JF Exclusive: The Buzwagi Contract

[Mlalahoi]

Jf Hoyeeee

 

[Mwafrika wa Kike]

Bravo JF...

Hii ni weekend worth of celebrating.

1. Kikwete ameingia mtini kukimbia wana-JF hapa USA.

2. Muziki wa Buzwagi sasa hivi uko hapa na Remix iko bongoradio

3. Maandalizi makubwa yanaendelea ya kuanika mikataba mingine

4. .........

weeekend njema kwa kila mtu

Need I say more!

Bravo JF.... the best of you is YET to come

 

[Madela Wa- Madilu]

Jamani hicho kibao cha Buzwagi Kinapatikana wapi?

Wale vijana wa muziki wa kufoka foka nao vipi hawajavalia njunga hii so inayo wafanya wale mlo mmoja kwa siku kama Nchi yote ni Jela?

Hebu nitonyeni basi wapi nikatembelee!

 

[William J. Malecela]

Mkataba ni mmoja tu uliopo hapa JF, ndio original haswa, anything else au mwingine wowote ni feki,

On that we know better, hatuhitaji kuambiwa na mtu, uliopo hapa ndio wenyewe original! They just have to deal with it ingawa ninajua kuwa it is tough, hatuangalii nyuma tutageuka mawe bure!

 

[YNIM]

Jamani hicho kibao cha Buzwagi Kinapatikana wapi?

Wale vijana wa muziki wa kufoka foka nao vipi hawajavalia njunga hii so inayo wafanya wale mlo mmoja kwa siku kama Nchi yote ni Jela?

Hebu nitonyeni basi wapi nikatembelee!

somewhere hapa kuna kibao original, halafu kule bongo radio kuna remix. sasa wewe chaguo lako ni lipi?kazi kwako.

 

[Steve Dii]

Earlier on I said the following,

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Dhahabu yetu ilikuwepo miaka milioni iliyopita, kuichimba kama biashara pekee bado kwa kweli katika nchi yetu kutokana na utaalam tulio nao kuwa hafifu. Tuache hizo dhahabu, kutokana na maendeleo ya teknolojia kuongezeka kwa kasi duniani katika muda mfupi, si punde nasi tutaweza kuchimba hii maliasili yetu. Badala yake tunaita mtu wa nje aje achimbe na kutuachia mashimo baada ya kupewa peremende chache. Hapa nakumbuka story za jinsi wa misionari walivyokuwa wanakuja na gololi kibao na kuwapatia machifu kama fadhila za wao kupata almasi.

Kadri haya makampuni yanavyochimba ndivyo kadri jinsi nchi yetu inavyo lemazwa, kwani kinachochimbwa ni maliasili ambayo haiwezi kurudishwa, inachimbwa kwa wingi kiasi kwamba siye tunaachwa walemavu wa kudumu, maana hata baada ya miaka 30 tukisha kuja kuwa na teknolojia ya kuchimba, maliasili hii itakuwa imeshatoweka. Ila hizo nchi na makampuni yake yanayochimba yatakuwa bado yamehifadhi vipande hivi vya dhahabu kama yakinishi la utajiri wao na hivyo kuwa na control kwetu na shilingi yetu. Sasa huyu baba wa watu anasahau kuwa kusaini mkataba kama huu ni sawa na kuwa **** wajukuu zake indirectly!

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Mbona wasiharakishe kujenga mabarabara na viwanda vya kusindika mazao, maana wanaweza kutoza kodi na kufarijika kupitia 'win win situation' kama kweli wana nia njema wakati Taifa letu bado mhimili wake ni kilimo na ufugaji... kwa nini wasiwekeze huku kwanza maana ndiyo kwenye haraka la sivyo 'tutakufa na njaa', instead wanakimbilia madini, kwani wanajua kabisa kuwa wakichimba leo na kuweka hazina hiyo ya dhahabu kwenye mabenki yao huko Ulaya, basi watakuwa wamepata kitu madhubuti cha kuendelea kutugandamiza sisi katika mfumo wa pesa duniani. Fikiria Tanzania ingeweza kuweka dhahabu kama hazina yake katika mabenki ya pesa duniani, shilingi yetu ingekuwa inateleleka namna hii?!... hata dhahabu tu zinazochimbwa kienyeji zinaweza kutuokoa tusiwe na fedha inayoyumba kila siku, badala yake, tuna i blackmail shilingi yetu sisi wenyewe through these bunch of crack heads.

