Dowans: Another Richmond in making?

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Mkandara;

Kimantiki tupo pamoja.

Keil;

Analysis nzuri, ukirudia tena posting yangu mojawapo hapo juu. Utaona nimeshindwa kuelewa kwanini Dr Idrissa amekuja na idea moja tu ya kununua mitambo ya Dowans. Nilitegemea angekuja na ni nini thamani ya kuagiza mitambo toka nje na timeframe itakayochukua.

Mie sipo upande wowote najaribu tu kucheck hali halisi.

Hii issue ipo kisiasa zaidi ndugu zangu!

Wasalaam

FP

 

[Silas A.K]

Katika hili la mitambo ya Dowans ambayo hata mwenye nyumba alionekana kutaka kulipigia debe naona nguvu ya wananchi imeshinda. Lakini ninapata shida sana kuuona uzalendo wa viongozi wetu wa juu.Mungu nisamehe lakini napata shida sana kukubali kama viongozi wa nchi wana uzalendo wa kweli kutoka ndani kabisa ya mioyo yao.

Hakuna double standards kwenye sheria.Mwakyembe alipozungumzia hili la Dowans kwenye mahojiano na Chuwa alikuwa bold kabisa kwamba hili la kununua Dowans lingefanyika ingekuwa muendelezo tu wa ufisadi.Mafisadi kwenye nchi hii wananguvu kubwa ambayo mimi binafsi nachelea kusema kuwashinda ni vigumu.Sheria inakataza kununua vitu vikuukuu inataka tununue vitu brand new,sasa kwanini mkuu wa nchi anataka kwenye miradi mikubwa hilo lisiangaliwe? Jamani haya yanasemwa kwa masilahi ya nchi au kwa masilahi ya watu wachache?

Hatutasonga mbele kama taifa kama hatutapata viongozi wenye uchungu,wasiopendezwa na umaskini tulionao.Ambao wanapenda taifa hili linufaike na rasilimali ilizonazo na si kuweka maslahi yao mbele na kutumia nafasi zao kujineemesha kwa rasilimali za taifa hili.

Wanafiki wanaojifanya wanaimba wimbo wa ''Tanzania Tanzania nakupenda kwa moyo wote'' kumbe wanataka kwaonyesha watanzania kwamba wana mapenzi na nchi yao kumbe ni unafiki mtupu.

Kama kila kiongozi anayechaguliwa kushika madaraka hayo ya juu atakuwa na tamaa ya kujilimbikizia mali hii nchi itaenda wapi? Mnataka kuacha legacy gani mkiondoka? Mnataka historia iwakumbuke kwa lipi? Hebu badilisheni njia zenu na kuanza kuitakia mema nchi yenu.

Hapa nawalenga viongozi wote msiolitakia mema taifa hili,ipo siku mali mlizojilimbikizia zitaangaliwa zilipatikanaje.Tusijekulaumiana mbele ya safari!

 

[Mzee Mwanakijiji]

Kampuni ya Tanesco imejitoa rasmi katika mchakato wa kununua mitambo ya Dowans kwa kudai kuwa suala hili limeingiza malumbano makali ya wanasiasa. Katika kujitoa kwake kampuni hiyo imesema kuwa siku nchi ikiingia kizani wasilaumiwe wao kwa sababu watu walishindwa kufanya maamuzi magumu.

Habari ndiyo hiyo, nyamanyama na mafuta mengine baadaye!

 

[Silas A.K]

Hawa watu wa Tanesco wawe wakweli katika hili,hawana mikakati mingine ya kulinusuru taifa hili na giza? Hiyo pesa waliyonayo ya kununulia mitambo ya Dowans hawawezi kuagiza mitambo mingine kwa haraka as a matter of urgency? wanataka tuwaelewe vipi? kwamba ni vibaraka wa mafisadi? kwamba Dr.Idris Rashid alipewa cheo kile ili kulinda maslahi ya mafisadi katika Richmond na kwingineko?

Kama taifa tunajua mbinu zenu na kama taifa tuko tayari mtufikishe mnakotaka tufike lakini nguvu yetu ni kwenye sanduku la kura.

 

[Recta]

Kama TANESCO imeamua kuachana na uamuzi wa kununua mitambo ya DOWANS, wamefanya jambo jema. Ila hawatakiwi kuishia hapo. Wanatakiwa kuanza mchakato wa kununua mitambo mipya kutoka kwenye kampuni zinazotengeneza mitambo hiyo.

