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Dar to nullify SaskTel’s contract with TTCL


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Disappointment: During the signing ceremony last year, the then infrastructure development minister Andrew Chenge said one of the priorities of SaskTel would be investment in human resource development, But sources say that, to date, no human resource development has taken place. Photo/LEONARD MAGOMBA



The Tanzania Cabinet is early next year expected to decide whether to suspend or continue with the three-year contract awarded to Canadian firm SaskTel International Inc to operate the Tanzania Telecommunication Corporation Ltd (TTCL).

This follows recommendations by a team appointed by the government to audit operational and financial performance before and after the SaskTel management took over at the largest state-owned telecommunication utility in the country.

A high placed source in the government told The East African last week that the ministry responsible for the utility was now drafting the paper that is to be submitted to the Cabinet for final discussion and decision as early as January next year.

The source said that among the issues to be discussed by the Cabinet will be the failure by the Canadian firm to raise funds to bail out the telecommunication utility, contrary to the commitment it signed in the operational contract.

SaskTel, which will next year remain with one and half years on its contract to run the profit-making firm, has for some time been trying to secure loans from local and international banks for the operations of the telecommunication firm.

The source said the Canadian firm has already approached NBC Ltd and Stanbic Bank Tanzania. Abroad, it sought funds from China Development Bank, which however gave such stringent conditions that SaskTel withdrew the request.

The Chinese bank wanted the Canadian firm to purchase telecommunication infrastructure and facilities from a Chinese state-owned manufacturing firm, to include engineers and technicians for installation of the equipment.

The source said the two local banks for their part refused to grant SaskTel the money until the management firm had reviewed and audited TTCL’s financial and operational performance.

The EastAfrican has learnt that what has irked the Tanzania government the most is the Canadian firm’s bid to raise loans from local banks by purporting the government would be the guarantor of the multimillion-dollar credits.

This, the source said, led the government to direct SaskTel to seek funding from outside Tanzania without a state guarantee.

The failure by Sasktel to raise the money prompted the government to form a team to conduct an operational performance audit of the management firm.

TTCL is yet to emerge from the managerial problems that have been affecting its operations, thwarting expansion plans drawn up by the local management that were on the drawing board before the SaskTel team moved in.

Among them is the development of the National Optical Fibre Backbone, where the Canadian management is supposed to supervise the implementation of the backbone, a project already approved by the government.

But when contacted for comment, Amin Mbaga, acting public relations manager of TTCL, told The EastAfrican that the preliminary stages of the National Optical Fibre Backbone are being prepared by the parent Ministry of Science, Technology and Communication, which has set aside $13.2 million for the purpose.

“TTCL is only responsible for managing its implementation, which has not started yet,” he said.

The Canadian team was hired on a $5 million contract to help improve the firm’s financial, commercial and technical performance. This was after a lengthy battle between the government and the TTCL workers’ union, who wanted the local management retained.

During the signing ceremony last year, the then infrastructure development minister Andrew Chenge said one of the priorities of SaskTel would be investment in human resource development, adding, “Only 32 per cent of the 2,200 TTCL workers have an education level of Form Six and upwards.” He said the new management would run the company for three years as a way of preparing Tanzanians to effect a smooth takeover after that.

But sources say that, to date, no human resource development has taken place; on the contrary, it appears that several technicians and engineers have become so frustrated that they have decided to quit.

Three weeks ago, the Telecommunications Workers’ Union of Tanzania (Tewuta) demanded, among other things, a 40 per cent salary increase for TTCL employees, warning that otherwise workers in the whole country would go on strike within 14 days.

However, the director of the board, Prof Matthew Luhanga, intervened to save the situation by ordering the two sides to meet and discuss the issue with a view to averting the strike.

During the discussions, it emerged that the strike would have undermined the assessment report by Prof Nicolas Kuhanga, whose final recommendations are now being worked out at the ministry.

Sources also say the SaskTel management pleaded with workers to be given more time — until February 2009 — to assess their demands. But W.N Beckman, the chief executive officer of the giant firm, denied reports of the impending workers’ strike. He said, “If there were any such action, definitely I would have been advised.”

However, he said the Morogoro meeting — which brought together workers and management representatives — was intended “to discuss industrial relations.”

