FROM THE PUBLIC EDITOR'S DESK : Locomotives scam stinks to high heaven, and yet Tanzania’s media is blissfully silent

[sblandes]

Woga ndio shida,Raisi alipouliza huo mzigo ni wa nani,TPA hakuchelewa kumwambia raisi kuwa ni vichwa vya TRL.
Lakini alipoulizwa CEO wa TRL akakanusha kuwa havijui.
Upofu wa CEO kutokuwa na memory za shirika lake,Wizara husika,BOT, nao hawajui walisani nini,hii ndio picha halisi ya utendaji wa serikali na mashirika yake kwa ujumla,sijui wangekuwa wameishahamia Dodoma wangetafuta kisingizio kipi labda mafaili yamesahaulika.
Tatizo ni competency ya kazi ni ndogo mno.si wingi wa karatasi ni uhaba wa ujuzi wa kazi ni shida kubwa.

 

[kijani11]

Shukrani sana Mkuu Pakawa kuhabarishana yanayojiri ndani ya nchi yetu pendwa ni wajibu wetu yawe mabaya au mazuri.

Hii habari haipo kwenye kundi la kuni (za kuchochea)...

 

[Ngambo Ngali]

BAK this country of our is a reflection of Irene Peters famous quote, " Today, if you are not confused,you are not thinking clearly".

 

[Mndwyika.wetu]

Kila mtu anaogopa kuhoji siku hizi, hii ni hatari sana kwa taifa wote tukikaa kimya kwa kuhofia kuonekana sio wazalendo au wachochezi.

 

[KakaKiiza]

Let us be serious. There is nothing controversial about the locomotive engines. There is nothing like dumping or “deserting” the locomotives at the port. There is nothing to buy as there is nothing to sell in the form of 11 locos at the port – all painted in the colours of Tanzania Railways Limited (TRL).[/B][/I]
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By Ndimara Tegambwage ntegambwage@tz.nationmedia.com
It is hard to believe – and that is if one has understood the message – what the media reported widely last Saturday on the government’s intention to “buy” the so called abandoned 11 locomotive engines at the port of Dar es Salaam.

Let us be serious. There is nothing controversial about the locomotive engines. There is nothing like dumping or “deserting” the locomotives at the port. There is nothing to buy as there is nothing to sell in the form of 11 locos at the port – all painted in the colours of Tanzania Railways Limited (TRL).



Let us be honest. There is not a single, generous manufacturer in the United States, South Africa or anywhere in the world, who would sit down, think and decide that TRL needs the engines; manufacture them, decorate them with the national company’s colours and ship them to Tanzania.

There is not a single manufacturer who would put money into a project of this magnitude without working on specifications answering to the standards of a company whose colours shine bright on the locos; and at the end “abandon” the products at Dar es Salaam.

While in the know that there exists a US-based company called Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) which signed a contract in 2013; that EMD sub-contracted the job to a South African company called DCD Group (Pty); and that dates for delivery were made public; there was no reason for media to fear to follow up an award winning story.

Given that there was an official statement by the TRL director general at that time, Mr Kipallo Kisamfu, to the effect that Sh70.9 billion had been paid to the contractor; there was no need for accommodating lethargic talk about the owner of the locomotives.

It is on record that President John Magufuli hinted on something closer to a discrepancy in clearing the locos without knowing who the owner was; and ordered security organs to investigate. Unfortunately these organs do not report to thenmedia or the public.

What we have now is a situation where facts, figures and evidence show that the government wants to buy a product it had bought already. And the media is silent (silenced?). Who will get us out of this quagmire?

vipengere hivi vinatosha nimuombe Mh Rais kamata wahusika wasikupakaze matope hata huyu Waziri wa sasa msimamishe kazi labda na sema labda kama unajua kilichopo nyuma ya pazia ila kwa hili hata mwanafunzi wa uhuru mchanganyiko atakataa!

 

[The Palm Tree]

Who was a transport minister in 2013?

Wasn't Pombe John Magufuli kweli??

Wasn't Dr Harrison Mwakyembe??

We want to see him/her in the Grand Corruption Court of law immediately!!

 

[mwl]

Post ya 46, Lumumba buku 7 ati hawajauona uzi huu. Tusi gani niwatukane? Nisaidieni.

 

[myplusbee]

Mwacheni Ulabu ni kiki zake za kijinga!!!
-Kuna siku kakamata magari bandarini
-Siku nyingine akakamata makontena
-Akaja kukamata meli
-Leo kaja kukamata vichwa vya treni "visivyo na mwenyewe" vinaanza kumtokea puani manake, kwa mtu mwenye IQ ya kutosha pale pale alipoambiwa kwamba vichwa havina mwenyewe angeshituka!!! How come visiwe na mwenyewe?!

