Mpaka Kieleweke
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Huyu mkoloni si ajabu anataka kumsogeza rais yule wa kwao karibu na ikulu yetu, kaeni macho .
THISDAY REPORTER said:
Dar es Salaam
A PRIVATE developer who bought an expensive government property in downtown Dar es Salaam at a give-away price has now been told to pay an extra 1.4bn/- following revelations by THISDAY that the prime piece of land was sold for just 440m/-.
According to our sources, hushed communication has prevailed between the Presidential Parastatal Sector Reform Commission (PSRC) and the private company, El-Hillal Minerals (Tanzania) Limited, to raise the sale price to 1.85bn/-, which is the stated market value of the property determined by an evaluation report in May this year.
Things are being done quite secretly, but a decision has now been made by the powers-that-be in government to instruct the company proprietor Hillal Hamad Hillal to pay the extra 1.41bn/- for the plot, a well-placed source told THISDAY.
The decision to tell Hillal to make the extra payment follows the reports published recently by THISDAY newspaper about the transaction, the source added.
Under the new terms being hammered out, El-Hillal Minerals (Tanzania) Limited will now be obliged to pay a total of 1.85bn/- for outright purchase of the valuable government-owned property.
The government will therefore have no further claim on the land once the extra payment has been made by the private company headquartered in Shinyanga Region.
In the original sale agreement, El-Hillal Minerals and the PSRC agreed on a sale price of 440m/- for the property and an additional provision that would have given the government a five-year, rent-free access to one floor of office accommodation in a building that the company was planning to construct on the property.
According to our sources, some government officials are now arguing that the latest move to raise the sale price to 1.85bn/- is just another attempt to hide the fact that the deal was from the outset done contrary to existing government regulations, including a standing circular that effectively forbids the sale of state-owned property in the Dar es Salaam central business district to private buyers.
The circular states that all state-owned property in the Dar es Salaam CBD that may have been earmarked for sale, should be restored to government hands to help solve a crippling shortage of office accommodation for government ministries and departments.
It has been pointed out that at present, a number of sensitive government offices are being accommodated in rented space at Sukari House, Ubungo Plaza and various other privately-owned real estate developments because of the serious shortage of office accommodation.
According to our sources, the growing thinking within government circles is that the choice piece of land on plot number 162/38 at the junction of Mirambo Street and Samora Avenue should not have fallen in private hands from the beginning.
There have been suggestions that the sale agreement with El-Hillal Minerals should be revoked forthwith and the plot returned to government hands, to allow for the construction of at least one high-rise building to considerably solve the problem of office accommodation for government ministries and departments.
On the other hand, the PSRC has been in the spotlight for the controversial manner in which it oversaw the sale of the property without a formal tendering process or public auction - which are standard procedures for the sale of state-owned assets.
Both PSRC executive chairman Ally Karavina and spokesman Joseph Mapunda have recently declined comment when contacted by THISDAY to explain the circumstances behind the questionable deal.
Our investigations have already revealed that both the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Planning and Economic Empowerment (PSRCs parent ministry) were initially opposed to the sale of the plot to El-Hillal Minerals Ltd.
The plot in a low density area, with a total size of around 2,942 square metres, is currently being used as a temporary parking lot for Bank of Tanzania (BoT) staff members in the citys CBD.
According to the valuation report commissioned by the PSRC itself in May, each square metre of the property was valued at $457 (approx. 594,100/-) for the 1.85bn/- final figure. But the PSRC ended up selling each square metre for just 149,500/-, hence the 440m/-.
Moreover, real estate experts say even the stated valuation figure of 1.85bn/- was overly conservative.
I know for a fact that several major banks and other private developers were targeting this particular property, and would have paid up to 4bn/- for the plot. The 1.85bn/- price tag is itself utterly ridiculous, asserted one of our sources.
