Local detectives in US hunt for Ballali

[JIULIZE KWANZA]

Hii habari ya mwaka Juzi isiwaumize kichwa wakuu

 

[Seacliff]

I do not think there’s truth to this newspaper story or the view that the US government offered at one time to capture him and bring him to Tanzania. I don’t see any logic to this. As we all know, Mr. Balali was effectively an illegal alien the minute his visa to the US was revoked (which I believe happened immediately after the scandal broke). The US government would not have to ask the TZ government if they want him captured because the man was already breaking US laws as long as he was alive and in US soil. Any re-issuing of a visa to allow him to stay (medical or otherwise) would have been channeled through the Dar Embassy and the Ambassador would have required really strong reason to re-issue it against State Department’s declaration. He also could not have lied to protect him as long as he was accused of a crime because it would have been against his required code of conduct. We must remember that revoking a visa of a high level official from a different country is a serious statement for the US, much more serious than most people think. It has to be remembered that at that time he was not just Mr. Ballali but the governor of the central bank of TZ.My take is that if there are Tanzanian sleuths in the US, they are there for something else. Someone up-top deliberately publicized this as the reason for their trip so that (a) the masses would be misled again and remove their attention from other serious local problems and (b) the said officials have an opportunity to bag a few bills as stipend on this trip. My genuine opinion is that if the man is alive as we all believe, he is in Canada, or possibly in the Caribbean (Barbados perhaps) where he is living it up sipping funny-coloured drinks from a coconut shell. In the mean-time, the poor continue to get molested by these moronic politicians.

 

[mmaroroi]

Usanii mtupu.

 

[Mchaga 25]

alikua malta hehehehe sasa hivi yuko brunei

 

[KHERY]

Huyo jamaa anaishi ktk kisiwa cha Malta,na ushahidi upo(MSINIAMBIE NIWEKE USHAHIDI),Ila kwa sasa ndio wanataka kumuua maana inasemekana ana siri nyingi na nzito saana za kina EL,JK,RA,ECetb

washamuua mkuu

 

[Zawadi Ngoda]

-Fresh interest in ex-BoT governor as EPA probe deadline approaches

THISDAY REPORTER
Dar es Salaam

A TEAM of local investigators is currently in the United States attempting to trace the whereabouts of former Bank of Tanzania governor Daudi Ballali, as part of ongoing investigations into the theft of over 133bn/- from the central bank’s external payment arrears (EPA) account, it has been revealed.

Well-placed sources say at least seven detectives are combing Washington DC, the US capital, and Boston in a bid to locate the ex-BoT governor a central figure in the EPA investigation who has surprisingly not been officially questioned by authorities thus far.

But with less than eight weeks to go before the expiry of the six-month deadline given by President Jakaya Kikwete to the EPA investigations team led by Attorney General Johnson Mwanyika, the focus now seems to be firmly shifting onto Ballali.

’’There is a team of Tanzanian investigators in the US right now, apparently trying to locate Ballali. It isn't clear if their orders are to arrest him or just question him,’’ said a source familiar with the investigation.

’’The clock is certainly ticking for the EPA probe team to wrap up its work, and there have already been suggestions that the AG (Mwanyika) will ask the president for an extension of about two months to finish the job,’’ the source added.

Due to the secretive nature of the EPA investigation, it could not be immediately established when the detectives are expected to return from the US.

It is understood that a number of law enforcement agencies and government departments are involved in the investigation, including the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB), the Tanzania Intelligence and Security Services (TISS), the Tanzania Police Force Criminal investigations Department (CID), and the Attorney General’s Chambers.

A senior government official confirmed to THISDAY that the US government has offered ’’full cooperation with Tanzanian authorities in tracking down Ballali.’’

The US government revoked Ballali’s visa shortly after he was sacked from his job as BoT governor by President Kikwete back in January, as a direct result of the EPA scandal discovery.

The latest reports of a team of local sleuths presently in the US, come amidst much public speculation on the current state of Ballali's health.

There are growing suggestions that the condition of the ex-governor, who has reportedly been undergoing medical treatment in the US since last year, is becoming quite critical.

The Mwanyika team, which says it has so far recovered about half of the 133bn/- embezzled from the EPA account, has also come under strong criticism for failing to make any arrests so far.

Among other things, the high-level EPA probe team also incorporating Inspector General of Police Saidi Mwema and PCCB Director-General Dr Edward Hoseah was ordered by President Kikwete to institute criminal charges against proven culprits in the scandal.

Ballali is believed to have been one of the key architects in the scandal. Apart from authorising the dubious payments as central bank governor, he is also understood to have gone out of his way to get rid of the bank’s former external auditors Delloite & Touche of South Africa, after they uncovered suspicious payments from the EPA account in a 2005/06 audit.

Former Finance Minister Zakia Meghji also told THISDAY that Ballali had deliberately misled her about the nature of one of the payments, over $30.8m (approx. 40bn/-) paid to a virtually-unknown company called Kagoda Agriculture Limited.

Ballali is said to have lied to Ms Meghji to the effect that the payment to Kagoda was aimed at financing a secret national ’’security’’ project.

However, it has since emerged that the Kagoda funds were pocketed by various high-profile individuals, as part of the massive fraud.

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Sijaziona taarifa hizi katika gazeti la THISDAY la wiki hii. Nahisi hizi ni taarifa zee za wakati ule.

 

[AMINATA 9]

Wanamtafuta Balali au mwili wa Balali?

si kuna thread ilikujaga hapa jamvini kua kuna mwana alimuona msela cafeteria moja huko US..............that means da guy is still breathing

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

Acha ujinga wewe Nyani na multiple id's zako,dada yangu unamjulia wapi we mdosi?

Unahaha tu kila siku unafungiwa halafu una pop up kama mdudu tu.

Quit acting like a maggot...Nakukaripia?

We unanipangia ni thread gani ya kuchangia kama si ukameroon huo ni kitu gani?

Tuliza mzuka mangi

 

[jmushi1]

Tuliza mzuka mangi

Tuliza masaburi,mzuka ndo nini?

 

[Sniper]

Baada ya uvumi kuanza kuenea kuwa yu hai, JK aliwatuma TISS kisiwa cha Malta wakaenda kumuulia mbali na kumchoma. Believe it or not!