Tishio la kutokulaumiwa endapo nchi itakosa umeme, ni unprofessional. Ni lazima watalaumiwa endapo nchi itaingia kwenye matatizo ya umeme kama hawataanza kuchukua hatua zinazostahili sasa hivi.

 

[Ibambasi]

Mwanakijiji,

Huyo Idrissa anataka kutuambia na kutuaminisha kuwa bila jenereta za Dowans umeme haupatikani? Jenereta nyingine haziwezi kufua umeme?

 

[BAK]

Ngeleja, Dr Rashidi you cannot fool us again

CHARLES RUMISHA
THIS DAY
Dar es Salaam

TANZANIA is not a nation island living in planet Mars; we are in mother Earth and well placed to know what is going on in the rest of the world through the web-link. Most importantly we are not a nation of sheep!

With due courtesy and all respect, Dr Idris Rashidi and Minister William Ngeleja, you cannot be easily let off the hook. You have raised the fantasy of power black out to create the unnecessary worries to the nation so as to sell Dowans second hand generators.

Mr Minister, you are more culpable because, as the head of the Energy and Minerals Ministry you already had a briefing that the proposal to buy the second hand Dowans' generators had been shot down by the power utility's Board of Directors, and that Dowans had sued Tanzania Electric Supply Company (TANESCO) in Paris and that the generators have been slapped with an injunction.

But most worrying, TANESCO lawyers had warned the management not to go on with the deal because it would contravene the law. Now pertinent questions arising from the power blackout phantom are: Whose interests are Dr Idris and his minister trying to serve? Don't these two people have a conflict of interest How could they override court injunction and buy the machines How could minister Ngeleja come public supporting the procurement of Dowans' equipment without consent of the government

Honestly, we need to have good answers to our questions, because other authorities have talked about them, we feel there was a serious plot aimed to clear some political faces. If the government makes a slip and buys the dilapidated machines, there is no way it can win the Richmond case. It would have kissed bye all the chances of bringing to the court of law the perpetrators of the Richmond scam!

Tanzanians have come of age. They are capable of seeing through every statement and report released whether by the government, minister or public utility firm. The memories of Net Group Solutions, Aggreko, Richmond-Dowans, IPTL and the resultant heavy costs incurred are fresh on the minds of Tanzanians.

THE Speaker of the National Assembly, Samwel Sitta, told the press that the planned purchase of the Dowans power plant would be a major rip-off. He strongly cautioned the government against the controversial move, saying it would be scandalous for the state to buy used power turbines instead of opting for brand new power generators directly from reputable manufacturers.

Sitta told a news conference in Dar es Salaam yesterday that the proposed purchase of the controversial 100MW turbines would amount to blessing the illegal Richmond contract that was passed over to Dowans Tanzania Limited under dubious circumstances.

''I would like to caution the government about the consequences of ignoring the advice of the parliamentary energy and minerals committee against the purchase of the Dowans power plant,'' he remarked.

He said it was quite astonishing that both the Ministry of Energy and Minerals and the state-run Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited (TANESCO) were vigorously pushing for the deal despite the obvious links between Dowans and the fraudulent Richmond Development Company LLC.


''It doesn't make sense that while the determination of a commercial dispute between TANESCO and Dowans at Paris is still pending, we are now actually discussing the purchase of the turbines between the two parties that are in conflict with each other,'' he noted.

He advised TANESCO to work with the government's procurement watchdog - the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) - to speed up procedures that are currently bureaucratic. This would enable the public utility to buy brand new turbines directly from manufacturers.

The Speaker affirmed the decision of the parliamentary energy and minerals committee chaired by William Shellukindo which rejected outright the proposed Dowans deal.

Reports emanating from State House yesterday said the president has not intervened in the Dowans gas turbine wrangle. In other words, the matter has not attracted State House.

Mr President, we ask you to intervene in the mess created between the ministry of energy and minerals and TANESCO to save the face of the TANESCO board. They have a strong headed chief executive and an unpredictable minister. They all deserve a sack for seeking to embarrass the government by saving faces of Richmond suspects.

 

[Ogah]

wasituletee upuuzi ..........labda watufanyie SABOTAGE

 

[Ibambasi]

Tunapitia ipindi cha kujitafuta kama taifa...well if it is a price we must pay to get rid of ufisadi then giza is worth the price/sacrifice...