According to TeleGeography’s GlobalComms database, TTCL is Tanzania’s primary provider of fixed line services, but its record on providing access has been poor and it faces stiff competition from the country’s mobile operators.

By the end of 2006, around 250,000 landlines had been installed, with connections concentrated in the urban areas and a few semi-rural communities, but only around 160,000 were in service, representing a teledensity of just 0.4 per cent.

By contrast, the nation’s four mobile operators — Vodacom Tanzania, Celtel Tanzania, MIC Tanzania (which operates under the brand name Tigo) and Zantel — collectively reported 5.59 million customers at the end of 2006, a cellular penetration rate of 14.6 per cent, up from 3.4 million users the previous year.
Source: The East African
 
Dar to decide whether to nullify or continue SaskTel’s contract with TTCL

By JOINT REPORT
THE EAST AFRICAN

Posted Saturday, December 6 2008 at 10:03

The Tanzania Cabinet is early next year expected to decide whether to suspend or continue with the three-year contract awarded to Canadian firm SaskTel International Inc to operate the Tanzania Telecommunication Corporation Ltd (TTCL).

This follows recommendations by a team appointed by the government to audit operational and financial performance before and after the SaskTel management took over at the largest state-owned telecommunication utility in the country.

A high placed source in the government told The East African last week that the ministry responsible for the utility was now drafting the paper that is to be submitted to the Cabinet for final discussion and decision as early as January next year.

The source said that among the issues to be discussed by the Cabinet will be the failure by the Canadian firm to raise funds to bail out the telecommunication utility, contrary to the commitment it signed in the operational contract.

SaskTel, which will next year remain with one and half years on its contract to run the profit-making firm, has for some time been trying to secure loans from local and international banks for the operations of the telecommunication firm.

The source said the Canadian firm has already approached NBC Ltd and Stanbic Bank Tanzania. Abroad, it sought funds from China Development Bank, which however gave such stringent conditions that SaskTel withdrew the request.

The Chinese bank wanted the Canadian firm to purchase telecommunication infrastructure and facilities from a Chinese state-owned manufacturing firm, to include engineers and technicians for installation of the equipment.

The source said the two local banks for their part refused to grant SaskTel the money until the management firm had reviewed and audited TTCL’s financial and operational performance.

The EastAfrican has learnt that what has irked the Tanzania government the most is the Canadian firm’s bid to raise loans from local banks by purporting the government would be the guarantor of the multimillion-dollar credits.

This, the source said, led the government to direct SaskTel to seek funding from outside Tanzania without a state guarantee.

The failure by Sasktel to raise the money prompted the government to form a team to conduct an operational performance audit of the management firm.

TTCL is yet to emerge from the managerial problems that have been affecting its operations, thwarting expansion plans drawn up by the local management that were on the drawing board before the SaskTel team moved in.

Among them is the development of the National Optical Fibre Backbone, where the Canadian management is supposed to supervise the implementation of the backbone, a project already approved by the government.

But when contacted for comment, Amin Mbaga, acting public relations manager of TTCL, told The EastAfrican that the preliminary stages of the National Optical Fibre Backbone are being prepared by the parent Ministry of Science, Technology and Communication, which has set aside $13.2 million for the purpose.

“TTCL is only responsible for managing its implementation, which has not started yet,” he said.

The Canadian team was hired on a $5 million contract to help improve the firm’s financial, commercial and technical performance. This was after a lengthy battle between the government and the TTCL workers’ union, who wanted the local management retained.

During the signing ceremony last year, the then infrastructure development minister Andrew Chenge said one of the priorities of SaskTel would be investment in human resource development, adding, “Only 32 per cent of the 2,200 TTCL workers have an education level of Form Six and upwards.” He said the new management would run the company for three years as a way of preparing Tanzanians to effect a smooth takeover after that.

But sources say that, to date, no human resource development has taken place; on the contrary, it appears that several technicians and engineers have become so frustrated that they have decided to quit.

Three weeks ago, the Telecommunications Workers’ Union of Tanzania (Tewuta) demanded, among other things, a 40 per cent salary increase for TTCL employees, warning that otherwise workers in the whole country would go on strike within 14 days.