With added details, I think Karl Lymo is articulately suggesting more or less the same thing, pls read on:

Why quick-buck investors fear Dar's 'socialism'

Written by KARL LYIMO
Thursday, 04 October 2007
The constitution of Tanzania inadvertently plays a major role in unnerving potential investors in crucial sectors of the economy especially mining. Consequently, prospective investors in long-term projects are deterred from coming to the country.

Admittedly, mining has in recent years seen an influx of investors — especially those interested in the extraction of gold and other precious metals. But the same cannot be said of agriculture, long regarded as the backbone of the economy. The main is that in mining, the time-period between confirmation of commercial deposits and profitable exploitation can be telescoped into a matter of a few years.

FURTHERMORE, successful mining is not hostage to the vagaries of the weather or the vicissitudes of the marketplace — as is the case with agriculture. In such a situation, a prospective investor with rudimentary investment acumen — and to whom the only concern is the bottomline — would rather go into precious metal extraction.

This makes more business sense than going into, say, agriculture in today’s unpredictable climate changes.

Indeed, there is little probability of surviving a farming season involving such perennial crops as coffee, tea, sisal, cashewnuts, cotton and tobacco.

In any case, it was shown by the Mkapa regime (1995-2005) that it is possible for investors in mining to embed self-serving “escape” clauses into mining contracts. Hence the extant contracts — which are lopsided, in favour of the miners and against Tanzania.

Such clauses are found in crucial areas such as repatriation of mineral sale proceeds and profits (virtually unlimited) and delayed-action taxation — till after the miners have fully recouped their investments.

With most gold mines projected to have 10-20 years of commercially productive life, it is possible for the investors to recoup their costs plus profits within the first few years of production. And, by design on the part of the investors, both are practically undeterminable by the host government.

INVESTORS are highly sensitive to all manner of risks — be it natural or man-made. As we have already seen, they will not go into weather-sensitive investment areas such as agriculture. By the same reasoning, they will not go into socio-politically sensitive investments such as mining— unless and until they are assured in no uncertain terms of reasonably quick returns.

That is basically why the mining contracts were deliberately designed — with the help of the World Bank, I am sure — to provide iron-clad assurances that the investors would recoup their costs, and hightail it out of the country before the government began thinking about nationalising the projects.

This is where the constitution of Tanzania (1977, as amended from time to time) rears its ugly head. In its preamble, the constitution talks of being enacted “for the purpose of ensuring that Tanzania is ruled by a government that adheres to the principles of democracy and Socialism” (my emphasis).

This is cemented in Article 3(1) thereof, which unequivocally declares Tanzania a “democratic and Socialist state?” As far as I am concerned, socialism still implies ownership and control of the means of production, distribution and exchange by the community as a whole, not by a sprinkling of capitalists here and there.

In such a situation, can you see capitalist investors trusting a host government that professes socialism with what they have, hold and own? If they cannot shoehorn iron-clad clauses into investment contracts assuring them of quick returns, they will not move in, period!

Karl Lyimo is a freelance journalist based in Dar. E-mail: lyimokarl@hotmail.com

Source link: TZUK.COM

SteveD.

 

[Ogah]

Iko wapi "TRUE SUBSTANCE OF LIFE"??....weekend imeanza mazee

 

[Steve Dii]

Iko wapi "TRUE SUBSTANCE OF LIFE"??....weekend imeanza mazee

Wooh wooh wooh, is this the 'heavy duty substance' and 'true substance of life' issuer?! Is this the 'haters motivated' guru?! Is this the Alize toper?!

SteveD.

