Meremeta & TANGOLD Revealed!

[Nsunza]

Na huu ndiyo ukweli kuhusu Meremeta
Meremeta Gold, the firm that was paid a whopping Sh155 billion by the Bank of Tanzania in unclear circumstances in mid last year, was an offshore company, registered in United Kingdom in 1997, The Citizen can reveal today.

That means that chances of recovering the taxpayers' money and the necessary taxes up to the date it closed shop are negligible.
A senior Cabinet minister told The Citizen in Dar es Salaam yesterday that "since it was registered as an offshore company" it would be difficult to recover the billions it had been paid.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, the minister said: "First of all, I am surprised that an offshore company was allowed to operate in this country but the clear point is that any offshore company is untraceable."
Legal experts concurred, saying that it would be difficult for the Government to recover the Sh155billion, due to the tough protection accorded to such business entities.


An offshore company does not conduct substantial business in its country of incorporation. Such firms are sometimes known as non-resident companies.
But the Companies Act 212, states clearly that offshore company can only be registered and given a certificate of compliance after fulfilling certain conditions, including renunciation of its original registration.
The Act prohibits offshore companies from operating in Tanzania unless they change and indicate that they will not be protected by offshore registration procedures.


Strangely, the Government registered Meremeta Gold. Asked why the State entered into partnership with an offshore company, the Minister for Energy and Minerals, Mr William Ngeleja, said: "The Government wasn't aware until mid last year after the company went bankrupt."


And fresh details show that the company wasn't owned by Tanzania People's Defence Forces (TPDF) and the South African Army, as was alleged in 1997, when its existence became public.


The firm started as an army project managed jointly by TPDF and the South African Army, to mine and export gold, before becoming a ghost company that looted about Sh155 billion from the public coffers.


Contacted yesterday, the Minister for Defence, Dr Hussein Mwinyi, said: "I am not familiar with the issue because I wasn't in office during that period."
He asked The Citizen to send him written questions by this morning.
The amount stashed away by the defunct company can build 500 kilometres of tarmac road or 7,500 classrooms at the cost of Sh20 million for each class.
Meremeta, the Kiswahili word for glitter, will not be glittering when the defunct gold company scandal is raised in Parliament.


After the controversial Richmond tender and External Payments Arrears (EPA) scandals, opposition and ruling party MPs believe that Meremeta poses a serious threat to the integrity of previous regime and the current administration.
Musoma Rural MP Nimrod Mkono of CCM plans to table a private's member's motion to establish who the real owner of Meremeta Gold is and why was the firm paid billions of shillings after going bankrupt.


The details, which are part of an investigation report sent to the donor community recently by the opposition parties led by Chadema's Dr Willibrod Slaa, says that the defunct gold company was registered as an offshore company on August 19, 1997, and given a registration No. 3424504.


The reasons for the formation of offshore firms are privacy, asset protection, tax savings, lawsuit protection, flexible business laws and confidentiality
The opposition parties' report, which was made available to The Citizen, says that the company was then registered in Tanzania on October 3, 1997 as a branch of a foreign company and given a Certificate of Compliance No.32755.
On Sunday, our sister paper, Mwananchi Jumapili, quoted Mr Mkono as saying that the Government had been hesitating to reveal the real owners of the company that has cost taxpayers billions of shillings.


On Monday, speaking with The Citizen from the US: Mr Mkono said: "I have evidence that this ghost company pocketed a total of Sh181 billion and yet nobody wants to speak about it."


This amount is more than what CAG revealed in the 2005/6 auditing report.
"If we are investigating EPA and Richmond why not Meremeta," asked the Musoma Rural MP.


But the available details show that 50 per cent of the company's shares were owned by the Registrar of Treasury, and 50 per cent by South Africa's Trienex (PTY) Co Ltd.


Yesterday, Mr Ngeleja said: "The Government issued a statement on shareholders of Meremeta in June last year and clearly explained the profile of the company and why it had to be liquidated I'm working on the issue and I will get back to you later in the day,"


According to CAG report, BoT paid Meremeta debts amounting to Sh155 billion for unknown reasons.
The CAG revealed that a total of $118,396,460.36 was transferred to an unknown account of Nedbank Ltd of South Africa through HSB of New York, in 2005/6. The balance of $13,736,628.73 was paid to Tangold account with NBC Corporate Branch Dar-Es-Salaam.


According to available details, Tangold Ltd is a foreign registered company that was registered again as an offshore company in Mauritus (No C 205006121) dated 8 April 2005 and subsequently registered in Tanzania as a branch of foreign company with Certificate of Compliance No 55661 dated 20th February 2006.
During last year's budget session, former Energy and Minerals minister Nazir Karamagi defended the defunct company, saying it was a Government project, which was later replaced by Tangold Ltd.


While winding up his budget speech, Mr Karamagi told Parliament that Meremeta was jointly owned by the Government and South African firm called TRENEX PTY LTD.


The company was formed in order to buy gold from small scale miners in Lake zone regions, with a business plan of buying 300kg of gold a month. However, Mr Karamagi said it managed to buy only 40kgs.

I think this company has nothing to do with Mining gold. I think it has to do with training and modernizing our armed forces. That is training specia forces and so forth. Remember Kiwete once said, he wants to modernise our army? Now that is why it can not be disclosed by the government, I THINK!!!