However, the director of the board, Prof Matthew Luhanga, intervened to save the situation by ordering the two sides to meet and discuss the issue with a view to averting the strike.

During the discussions, it emerged that the strike would have undermined the assessment report by Prof Nicolas Kuhanga, whose final recommendations are now being worked out at the ministry.

Sources also say the SaskTel management pleaded with workers to be given more time — until February 2009 — to assess their demands. But W.N Beckman, the chief executive officer of the giant firm, denied reports of the impending workers’ strike. He said, “If there were any such action, definitely I would have been advised.”

However, he said the Morogoro meeting — which brought together workers and management representatives — was intended “to discuss industrial relations.”

According to TeleGeography’s GlobalComms database, TTCL is Tanzania’s primary provider of fixed line services, but its record on providing access has been poor and it faces stiff competition from the country’s mobile operators.

By the end of 2006, around 250,000 landlines had been installed, with connections concentrated in the urban areas and a few semi-rural communities, but only around 160,000 were in service, representing a teledensity of just 0.4 per cent.

By contrast, the nation’s four mobile operators — Vodacom Tanzania, Celtel Tanzania, MIC Tanzania (which operates under the brand name Tigo) and Zantel — collectively reported 5.59 million customers at the end of 2006, a cellular penetration rate of 14.6 per cent, up from 3.4 million users the previous year.
 
TZ ina vichwa vya wendawazimu tu!!!!!!! Yaani madudu ya TTCL, ATCL,TRC!!!!!! Yote haya madudu ya kipindi cha JK - hapa hana excuse. Alipowatoa Netgroup na Southafrican airways nilidhani ana jipya - kumbe ilikuwa ni kubadilisha ulaji!! Maana ndio yamekuja haya ya Richmond/Dowan, haya ya ATCL - Mattaka! Tutaponea wapi! Yawezekana kuna mengi yanakuja!!!!!!
 
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Jamani pia angalieni jinsi CCM wanavyofanya uchafu ndani ya TTCL licha ya ule uchafu wa Richard wa Monduli katika Tanesco. Chadema kwa udhaifu huu wa CCM hakika mtashinda. jipeni moyo pia mtafute point kwa wadau

Mheshimiwa Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete,

Raisi wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania.

Salaam,


Mheshimiwa,

Kwa heshima kubwa napenda kukutarifu kuwa hali ya Kampuni ya Simu Tanzania (TTCL) ni mbaya sana baada ya waendeshaji SAKATEL kutoka nchini CANADA waliopewa kuiongoza Kampuni yetu kuamua kwa makusudi kabisa kuihujumu KAMPUNI hii.

Mheshimiwa,

Historia ya kuifisidi TTCL ilianza mwaka 1999 baada ya Serikali ya awamu ya tatu kuanza mchakato wa kuuza 35% ya TTCL kwa wawekezaji wa nje. Katika mchakato huo Serikali iliingizwa mkenge na Watanzania wenzetu walioamua kwa makusudi kujinufaisha kupitia nyadhifa zao. Wahusika wakuu katika mchezo huo walikuwa ni Waziri wa Mipango na Uchumi, Waziri wa Fedha, Waziri wa Mawasiliano na Uchukuzi na Mwanasheri Mkuu wa Serikali.


Katika kutimiza azima yao hiyo, Waheshimiwa hao waliingia Mkataba na MSI na DETACON wa kununua 35% share za TTCL. Wawekezaji hao ambao mwanzo ilidaiwa kuwa wanatoka UHOLANZI, kumbe haikuwa kweli bali ni Wajanja wa Tanzania wakishirikiana na Mfanyabiashara mmoja huko SUDAN alikuja kutambulika baadae kuwa MOHAMED SAID IBRAHIM (MSI) ndio waliohusika na mchezo huo mchafu.