 

[Mpaka Kieleweke]

Hap kwa taarifa tu ni kuwa Membe jana wakati anaongea na mabalozi amesema kuwa jambo hili kwa sasa lipo mikononi mwa PCB, sasa sijui kama yaleyale ya RICHMAN naya ndio yatakuwa majibu ama laa.

 

[Invisible]

Articles na parts zaidi za huu mkataba zitaendelea kuwekwa hapa randomly but accordingly no matter how long it takes.

Thanks for your input. Wanahitajika wamama wa namna hii zaidi hapa JF na Tanzania nzima. Keep the spirit

 

[Gamba la Nyoka]

tell me why not? Kwanini walinganishe kodi ya hapo na kodi ya kijiji cha Buzuruga, au kule Pangani, au Undali, Unyanyembe n.k alimradi haitazidi kodi za sehemu hizo? Sehemu nyingine wameweka kodi zao kwa kuangalia raslimali zao, iweje mahali ambapo pana thamani kubwa isitozwe kodi kubwa kidogo, kwanini ilingane na kodi ya miji ambayo haina raslimali kubwa na zenye thamani?

naomba tafsiri ya sentensi
hizi mbili: pamoja na tofauti zake,

"in excess of those generally applicable on
Tanzania," na

"in excess of those generally applicable in
Tanzania,".

Kama hujaweka kigezo cha kodi na badala yake unaamua kuwa jumla ya "kodi hiyo" haitazidi dola laki mbili. Ina maana wanaweza kulipa dola laki moja au dola mia tano!!

Ni kweli kabisa wanaweza kulipa dola laki moja au dola miatano!!
lakini watalipa hiyo KAMA LOCAL GOVERNMENT ITAWATOZA HIYO!!!!

kumbe basi wanaweza kulipa hata dola LAKI MOJA ELFU TISINI NA TISA MIA TISA TISINI NA TISA NUKTA TISA TISA" iwapo tu local government itawatoza hiyo (kumbuka condition ni kwamba haitakiwi kuexeed dola laki mbili)

kiufupi hapa ni kwamba Barrick watalipa kulingana na watakavyoambiwa walipe, ilimradi isizidi dola laki mbili

Sasa ikitokea Mtu mwenye akili ya uwendawazimu katika local government akawatoza Barrick dola MIA badala ya dola 200000,yeye ndo wa kushikwa mashati.

 

[Invisible]

Topics regarding this matter now connected under one Headline.

Wale ambao walikuwa wakiulizia link kupitia PM za watu ama kutafuta wapi pa kwenda wasijali, angalia post number 1 ina link inayokupa kitu halisi before any remix.

Karibu

 

[Dua]

Artical 10 no compulsory acquisition.
The government shall not nationalize or compulsorily acquire the whole or any part of the company's interest in the Special Mining Licence nor compulsorily acquire or nationalize any right, title or interest of the company or its contractors or sub contractors in any property used for the purpose of mining operations on or in relation to the special Mining Licence, provided that, if it does take any such action to acquire those assets, it will pay compensation in US dollars to an account outside Tanzania specified by the company in an amount and manner that is prompt, adequate and effective.

Waziri ati anakubali maandishi kama haya ambayo kwanza yanamdhalilisha yeye mwenyewe binafsi na pili yanalidhalilisha taifa kwa ujumla. Kama waziri ana ushahidi huu uliandaliwa na wataalamu wetu awataje majina yao hapa. JK anatakiwa kufuta uchuro huu NOW!

 

[Mtu]

wewe mtu huku hakukufai gonga hapa uje kutongoza he he he http://www.jambotanzania.net/chat/irc.php

Kaazi kweli kweli....Nakuja mkuu!

 

[Dua]

It still stinks,Barrick

By Adam Lusekelo

Daily News; Wednesday,September 05, 2007 @00:03

BARRICK Gold Tanzania Limited has been on a charm offensive. They have tried to explain the hastiness of the deal they did with energy and minerals minister, Naz Karamagi.

They have tried to spray some cologne on the deal. It is the Buzwagi rip-off. I call it a suspected rip off because -- how come the legislature did not get to look at the deal? You cannot let one man sell a chunk of land, gold filled underneath for that matter, for the rest of us. Not in my name!