 

[Jasusi]

Kumekucha. Na mapambano bado yanaendelea.

 

[Ghwakukajha]

Kitumbua kimeingia mchanga sasa twatishiwa nyau!!Suala sasa ni kwa wale 'kondoo' waliojichanganya kwenye kundi la 'mbwa mwitu',je wataeleweka/watasalimika?

 

[Halisi]

Kampuni ya Tanesco imejitoa rasmi katika mchakato wa kununua mitambo ya Dowans kwa kudai kuwa suala hili limeingiza malumbano makali ya wanasiasa. Katika kujitoa kwake kampuni hiyo imesema kuwa siku nchi ikiingia kizani wasilaumiwe wao kwa sababu watu walishindwa kufanya maamuzi magumu.

Habari ndiyo hiyo, nyamanyama na mafuta mengine baadaye!

Dk. Rashid ametoa kauli ya KITISHO katika hitimisho lake kwa kusema, "Tanesco inatangaza rasmi kujitoa kwenye nia yake ya kununua mitambo hii. Ni imani yetu kwamba tumeishajieleza na kujenga hoja za kutosha, na wananchi wa Tanzania, watafanya maamuzi yao hapo ambapo nchi itakapokuwa imegubikwa na kiza, mahospitali hayatoi huduma, viwanda havizalishi, wanafunzi vyuoni wanashindwa kusoma kwa sababu tulishindwa kufanya maamuzi".

tuelewa
R

 

[Ibambasi]

Then hapo ndipo kazi ya intelligentia ingeingia kuhakikisha wanatrace down whatever elements of sabotage that may be hidden...by the way can't we hold them liable for uzembe tutakapokuwa na hiyo black-out? wasitufanye mabwege tena hawa wapuuzi

 

[BAK]

Kampuni ya Tanesco imejitoa rasmi katika mchakato wa kununua mitambo ya Dowans kwa kudai kuwa suala hili limeingiza malumbano makali ya wanasiasa. Katika kujitoa kwake kampuni hiyo imesema kuwa siku nchi ikiingia kizani wasilaumiwe wao kwa sababu watu walishindwa kufanya maamuzi magumu.

Habari ndiyo hiyo, nyamanyama na mafuta mengine baadaye!

Ha ha ha wamekaa pembeni wamekunja mikono yao na hawafanyi lolote ili kuhakikisha nchi haiendi kizani. Wanangoja nchi iingie kizani kwa sababu kuna kampuni moja tu duniani inayouza mitambo ya kuzalisha umeme tena mitambo yenyewe ni michakavu. Huyu Idrissa Rashid ni wa kufukuza kazi haraka sana sijui ni kwanini bado yuko kazini.

 

[Utatu]

Hii mijamaa ya Tanesco bwana. Ikiambiwa waTanzania SI MABWEGE tena haielewi. Inataka kuendeleza WIZI mchana kweupeee.

 

[Oshany]

Management ya Tanesco ina tatizo kubwa na inahitaji mabadiliko ya haraka. Wanatosema nchi ikuungia gizani wasilaumiwe kwani umeme wanatoa kama msaada au ni biashara wanafanya. ni mfanyabiashara gani atasusa biashara yake kwa kuwa tu hakunuinua alichotaka kununua. yaani hawataki kuona hata alternatives za kuwawezesha kuzalisha umeme. nilitarajia waseme hatununui tena hii generator na badala yake tunafanya yafuatayo ...

 

[BAK]

Dowans yamchanganya Mkurugenzi wa Tanesco

2009-03-06 11:25:31
Na Mashaka Mgeta

Kuna mkanganyiko mkubwa ndani ya Shirika la Umeme Nchini (Tanesco) kutokana na mwenendo wa mambo ulioshuhudiwa jana na kundi la waandishi wa habari.

Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa Tanesco, Dk. Idris Rashid, aliitisha mkutano na waandishi hao, lakini baada ya kuwaweka kwa zaidi ya saa tatu na nusu, akauahirisha kutokana na kile kilichoelezwa kuwa ``anafanya mazungumzo muhimu` na Naibu Waziri wa Nishati na Madini, Adam Malima.``

Tukio hilo, limekuja siku moja baada ya Spika wa Bunge, Samuel Sitta, kuiasa serikali kuhusu nia yake ya kununua mitambo ya Dowans.