Naona mafisadi wameanza kushituka baada ya moto wa akina Dr. Slaa. Huu moto ukiendelea na magazeti yakiendelea kupiga kelele, taratibu mambo yanaweza kubadilika maana hawa watu walikuwa wamezowea kujifanyia mambo yao kama wanavyopenda.
Ningekuwa mimi Hilal ningekataa.. "mkataba ushasainiwa, unless wako tayari kupitia mikataba yote ya real estate".. Kuiweka hiyo bei katika perspective... mchango wa mgodi wa Buzwagi kwa makato mbalimbali (ukiondoa kodi ya mrabaha) ni kama Shilingi milioni 600 hivi.. (nusu bilioni).. lakini kiwanja kimoja kinataka kuuzwa kwa bilioni mona na ushee ...........
Controversial government property sale: Buyer now gets tough conditions
THISDAY REPORTER
Dar es Salaam
IT has now emerged that the private company that acquired a prime piece of government land for a ridiculously cheap price earlier this year has now been given stringent new conditions to fulfil before the transaction is finally concluded.
According to THISDAYs latest findings, apart from being told to pay an extra 1.41bn/- to match the final purchase price with the propertys stated true value (1.85bn/-), El-Hillal Minerals (Tanzania) Limited will now also need to produce documentary proof of its stated intentions in the deal.
The issue at hand is the controversial sale of the plot, number 162/38 at the junction of Mirambo Street and Samora Avenue in Dar es Salaams central business district, to El-Hillal Minerals despite opposition from at least two key government ministries.
It has been established that sometime last year, Prime Minister Edward Lowassa had an audience with El-Hillal Minerals proprietor Hillal Hamad Hillal, and afterwards directed the Presidential Parastatal Sector Reform Commission (PSRC) to assist Hillal as per existing laws and regulations after his previous attempts to buy the plot had come to nought.
Sources familiar with the deal say Lowassas instructions to PSRC executive chairman Ali Karavina were sent in writing through the PMs private secretary, B. Olekuyan, in August last year.
The letter from the Prime Ministers Office (PMO) says in part: Mr Hillal came to see the honourable prime minister so that the government may assist him to acquire a plot for the construction of a building to house a bank and a diamond cutting centre. In the discussions with the Hon. prime minister, he (Hillal) explained that he was ready to pay for the costs of the plot that will enable him put up his investment.
It concludes by saying: The Hon. prime minister has instructed that you should receive Mr Hillal and listen to him, and see how the PSRC can assist him based on existing laws and regulations.
It is understood that both the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Planning and Economic Empowerment (PSRCs parent ministry) were initially opposed to the sale of the plot to El-Hillal Minerals (Tanzania) Limited.
According to the sources, the transaction was finally concluded in May this year with El-Hillal Minerals acquiring the plot for 440m/-, which it turned out was less than a quarter of its actual market value.
A valuation report commissioned by the PSRC itself a few weeks before the sale had put the market value of the property at 1.85bn/-.
Speaking in defence of the deal, various government sources contacted by THISDAY have argued that it would have long-term benefits to the economy, given the private developers plans to construct a 12-storey building and establish an international diamond auction on the plot.
An international diamond market like the one being planned should ultimately boost our economy and attract more foreign investors, said a senior government official on condition of not being named.
The documentary proof that El-Hillal Minerals has now been asked to produce includes an agreement or any written contract between the company and an international bank to set up a country branch office within the envisaged building once built.
The company is also required to provide proof that it has ordered the necessary equipment for the proposed international diamond market. According to a reliable government source, should the company fail to produce such proof by the end of this month (December), the government reserves the right to repossess the plot.
It has also been verified that the ownership of the plot in question is still under the long-defunct National Food and Agriculture Corporation (NAFCO), and no transfer of ownership has ever been made.
After the state-run NAFCO was wound up, the property was returned to the government through the Treasury registry in the Ministry of Finance, and ended up in the PSRCs hands.
There have been allegations of improprieties in the sale of the plot, said to have been carried out without a formal tendering process or public auction - both of which are standard procedures for the sale of state-owned assets.