Baada ya kukamilisha ujanja huo, wawekezaji DETACON wakaondoka kinyemela na kuiacha TTCL kuongozwa na MSI feki.Muda mfupi baadae HESABU za TTCL zikaanza kuhujumiwa na kutoa taarifa za upotoshaji kwamba KAMPUNI ina hasara na hivyo MSI haiwezi kununua hisa hizo kwa bei waliokubaliana na Seikali ya 120 Million US DOLLARS. Badala yake wakatengengeneza Dili na Mawaziri hao tuliowataja hapo nyuma na wakafanikiwa kuishawishi Serikali ya awamu ya tatu kukubali kuuza 35% kwa bei ya US DOLLARA 60 Million. Baada ya hapo ikapokelewa taarifa kuwa mtoto wa Waziri wa Mawasiliano wakati huo alipelekwa kusoma UINGEREZA na hao MSI feki.

Mheshimiwa Raisi kuanzia hapo TTCL ikawa inaliwa shs 600 Million kila mwezi na jamaa hao wa MSI feki.Piga mahesabu mwenyewe Mheshimiwa Rais, Fedha hizo zimeliwa kwa miaka 4 na hatimae ikaimarishwa CELLTEL.

Baada ya kukamilika CELLTEL, bwana MOHAMED SAID IBRAHIM akauza Kampuni yake kwa mfanyabiashara mwenzie kwa KUWAIT na kupelekea kubadilshwa jina na kuitwa Celtel International na sasa ZAIN.Hapo serikali machale yakawacheza na kuamua kuzitenganisha Kampuni hizo mbili CELLTEL na TTCL.

Mheshimiwa Raisi, ulipoingia madarakani, Serikali yako ikatafuta mwendeshaji mwingione wa kuongoza TTCL kutokana na makubaliano yenu na CELTEL INTERNATIONAL.Katika mchakato huo ikapatikana SASKATEL kutoka CANADA.

Serikali yako iilifikiri imetatua tatizo la TTCL kumbe hao mawaziri waliotajwa hapo juu ndio walioshiriki tena katika mchezo mchafu na kupatikana SASKATEL feki kama ilivyokuwa MSI fake.

Mheshimiwa Raisi, wanachokifanya SAKATEL hivi sasa ni kuihujumu TTCL kwa lengo la kuijenga Kampuni mpya ya HITS mabayo wenyewe ni hao mawaziri waliohusika kuiteketeza TTCL hulo nyuma.

Hujuma za moja kwa moja zinazofanywa na SASKATEL kwa maelekezo ya Mawaziri hao ni kuhakikisha TTCL haiendi mbele kwa kufanya yafuatayo:

1.Wamesimamisha Matangazo yote ya Biashara ya TTCL.

2.Wamesimamisha Miradi yote ya TTCL.

3.Wamesimamisha kutafuta Wateja wapya (Marketing) kwa TTCL

4.Wamesimamisha ununuzi wa spare za mitambo ya TTCL

5.Wameamua kubana matumizi kwa asilimia 30 ya mapato ya TTCL.

6.Business Plan ya TTCL iliyotengenezwa na Wazalendo imepelekwa kampuni ya HITS.

7.Wametengeneza Salary Structure ya kuwa-frustrate Mafundi wa simu TTCL ili waache kazi au wagome.

Katika Structure hiyo, Wafanyakazi wa Idara ya Biashara wenye Elimu ya Darasa la saba na kumi nambili wanalipwa mshahara wa shs 1,100, 000.

Wafanyakazi Mafundi wenye Elimu ya Form VI, FTC na Diploma wanalipwa shs 600,000.

8.Chief wa Mauzo na Masoko Mama Lorein, anaendesha mkakati wa kuwarubuni Wataalamu wote wazuri wa TTCL waende Kampuni ya HITS.

9.Huu mwezi wa pili hawajapeleka michango ya Wafanyakazi katika mifuko ya Hifadhi ya jamii NSSF na PPF

10.Huu mwezi wa pili hawajapeleka fedha za michango ya SACOS za Wafanyakazi wa TTCL katika chama chao cha Kuweka na Kukopa


Mheshimiwa Raisi, jamaa hawa mpaka sasa wameendesha mradi wa kudai madeni ya TTCL yanayofikia shs 65 Billion.Wameshakusanya 15 BILLION LAKINI HAZIONEKANI NDANI YA ACCOUNT ZA TTCL.

Katika kubana matumizi wameserve 3 Billion kila mwezi kuanzia October 2007 hadi sasa lakini nazo hazimo kwenye account za TTCL.