Lakini bila aibu na akili zake za kukurupuka na kutafuta kiki; akautangazia umma kwamba vichwa havina na virudishwe vilikotoka!!!

 

[chabusalu]

Ufisadi unaopiganwa ni wa double standard. All what we hear about war on corruption are just mere 'Rhetorics'.

Kama kuna mtu anawaamini hawa watu akili yake haiwezi kuwa iko sawa! Tuko kwenye majanga!

 

[Kimweri]

Majizi yamejaa hadi maguguni

 

[Earthmover]

....
....buku7 wataweza soma hii KITU?

 

[Tetty]

Kivuko chakavu kiliponunuliwa kwa bilioni 8 na ushee kutoka kampuni inayojulikana duniani kwamba inaungaunga tu meli chakavu, media kama kawaida ilikuwa silent. Magufuli alipoanza tena mchezo wa kuigiza eti kuna vichwa vya train hajulikani mwenyewe, kama kawaida media na wananchi wajinga waliologwa wakakaa kimya. Kama hiyo haitoshi, hiyo hiyo serikali inaunda eti timu ya wataalamu kuangalia uwezekano wa kununua mali ambayo kwanza tuliambiwa haina mwenyewe, pili inakuja kugundulika kwamba mali hiyo ilishalipiwa na serikali hiyo hiyo. WTF! Vilaza na mazwazwa wanashangilia wakipiga vigelegele...Serikali inakula na vipofu! HAPA KAZI TU!

Tunatafuta pesa as Uchaguzi usiamshe aliyelala.Hao wapiga makofi WA lumumba dawa hao ni buku 7

 

[ikamama]

FROM THE PUBLIC EDITOR'S DESK : Locomotives scam stinks to high heaven, and yet Tanzania’s media is blissfully silent

Ndimara Tegambwage is Public Editor with Mwananchi Communications Limited.

In Summary

• Let us be serious. There is nothing controversial about the locomotive engines. There is nothing like dumping or “deserting” the locomotives at the port. There is nothing to buy as there is nothing to sell in the form of 11 locos at the port – all painted in the colours of Tanzania Railways Limited (TRL).

By Ndimara Tegambwage ntegambwage@tz.nationmedia.com
It is hard to believe – and that is if one has understood the message – what the media reported widely last Saturday on the government’s intention to “buy” the so called abandoned 11 locomotive engines at the port of Dar es Salaam.

Let us be serious. There is nothing controversial about the locomotive engines. There is nothing like dumping or “deserting” the locomotives at the port. There is nothing to buy as there is nothing to sell in the form of 11 locos at the port – all painted in the colours of Tanzania Railways Limited (TRL).

If there was any controversy, it would be between the manufacturer and the buyer, and areas of disagreement would be known to the world. If there was “dumping”, authorities would have cleared the “unwanted” load which has hitherto been securely guarded; and not seen to be posing any security risk.

If there was any “abandonment” of the locomotives, the authorities would have made efforts to get owners to collect their engines; or in the absence of owner, have them dismantled and scrap material used for other purposes, or sold to whomever would find use of the same.

Let us be honest. There is not a single, generous manufacturer in the United States, South Africa or anywhere in the world, who would sit down, think and decide that TRL needs the engines; manufacture them, decorate them with the national company’s colours and ship them to Tanzania.

There is not a single manufacturer who would put money into a project of this magnitude without working on specifications answering to the standards of a company whose colours shine bright on the locos; and at the end “abandon” the products at Dar es Salaam.

If anything, the property is meant for TRL and Dar es Salaam is not a pretended destination. But someone somewhere is trying to hide one thing: details on the modality that led to the contract that gave “birth” to the engines.

Going by this reasoning, no person or company has damped, abandoned, relinquished – or simply put it this way – given up absolutely, the locos at the harbour.

Therefore, there is no controversy about the products. There is no known controversy among these three: the official who made an order and signed the contract; the company that signed the contract and agreed to deliver and the manufacturer or assembler of the locos.

In the absence of abandonment and controversy, I load it all on media. It has failed or refused or feared to collect all the pieces about this “love in the bush affair,” and come up with award-winning stories.

It is the silence; call it rudely – the absence of media – that has contributed to the on-going drama by the minister for transport and communications; that of planning to “buy” locos “abandoned” at the port.

