam on Thursday evening, Mr Mbowe noted that after what transpired during last week's Parliament session, the Head of State was supposed to act promptly to show the nation that his leadership does not tolerate corruption and unaccountability.

Dar es Salaam. Opposition Chadema national chairman Freeman Mbowe has queried President Jakaya Kikwete's silence on the Tegeta escrow account saga noting that his failure to act promptly shows some weakness in his leadership.

Addressing a campaign rally in Kigamboni in Dar es Salaam on Thursday evening, Mr Mbowe noted that after what transpired during last week's Parliament session, the Head of State was supposed to act promptly to show the nation that his leadership does not tolerate corruption and unaccountability.


He pointed out that siphoning Sh306 billion from an account held at the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) was not a small issue and the President was supposed to show that he was also in support of efforts to cleanse his government. "Today is the fifth day since the Parliament passed eight resolutions some of which call for his action. But we have not heard anything from President Kikwete. This shows that we have a weak government," said Mr Mbowe adding:

"Minister for Lands, Prof Anna Tibaijuka is still in office until this day despite publicly acknowledging to have received part of the money withdrawn from the escrow account. She is still signing various documents. Why those who have been named in this scandal are still holding public offices todate? Why are they being safeguarded?" He expressed his fear saying failure to act on the suspects promptly would give them time to frame their defence as well as swindle whatever they can lay their hands on.


Mr Mbowe said the escrow scandal was one of the serious issues that have rocked and paralysed the country and it was unbecoming for the Head of State to remain indifferent on a matter of such magnitude.

"What we see here is the game of safeguarding one another. One time Professor (Sospeter) Muhongo (the minister for Energy and Minerals) publicly declared that Tanzanians will not be given gas wells, instead he distributed the same to scandalous businessmen such as Habinder Singh Sethi who has stolen our money which was supposed to be paid to IPTL," he said.

He told the rally that should President Kikwete and his party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), fail to act accordingly, wananchi should take the issue in their hands and punish the ruling party in the polls.

 

[ndupa]

I urge the donors to be tough with this government this time around. By doing so, they will help the Tanzanians and their own people. I am sure this case would not have gone anywhere had it not for the donors withholding their money. Thank you. But please hold on to it until these conditions are met:
1-all the monies have been returned
2-All culprits have been arrested, jailed and their wealth impounded ( they have done this before)
3- None culprits senior government officials close to the scandal should bear political responsibility and resign.

Nakuunga mkono!! Walifanya jambo la maana sana kuzuia misaada ..bila hivo wezi wetu tusingewajua!!! Swaafi!!

 

[afwe]

Under which resolution will the parliament be working in line with? Were there any loophole for that? Rubbish thinking?

Have you ever thought of the government interfering with parliamentary discussion as it happened when the Escrow scandal was at its peak in Dodoma? Which article allows the government to intervene? Mr/Ms Bright Thinking! (Stupid thinking)

 

[cray]

you have a donor slave mentality

You are leaders slavery, you better put yourself free frm blck slavery. They are helping tanzanian poor thru the gvt, then the officials fradulently manipulates the funds, who is a slav? Anaepinga wizi huu kwa nguvu zote au mwenye element kama zako zakuwatetea hawa majizi?

 

[mangola]

Sijali I appreciate your comprehesive comments.

 

[MchunguZI]

Have you ever thought of the government interfering with parliamentary discussion as it happened when the Escrow scandal was at its peak in Dodoma? Which article allows the government to intervene? Mr/Ms Bright Thinking! (Stupid thinking)

Lol! Ever thought! Me? or I? Never expect out of my sense to start thinking the unwanted! That amounts to stupidity! Isn't? That is what I called Rubbish! Suppose it happened, then should you expect it recurring? Do we have useless people to that low level you are placing your thinking?

We may need to communicate in all languages to avoid such ambiguities; btw, Vous êtes issu d'une famille que jamais réussir sans faire choses stupides? Avez-vous toujours de l'espoir de réussir en raison de mauvais événements? Vous semblez être en attente de mauvais événements et c'est votre référence!

Usiwe mtu wa kutegemea mabaya au upuuzi wa nyuma uwe ni sehemu ya maisha yako ya leo.

 

[MASIKITIKO]

Bora wasitoe hizo hela ,maana zitaingia mifukoni mwa Watu.

 

[Sijali]

you have a donor slave mentality

You have an ESCROW slave mentality!

 

[laiza]

Inshaalaah...

Sawa ngoja tusubiri tuone Kama wafadhili watafuata akili yako mkuu.

 

[laiza]

BAK katikakti ya matokeo ya kamati ya bunge na uchunguzi unaoendelea wa Takukuru na ufafanuzi unaosubiriwa wa CAG bado the guardian wakaona waende kumuhoji...hapo huoni kuwa walikuwa wanataka mheshimiwa balozi aseme yale wanayoyataka wao ili wapapte cha kuandika??? kwa nini hawasubiri kupisha mchakato wa uchunguzi na ufafanuzi???

Kwani nani aliwawekea mipaka ya nani wanaruhusiwa kumuhoji na nani hawaruhusiwi kumuhoji!? Waandishi wa habari hawatakiwi kukaa ofisini kusubiri habari ziwajie bali inabidi wazitafute kwa kila namna ali mradi tu wanafuata maadili ya kazi yao.

 

[fikirikwanza]

you have a donor slave mentality

What do you have while your president walks days and nights begging for donor money? Watz bwana

 

[KALEBE]

mimi pia naungana na hawa jamaa wanaotusaidia katika bajeti yetu ya kuwa waendelee kufanyia kwanza ripoti ya mkaguzi na mdhibiti mkuu wa serikali na pia ripoti ya takukuru kuhusiana na suala la ufisadi wa zaidi wa shilingi bilioni 306 katika account ya tegeta escrow ambapo inasemekana watu walikula hizo pesa na hadi sasa kuachia madaraka imekuwa ni shida wakati kamati ya bunge ilitoa mapendekezo ya wale wote waliohusika na suala hilo kuachia madaraka yao lakini pia wawajibishwe ikiwemo kufilisiwa mali zao kwani atanzania wengi wanapoteza maisha huko mahospitalini kwa kukosa dawa na watoto wa shule wanakaa chini kwa kukosa madawati wakati watu wachache wanafaid raslimali ya taifa hili. kwa maoni yangu hawa wote waliohusika na suala hili wanatakiwa wanyongwe hadi kufa kwani kuiba fedha kama hizo ni dhambi kama ilivyo dhambi ya kuua

 

[Mkoroshokigoli]

"Hivi hata kupambana na rushwa na ufisadi nchini mwetu tunasubiri wazungu watusimamie?". Mkoroshokigoli