Jamani Lowassa tena yumo humu?
?Mie nashangaa! sioni tatizo hapa, jee tatizo ni nini? ni Hemed kumuona Lowasa? au Lowasa kuwaandikia psrc? na nnadhani Lowasa ameweka wazi kabisa kuwa sheria zifuatwe. Bado nnashangaa tatizo ni nini?
Sidhani kwa wale wanaosema kuwa awamu hii itaimaliza nchi walikuwepo wakati awamu ya kwanza inang'atuka, kwa kuwakumbusha tuu, hakuna awamu iliiwaacha nchi hii kavu na kwenye umaskini mkubwa kama awamu ya kwanza, awamu ya msifiwa nyerere.
NYERERE alivyong'atuka, benki kuu iliwashwa moto na kaikubakishwa hata dola moja ya kufutia machozi, Jee mnakumbuka? NYERERE alivyong'atuka,tulikuwa hata mafuta ya kwenye gari hatuna kwa kuwa tulikuwa hatuna fedha za nje za kununulia, kumbuka mzee ruksa alivyochukuwa nchi aliwaita wazee wa dar pale diamond akawaelezea kuhusu hili na ikambidi atumie mbinu za haraka za kwenda kuomba libya na imf na iran na kwingineko (hotuba ya mikuki miwili, mzee ruksa diamond.
Yaani hatukumbuki tulivyokuwa tunapangishwa foleni za unga, mchele, sukari, sabuni,viwembe, viberiti. KWA KIFUPI HATA WEMBE WA KUNYOLEA ilIkuwa hakuna BILA FOLENI
Nadhani wengi mnaoandika humu kusemasema hovyo, kama hii mada ya Lowasa, hata sijui tatizo nini? Nadhani wakati wa nyerere mlikuwa hampo au kwa waliokuwepo na wanachangia habari hizi zisizo na mantiki, basi ni wafupi wa kumbukumbu.
Sasa jamani mbona yeye (nyerere) hatumsemi alivyotuwacha pabaya kiuchumi! tunamsifu tuu?
Hebu waacheni hawa kina lowasa na kikwete wafanye vitu vyao, JEE, kwa ukweli wenu kabisa hamuoni kazi wanayoifanya? au ni chuki tuu za kibinafsi
sioni tatizo hapo kwa EL,amesema waziwazi msaidieni katika sheria zilizopo....tuache majungu wakati mwingine.
sioni tatizo hapo kwa EL,amesema waziwazi msaidieni katika sheria zilizopo....tuache majungu wakati mwingine.
Mie nashangaa! sioni tatizo hapa, jee tatizo ni nini? ni Hemed kumuona Lowasa? au Lowasa kuwaandikia psrc? na nnadhani Lowasa ameweka wazi kabisa kuwa sheria zifuatwe. Bado nnashangaa tatizo ni nini?
Mie nashangaa! sioni tatizo hapa, jee tatizo ni nini? ni Hemed kumuona Lowasa? au Lowasa kuwaandikia psrc? na nnadhani Lowasa ameweka wazi kabisa kuwa sheria zifuatwe. Bado nnashangaa tatizo ni nini?
Sidhani kwa wale wanaosema kuwa awamu hii itaimaliza nchi walikuwepo wakati awamu ya kwanza inang'atuka, kwa kuwakumbusha tuu, hakuna awamu iliiwaacha nchi hii kavu na kwenye umaskini mkubwa kama awamu ya kwanza, awamu ya msifiwa nyerere.
NYERERE alivyong'atuka, benki kuu iliwashwa moto na kaikubakishwa hata dola moja ya kufutia machozi, Jee mnakumbuka? NYERERE alivyong'atuka,tulikuwa hata mafuta ya kwenye gari hatuna kwa kuwa tulikuwa hatuna fedha za nje za kununulia, kumbuka mzee ruksa alivyochukuwa nchi aliwaita wazee wa dar pale diamond akawaelezea kuhusu hili na ikambidi atumie mbinu za haraka za kwenda kuomba libya na imf na iran na kwingineko (hotuba ya mikuki miwili, mzee ruksa diamond.