Wameleta wataalamu ambao wanalipwa 800 kila mwezi kwa kazi ambazo zinazweza kufanywa na Wazalendo.

MHESHIMWA RAISI TUNALETA KWAKO UTUSAIDFIE TWAFA.
Wako,

Mbwana Muungwana.

Kwa niaba ya Wafanyakazi TTCL
Hakusikia?
 
Jamani pia angalieni jinsi CCM wanavyofanya uchafu ndani ya TTCL licha ya ule uchafu wa Richard wa Monduli katika Tanesco. Chadema kwa udhaifu huu wa CCM hakika mtashinda. jipeni moyo pia mtafute point kwa wadau

Mheshimiwa Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete,

Raisi wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania.

Salaam,


Mheshimiwa,

Kwa heshima kubwa napenda kukutarifu kuwa hali ya Kampuni ya Simu Tanzania (TTCL) ni mbaya sana baada ya waendeshaji SAKATEL kutoka nchini CANADA waliopewa kuiongoza Kampuni yetu kuamua kwa makusudi kabisa kuihujumu KAMPUNI hii.

Mheshimiwa,

Historia ya kuifisidi TTCL ilianza mwaka 1999 baada ya Serikali ya awamu ya tatu kuanza mchakato wa kuuza 35% ya TTCL kwa wawekezaji wa nje. Katika mchakato huo Serikali iliingizwa mkenge na Watanzania wenzetu walioamua kwa makusudi kujinufaisha kupitia nyadhifa zao. Wahusika wakuu katika mchezo huo walikuwa ni Waziri wa Mipango na Uchumi, Waziri wa Fedha, Waziri wa Mawasiliano na Uchukuzi na Mwanasheri Mkuu wa Serikali.


Katika kutimiza azima yao hiyo, Waheshimiwa hao waliingia Mkataba na MSI na DETACON wa kununua 35% share za TTCL. Wawekezaji hao ambao mwanzo ilidaiwa kuwa wanatoka UHOLANZI, kumbe haikuwa kweli bali ni Wajanja wa Tanzania wakishirikiana na Mfanyabiashara mmoja huko SUDAN alikuja kutambulika baadae kuwa MOHAMED SAID IBRAHIM (MSI) ndio waliohusika na mchezo huo mchafu.


Baada ya kukamilisha ujanja huo, wawekezaji DETACON wakaondoka kinyemela na kuiacha TTCL kuongozwa na MSI feki.Muda mfupi baadae HESABU za TTCL zikaanza kuhujumiwa na kutoa taarifa za upotoshaji kwamba KAMPUNI ina hasara na hivyo MSI haiwezi kununua hisa hizo kwa bei waliokubaliana na Seikali ya 120 Million US DOLLARS. Badala yake wakatengengeneza Dili na Mawaziri hao tuliowataja hapo nyuma na wakafanikiwa kuishawishi Serikali ya awamu ya tatu kukubali kuuza 35% kwa bei ya US DOLLARA 60 Million. Baada ya hapo ikapokelewa taarifa kuwa mtoto wa Waziri wa Mawasiliano wakati huo alipelekwa kusoma UINGEREZA na hao MSI feki.

Mheshimiwa Raisi kuanzia hapo TTCL ikawa inaliwa shs 600 Million kila mwezi na jamaa hao wa MSI feki.Piga mahesabu mwenyewe Mheshimiwa Rais, Fedha hizo zimeliwa kwa miaka 4 na hatimae ikaimarishwa CELLTEL.

Baada ya kukamilika CELLTEL, bwana MOHAMED SAID IBRAHIM akauza Kampuni yake kwa mfanyabiashara mwenzie kwa KUWAIT na kupelekea kubadilshwa jina na kuitwa Celtel International na sasa ZAIN.Hapo serikali machale yakawacheza na kuamua kuzitenganisha Kampuni hizo mbili CELLTEL na TTCL.

Mheshimiwa Raisi, ulipoingia madarakani, Serikali yako ikatafuta mwendeshaji mwingione wa kuongoza TTCL kutokana na makubaliano yenu na CELTEL INTERNATIONAL.Katika mchakato huo ikapatikana SASKATEL kutoka CANADA.