While in the know that there exists a US-based company called Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) which signed a contract in 2013; that EMD sub-contracted the job to a South African company called DCD Group (Pty); and that dates for delivery were made public; there was no reason for media to fear to follow up an award winning story.

Given that there was an official statement by the TRL director general at that time, Mr Kipallo Kisamfu, to the effect that Sh70.9 billion had been paid to the contractor; there was no need for accommodating lethargic talk about the owner of the locomotives.

It is on record that President John Magufuli hinted on something closer to a discrepancy in clearing the locos without knowing who the owner was; and ordered security organs to investigate. Unfortunately these organs do not report to thenmedia or the public.

What we have now is a situation where facts, figures and evidence show that the government wants to buy a product it had bought already. And the media is silent (silenced?). Who will get us out of this quagmire?

I have always said, we are living in an imaginary place, where lies are polished to shine like the morning star. Facts hidden, indicating an act of fear and dishonesty with ourselves. God bless the patriotic journalists such as Ndimara Tegambwage and Ansbert Ngurumo. Bold and unmoved journalists have always a great role in determining the destiny of this country. They are an extra pair of eyes to the state apparatus, let us not struggle to silence them but rather encourage them to move on. Let us recognize their contribution and take time to work on their reports.

 

[HAKUNAMATATA]

Tanzania ni zaidi ya tuijuavyo!
Sisi ni ajabu la 8 la dunia

 

[XDR]

Jamani mi kizungu kinanisumbua, yaani mnataka kusema mwaka 2013 serikali ilifanya mazungumzo na kampuni ya marekani ili itengenezewe vichwa 11 vya treni, kampuni hiyo ikatoa tenda kwa kampuni mshirika iliyopo Africa kusini, serikali ikalipa bilioni 70 za utangulizi.

mzigo umetengenezwa, umeletwa serikali inajifanya haiujui, inasema mzigo umeyelekezwa bandarini na wasiojulikana!!!!? Ila inataka kuununua kutoka kwa asiyejulikana!!!!! Na kila mtu anaogopa au kutishwa asihoji!!!!????

Eti ndio hivyo mlivyosema??

Ka min Escrow fulani amazing.

Kuna namna fulani ulaji unatengenezwa hapa.

Sijui hii hela itakuwa ya shughuli gani eti?

 

[Mag3]

Jamani mi kizungu kinanisumbua, yaani mnataka kusema mwaka 2013 serikali ilifanya mazungumzo na kampuni ya marekani ili itengenezewe vichwa 11 vya treni, kampuni hiyo ikatoa tenda kwa kampuni mshirika iliyopo Africa kusini, serikali ikalipa bilioni 70 za utangulizi.

Naam, sawa kabisa!

mzigo umetengenezwa, umeletwa serikali inajifanya haiujui, inasema mzigo umeyelekezwa bandarini na wasiojulikana!!!!? Ila inataka kuununua kutoka kwa asiyejulikana!!!!! Na kila mtu anaogopa au kutishwa asihoji!!!!????

Sawa sawa, ndivyo ilivyo!

Eti ndio hivyo mlivyosema??

Hapana, siyo sisi...ni serikali ya Magufuli ilivyosema.

 

[papaa musofe]

Ili media iwe mhimili wa nne wa nchi baada ya mahakama,bunge na serikali,lazima itafute uhalali wa kuwa muhimili wa nne

Hii serikali imejaa drama kama kundi la Sanaa na maigizo la mizengwe

 

[BAK]

Waungwana hivi vichwa vilishalipiwa 71 billions tangu 2013. Hivi karibuni kulikuwa kuna habari Serikali imevinunua kichwa kimoja kwa bei kati ya $2.4 millions na $3.5 millions.

Vichwa hivi vya treni ambavyo vinadaiwa havina mwenyewe lakini ubavuni vina nembo ya shirika la reli nchini. Je, Serikali inaweza kutwambia hizo pesa imemlipa nani!?

 

[BAK]

Mafisadi na majizi ndivyo walivyo Mkuu. Siku zote ni wababaishaji tu kwenye kauli zao.

Ili media iwe mhimili wa nne wa nchi baada ya mahakama,bunge na serikali,lazima itafute uhalali wa kuwa muhimili wa nne

Hii serikali imejaa drama kama kundi la Sanaa na maigizo la mizengwe

 

[Kizimkazimkuu]

Mr King says the group is already involved in the "complete assembly" of 13 locomotives destined for Tanzania as part of a venture with US rail group Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD), which is now owned by US heavy equipment maker Caterpillar.