Kwa mujibu wa Sitta, ununuzi huo, pamoja na mambo mengine, unaweza kuibua masuala yaliyotokea katika kashfa ya mkataba tata wa Richmond, uliosababisha aliyekuwa Waziri Mkuu, Edward Lowassa kujiuzulu.

Pia waliokuwa mawaziri, Nazir Karamagi (Nishati na Madini) na Dk. Ibrahim Msabaha (Afrika Mashariki) walijiuzulu kwa kashfa hiyo.

Dk. Rashid aliitisha mkutano huo uliokuwa uanze saa 9:00 alasiri, lakini ilipofika saa 12:30, alitoa taarifa ya kuahirishwa kwake.

Kwa hali hiyo, waandishi wa habari walitumia zaidi saa tatu na nusu kumsubiri bila mafanikio.

Taarifa ya kuahirishwa kwa mkutano huo, ilitolewa na Ofisa Habari wa Tanesco, Ray Naluyaga, kwa niaba ya Dk. Rashid.

Kwa mujibu wa taarifa zilizopatikana kutoka kwa maofisa habari wa Tanesco, Malima, alifika Tanesco kiasi cha robo saa kabla ya kuanza kwa mkutano wa Dk. Rashid na waandishi na kukutana moja kwa moja na Mkurugenzi huyo.

Hata hivyo, mmoja wa maofisa waliokuwa wakiwasilisha taarifa kwa waandishi wa habari, Fatuma Mruma, alifika kwenye chumba cha mkutano saa 10:16 na kusema, baada ya kuwasili Malima, hotuba iliyaondaliwa na Dk. Rashid ilikuwa inafanyiwa marekebisho.

``Wanarekebisha hotuba ya Mkurugenzi, hivyo tunaomba muendelee kusubiri,`` Mruma, aliwaambia waandishi wa habari, kisha kuahidi kwamba kazi hiyo ingekamilika katika muda wa dakika tano.

Hata hivyo, Mruma hakuwa tayari kuelezea sababu za hotuba hiyo kufanyiwa marekebisho.

Ilipofika saa 11:10 waandishi walitoka nje ya ukumbi kama ishara ya kutaka kuondoka, lakini Naluyaga aliwarejesha kwa ahadi kuwa, Dk. Rashid alikuwa na `ujumbe mzito` wa kuelezea.

Tangu wakati huo, waandishi na wapiga picha waliendelea kusimama nje ya Makao Makuu ya Tanesco, hadi ilipofika saa 12:05, Naluyaga alipowataka kuingia ukumbini kwa madai kuwa Dk. Rashid alikuwa anatoka ofisini kwake (kuelekea ukumbini).

Hata hivyo waandishi waligoma kurejea ukumbini hadi Mkurugenzi huyo atakapoingia.

``Hii ni janja tu, pengine wanataka tuingie ndani ili watoke na sisi tukose picha za kuwapiga,`` alisikika mwandishi mmoja akisema.

Ilipofika saa 12:35 Naluyage aliwajulisha waandishi kuwa Dk. Rashid ameahirisha mkutano huo.

Hata hivyo, taarifa za ndani kutoka Tanesco zilidaiwa kuwepo mvutano kati ya Dk Rashid na Malima, kuhusu hoja iliyokusudiwa kutolewa na Mkurugenzi huyo.

Ingawa hakuweza kuthibitisha ama kukanusha taarifa hiyo, Naluyaga alisema, ``kwa hali ilivyo inaonekana kuna jambo kubwa huko juu, ingawa haimaanishi kuwa ni mvutano maana sote tupo huku chini.``

Ingawa hoja iliyokusudiwa kuwasilishwa jana na Dk. Rashid haikujulikana, kuna taarifa kuwa huenda ililenga kuzungumzia sakata la ununuzi wa mitambo ya kuzalisha umeme inayomilikiwa na kampuni ya Dowans.

Hii ni mara ya pili Dk. Rashid anakuwa katika hali ya mvutano katika uongozi wake. Mwaka juzi aliandika barua ya kujiuzulu baada ya kuto fautiana na bodi ya shirika hilo kutokana na kukatiwa umeme kwa kiwanda cha sementi Tanga.
Alibadili uamuzi huo.

SOURCE: Nipashe

 

[Keil]

Wakituingiza gizani tutajua ni hujuma na si vinginevyo. Takwimu za kiwango cha maji na utabiri wa hali ya hewa huu hapa:

Hata hivyo, taarifa ndani ya Tanesco zinasema vyanzo muhimu vya nishati hiyo, ambavyo ni mabwawa ya maji, bado viko imara na maji yako kwenye viwango thabiti vya kuzalisha umeme. Kwa mfano, hadi juzi Jumatatu bwawa la Mtera mkoani Dodoma lilikuwa na maji ya kutosha ya kuzalishia umeme.