The other day Barrick presented some men in suits to try to explain the whole deal. 'Eti', telling the reasons that if government postponed to sign the deal could have potentially harmed the confidence which investors have in the Tanzanian investment climate. Which is ****, of course?

That talk about investor climates is just jargon bureaucrats use to confuse the Tanzanians. 'Wanatufanya mabwege'. They are taking us for certified dum dums.

Why was there such a hurry to make Naz Karamagi sign that deal? As Chadema MP Zitto Kabwe asked, why can't the rest of us take a look at the deal? The gold has been there for thousand of years -- why the hurry now? Maybe Barrick should have said that if the deal was delayed, the gold would rot! Barrick gold men in suits could have given us a more valid reason for the rush more than the investor confidence
****.

If I was the minister of minerals I would have said that the investors can wait or go to hell. After all Buzwagi belongs to the people of the United Republic of Tanzania. Those investors could always go to some other place and dig gold, not Tanzania. It is our gold, if you don't like it just buzz off!

It is our gold for heavens sake! Why are we Tanzanians
being a bunch of stupid people? People come here to make themselves rich 'eti', investors. And they treat us like slime. Trash. And some of us accept that for a few pieces of silver.

I know what will come next. The dear reader should be on alert on who really owns the shares at Barrick gold. One would ask, besides Barrick, who else has an interest in the mine?


I smell a rat! The trouble is it stinks and it stinks big. And it is very irksome when some few so-called smart guys think they can take us for fools and take us for a ride in the name of working for our best interests.

One day the real truth will come out, if it is not
coming out now. 'Waroho tu!'

 

[mTz]

Looks like this Lusekelo guy has got something like balls of steel. Hivi Daily Noise sorry News bado ni gazeti la Serikali au tayari limeshauzwa?

 

[Dua]

MTZ

Bado ni gazeti la serikali lakini tumevuka kwenye rubicon ambayo sasa hivi ni lazima waandishi waseme ukweli ili kulikomboa taifa la Tanzania. BRAVO BROTHER ADAM.

 

[Shemzigwa]

Kaazi kweli kweli....Nakuja mkuu!

nakuambia kwasababu wewe hukub hakukufai usikonde babake!!

 

[Mkandara]

Gamba la Nyoka,

Ni kweli kabisa wanaweza kulipa dola laki moja au dola mia tano!!
lakini watalipa hiyo KAMA LOCAL GOVERNMENT ITAWATOZA HIYO!!!!

Mara kibao nimeona ukitumia maelezo haya:- Ikiwa local government itawatoza kiasi, blaa... balaa!
tafadhali nakuomba unipe somo hapa kidogo maanake navyofahamu mimi hizo levy zimepangwa ama hupangwa na serikali kuu. Local government hawana sauti kabisa ktk miradi hii ila hupokea kile wanachopewa kama ilivyoagizwa toka huko juu.
Ndio maana hata ktk mikataba yote hawakuhusiwa kutoa madai/maamuzi ya aina yeyote. Kwa hiyo tunaposema local government kuwatoza wawekeshaji wa madini nadhani tunatafuta njia ya mkato kupunguza uzito wa scandal nzima ya madini.

 

[William J. Malecela]

Why was there such a hurry to make Naz Karamagi sign that deal? As Chadema MP Zitto Kabwe asked, why can't the rest of us take a look at the deal? The gold has been there for thousand of years -- why the hurry now? Maybe Barrick should have said that if the deal was delayed, the gold would rot! Barrick gold men in suits could have given us a more valid reason for the rush more than the investor confidence
crap.

If I was the minister of minerals I would have said that the investors can wait or go to hell. After all Buzwagi belongs to the people of the United Republic of Tanzania. Those investors could always go to some other place and dig gold, not Tanzania. It is our gold, if you don't like it just buzz off!

It is our gold for heavens sake! Why are we Tanzanians
being a bunch of stupid people? People come here to make themselves rich 'eti', investors. And they treat us like slime. Trash. And some of us accept that for a few pieces of silver.

Kumkomalia nyani mchana kweupeee!