Serikali yako iilifikiri imetatua tatizo la TTCL kumbe hao mawaziri waliotajwa hapo juu ndio walioshiriki tena katika mchezo mchafu na kupatikana SASKATEL feki kama ilivyokuwa MSI fake.

Mheshimiwa Raisi, wanachokifanya SAKATEL hivi sasa ni kuihujumu TTCL kwa lengo la kuijenga Kampuni mpya ya HITS mabayo wenyewe ni hao mawaziri waliohusika kuiteketeza TTCL hulo nyuma.

Hujuma za moja kwa moja zinazofanywa na SASKATEL kwa maelekezo ya Mawaziri hao ni kuhakikisha TTCL haiendi mbele kwa kufanya yafuatayo:

1.Wamesimamisha Matangazo yote ya Biashara ya TTCL.

2.Wamesimamisha Miradi yote ya TTCL.

3.Wamesimamisha kutafuta Wateja wapya (Marketing) kwa TTCL

4.Wamesimamisha ununuzi wa spare za mitambo ya TTCL

5.Wameamua kubana matumizi kwa asilimia 30 ya mapato ya TTCL.

6.Business Plan ya TTCL iliyotengenezwa na Wazalendo imepelekwa kampuni ya HITS.

7.Wametengeneza Salary Structure ya kuwa-frustrate Mafundi wa simu TTCL ili waache kazi au wagome.

Katika Structure hiyo, Wafanyakazi wa Idara ya Biashara wenye Elimu ya Darasa la saba na kumi nambili wanalipwa mshahara wa shs 1,100, 000.

Wafanyakazi Mafundi wenye Elimu ya Form VI, FTC na Diploma wanalipwa shs 600,000.

8.Chief wa Mauzo na Masoko Mama Lorein, anaendesha mkakati wa kuwarubuni Wataalamu wote wazuri wa TTCL waende Kampuni ya HITS.

9.Huu mwezi wa pili hawajapeleka michango ya Wafanyakazi katika mifuko ya Hifadhi ya jamii NSSF na PPF

10.Huu mwezi wa pili hawajapeleka fedha za michango ya SACOS za Wafanyakazi wa TTCL katika chama chao cha Kuweka na Kukopa


Mheshimiwa Raisi, jamaa hawa mpaka sasa wameendesha mradi wa kudai madeni ya TTCL yanayofikia shs 65 Billion.Wameshakusanya 15 BILLION LAKINI HAZIONEKANI NDANI YA ACCOUNT ZA TTCL.

Katika kubana matumizi wameserve 3 Billion kila mwezi kuanzia October 2007 hadi sasa lakini nazo hazimo kwenye account za TTCL.

Wameleta wataalamu ambao wanalipwa 800 kila mwezi kwa kazi ambazo zinazweza kufanywa na Wazalendo.

MHESHIMWA RAISI TUNALETA KWAKO UTUSAIDFIE TWAFA.
Wako,

Mbwana Muungwana.

Kwa niaba ya Wafanyakazi TTCL
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Mi kila siku nina mashaka na wanaotia sahihi kupitisha huu wizi bado hawajachukuliwa hatua hadi nidhamu irudi. Anyway mweshimiwa taratibu wasije airtel wakapunguza wafanyakazi
 
Jamii forums,jungu kuu halikosi ukoko.
Karibuni ukoko wazalendo uchwara.
 
Sio kwenye simu tuu angalieni vizuri from energy, mining , telecommunications, road contruction etc etc..viongozi wa serikalini wanakula shares left right and centre..watu tuling'ang'ani vodacom sasa mmejua kuhusu celtel...jus think about it why would celtel want ttcl mobile to succeed in the market wakati wao pia wanacompete with them ?yani ubinafsishaji umetumaliza... :-(
Mo Ibrahim mshenzi sana anajifanya anatoa awards to african presidents kumbe ni guilt conscience yake inamsumbua hana peace of mind..he has sold all our telecommunication companies to arabs..he should be investigated!! Serikali could intervene under national security and regain TTCL..IF KIKWETE HAS THE BALLS TO!!

(Hapa) At this juncture, Dr Magufuli the current President is the second Mwl Nyerere, he will arrest the situation very soon, he is a no nonsense president.
 
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