Kima cha juu cha ujazo katika bwawa la Mtera ni mita 698.50 na kina cha chini kwa ajili ya uzalishaji umeme ni mita 690. Lakini hivi sasa Mtera ina ujazo wa mita 695.91. Hii ina maana kwamba kile kinachoitwa “tishio ma mabwawa kukauka” hakipo hatika bwawa hilo Kinachoonekana kuwa upungufu, wataalamu wamesema hakiwezi kuleta athari yoyote kubwa katika miezi ya karibuni.

Hali kama hiyo ipo katika bwawa la Kidatu Mkoani Morogoro. Hadi juzi Jumatatu, maji katika bwawa hilo yalikuwa mita 449.37. Kima cha juu cha maji kwa Kidatu ni mita 451 huku kima cha chini ni mita 441.

“Kwa maana hiyo, mpaka sasa na kutokana na takwimu hizi hakuna ushahidi wa mabwawa hayo kukauka au kuwa hatarini kukauka”. Amefafanua injinia mmoja wa Tanesco makao makuu Dar-es-Salaam.

Aidha, Mamlaka ya Hali ya Hewa imetangaza kuwa mvua kubwa zimeanza kunyesha katika mikoa ya Iringa, Mbeya, Dodoma, Kilimanjaro na Tanga. Watalaa wa Tanesco wanasema ni mvua ambazo zitajaza mabwawa ya Mtera, Kihansi, Nyumba ya Mungu, Kidatu na Hale kabla ya miezi ya Machi na Aprili mwaka huu.

“Kwa mvua hizi zinazonyesha” kimeeleza chanzo chetu cha habari, “huenda zikalazimu Tanesco kuachia kingo za mabwawa na kuachia maji yatoke ili kuzuia yasibomoke.” Hadi Jumapili iliyopita Waziri Ngeleja alikuwa ameanza kampeni kubwa akidai kuwa kununua mitambo ya kuzalisha umeme ya Dowans “siyo kufanya ufisadi” bali ni kuweka maslahi ya taifa kwanza.

Source: MwanaHALISI ya wiki hii

Ninachokiona wanataka ku-create artificial shortage ili wa-justify ununuzi wa mitambo ya Dowans.

Kwanini hawaji na idea mbadala ya kununua mitambo mipya?

 

[KGM]

Dk. Rashid ametoa kauli ya KITISHO katika hitimisho lake kwa kusema, "Tanesco inatangaza rasmi kujitoa kwenye nia yake ya kununua mitambo hii. Ni imani yetu kwamba tumeishajieleza na kujenga hoja za kutosha, na wananchi wa Tanzania, watafanya maamuzi yao hapo ambapo nchi itakapokuwa imegubikwa na kiza, mahospitali hayatoi huduma, viwanda havizalishi, wanafunzi vyuoni wanashindwa kusoma kwa sababu tulishindwa kufanya maamuzi".

tuelewa
R

Yaani anweza kutamuka maneno hayo harafu akaendelea kukali kiti chake. No way JK jikakamue kidogo rais wangu umutoe huyo. Ameshatangaza hujuma tayari huyu.

 

[BAK]

Wakituingiza gizani tutajua ni hujuma na si vinginevyo. Takwimu za kiwango cha maji na utabiri wa hali ya hewa huu hapa:



Ninachokiona wanataka ku-create artificial shortage ili wa-justify ununuzi wa mitambo ya Dowans.

Kwanini hawaji na idea mbadala ya kununua mitambo mipya?

Wameshaamua kama ni kununua mitambo basi ni lazima iwe ya Dowans vinginevyo nchi ikiingia gizani potelea mbali wao si wa kulaumiwa bali wa kulaumiwa ni wale waliozuia ununuzi wa mitambo ya kifisadi ya Richmond/Dowans.

Kuna uchaguzi mkuu mwakani na CCM ni lazima itafute njia ya kuugharamia maana wakishanunua hiyo mitambo kwa shilingi 60 billioni basi Rostam Azizi anaweza kutoa mchango mkubwa ili kugharamia uchaguzi huo. Oooh! Maskini nchi yetu!!! 🙁