Yaani hatukumbuki tulivyokuwa tunapangishwa foleni za unga, mchele, sukari, sabuni,viwembe, viberiti. KWA KIFUPI HATA WEMBE WA KUNYOLEA ilIkuwa hakuna BILA FOLENI
Nadhani wengi mnaoandika humu kusemasema hovyo, kama hii mada ya Lowasa, hata sijui tatizo nini? Nadhani wakati wa nyerere mlikuwa hampo au kwa waliokuwepo na wanachangia habari hizi zisizo na mantiki, basi ni wafupi wa kumbukumbu.
Sasa jamani mbona yeye (nyerere) hatumsemi alivyotuwacha pabaya kiuchumi! tunamsifu tuu?
Hebu waacheni hawa kina lowasa na kikwete wafanye vitu vyao, JEE, kwa ukweli wenu kabisa hamuoni kazi wanayoifanya? au ni chuki tuu za kibinafsi?[/QUOTE]
Mmh! Umenifanya niache shughli zangu ni respond maana umenitia hasira 😡 Hivi unalipwa kuja kutetea mabosi wako hapa?
Haya sasa kuwa makini:
1. Kwenda kumwona PM - mfanyabiashara yoyote ana haki ya kumwona PM lakini kama proposal yake haikukubalika na mawaziri na PSRC, kwenda kumwona PM na kuandikiwa kinoti ina maana wameshinikiza! Tusijifanye hatujui maana ya vinoti vya mabosi!
Kitila Mkumbo ameuliza swali zuri kwa nini alisema 'katika sheria zilizopo' kwa kiingereza within the law? Angesema 'accordng to law' yaani kufuata sheria. Sentensi hii ina maana 'piga ua - make the glove fit!' WE are masters at deciphering messages Bongo.
2. Kumsifu Nyerere na kusahau mabaya - hakuna aliyesahau uchumi ulivyoathirika under Nyerere, lakini watanzania wamemsamehe! Unajua kwa nini? Kwa sababu he was honest, he tried his best, what he thought was best. na alipoondoka madarakani akakiri makosa yake! Sasa hawa watawala wa sasa - they are no sincere wanawaza tumboni street. And FYI, free market economy was not MWinyi's invention, not Mkapa's invention and DEFINITELY not JK or EL invention. Shinikizo ilitoka mwisho wa miaka ya 80 after collapse of Communism, kutoka World Bank IMF na donors, kwamba Tanzania lazima ifungue milango. Nyerere alikataa lakini akaona hataweza kuendesha nchi hivyo alijiuzulu! If EL or JK is half the man that Nyerere is, basi na wao wajiuzulu!
3. Hatuoni kazi wanayofanya JK na EL - kwa taarifa yako according to latest poll iliyotayarishwa na 'mshikaji' wa JK more than half of Tanzania hawaoni kazi wanayo fanya. In fac approval rating ya EL ni 5.9%! Utajiju! Watanzania in fact wanaona kazi wanayofanya - ya kuiba nchi, ufisadi na kusafiri kwa pesa nyingi ya walipa kodi. Hivi umewahi kwenda nje ya Dar au unaendesha maRange Rover mliyojipatia kupitia ufisadi? Nenda hapo Chalinze tu nje kidogo utaona maisha halisi ya mtanzania!
Tafadhali acha kutetea bila kufikiri. If things are going well it's only for you! Mpaka watu kutoka nje wameshtuka tuna hali mbaya ya kiuchumi we unakuwa kama waziri wa ulinzi wa Iraq under Saddam! Usanii tu, alafu unafikiri you are a spin master.
Kwa taarifa yako hakuna chuki binafsi hapa, in fact watu wengi walikuwa wanamsupport sana Mungwana lakini ukweli ni kwamba ametuangusha watanzania! EL ndiyo hata tusieme....