 

[Mpaka Kieleweke]

Nsunza I Beg To Differ With You When You Say Army Training.....thats Not True At All.

 

[jmushi1]

I think this company has nothing to do with Mining gold. I think it has to do with training and modernizing our armed forces. That is training specia forces and so forth. Remember Kiwete once said, he wants to modernise our army? Now that is why it can not be disclosed by the government, I THINK!!!

SASA KAMA KULIKUWA NA WANAJESHI MAFISADI WENYE HISA AMBAO WALIITUMIA NAFASI HIYO KUTUIBIA WANANCHI KWA KUSHIRIKIANA NA ccm MTANDAO..THEN NI KWANINI MWEMA ASIKAMATE?
KWANI KUNA WATU WANAHODHI NCHI KAMA MALI BINAFSI NA SISI TUKAE TU?

 

[jmushi1]

Nsunza I Beg To Differ With You When You Say Army Training.....thats Not True At All.

Huyu mtu hapo ameonyesha kuwa hakuna connection yoyote ile ya kuweza kusema MEREMETA NI MALI YA JESHI NA SI WATU FLANI FLANI WALIOJIKABIDHI TAIFA LETU KWAO NA KWA FAMILIA ZAO!
NI MPAMBANO WA UHURU!
NA NDIO MAANA NIKASEMA KABLA HATUJAPIGANIA UHURU WA ZIMBABWE..TUUPIGANIE WETU KWANZA!

 

[jmushi1]

Mbinu za baadhi ya mafia wa mataifa ya kimagharibi pamoja na wale wa AFRIKA za kuanzisha vita ya wenyewe kwa wenyewe kwa ku channel pesa za rushwa na kuwakumba hata wale ambao ni safi ili wasiweze kuukemea Ufisadi inavyotakiwa...Pia wasiweze kuyapinga mataifa hayo wazi wazi wakati wa propaganda zao za WEST!

HATUA HIZO YA KIMAFIA...IMEPELEKEA MAPIGANO MAKUBWA YA WENYEWE KWA WENYEWE NA NDIYO MAANA AFRIKA HAIKALIKI!
AFRIKA TUKATAE!

TUNAANZIA TZ HADI AFRIKA NZIMA!

TUWAKATAZE ZIMBABWE KUPIGANA WENYEWE KWA WENYEWE KWANI THE NEW SCRAMBLE FOR AFRIKA IS ON THE WORK!

PIA MSIACHE KULIOMBEA TAIFA,BARA NA DUNIA KWA UJUMLA!

 

[Zitto]

Mimi niliwaambia watu huyu mtu bonge la joker the very first day aliposimama katika bunge kukubali uwaziri mkuu.

Watu ooh aaah, tunaona sasa.

Pundit, i beg your pardon. Sio joker...... kuna kitu zaidi ya hapo. Kadanganywa vibaya sana. Bunge, lisiambiwe ni usalama wa Taifa. Kamati ya Rais ya Madini inaambiwa.... usalama gani wa Taifa kwa watu ambao hata hawajala kiapo cha kuficha siri? Usalama gani wa Taifa mbele ya wafanyabiashara wasio wabunge na wengine hawajawahi kuwa katika utumishi wa Umma. Kuna distortions from the government side and from the opposition side. Now the whole truth has to be said. HAKUNA USALAMA WA TAIFA. Nipo Kigoma, narudi huko. Mungu aniweke tu.... Nasema hapa ilki iwe wazi na sina cha kuficha ili niibuke tu Bungeni.

Its not about Pinda, its the nation. Our country!

 

[Mwafrika wa Kike]

Pundit, i beg your pardon. Sio joker...... kuna kitu zaidi ya hapo. Kadanganywa vibaya sana. Bunge, lisiambiwe ni usalama wa Taifa. Kamati ya Rais ya Madini inaambiwa.... usalama gani wa Taifa kwa watu ambao hata hawajala kiapo cha kuficha siri? Usalama gani wa Taifa mbele ya wafanyabiashara wasio wabunge na wengine hawajawahi kuwa katika utumishi wa Umma. Kuna distortions from the government side and from the opposition side. Now the whole truth has to be said. HAKUNA USALAMA WA TAIFA. Nipo Kigoma, narudi huko. Mungu aniweke tu.... Nasema hapa ilki iwe wazi na sina cha kuficha ili niibuke tu Bungeni.

Its not about Pinda, its the nation. Our country!

Zitto,

Mwaka huu hata wakitumia visingizio vya usalama wa taifa kama ambavyo wamekuwa wanafanya miaka yote bado moto utawawakia.... jipange vizuri ili wazidi kubanwa....

Tunakuombea mwanawane.....

 

[Mpaka Kieleweke]

Zitto put on ur phone now .........

 

[Zitto]

Maoni ya kila mtu yawekwe hapa!
Mambo ya ZIMBABWE TUSHAWAACHIA WAZIMBABWE!
NA SASA NI TANZANIA!
WALE WANAOJIDAI KUWA NA UCHUNGU NA ZIMBABWE KULIKO TZ NI UAFRIKA BORA HAWAELEWI MAMBO WALA THE REAL MEANING TO PATRIOTISM!

SASA HII ISSUE A SIRI YA JESHI IMEKAA KINYERERE NYERERE KWANI ENZI HIZO ZA UJAMAA NDIO ILIKUWA KAULI MBINU!
SASA SIJUI MKAPA AMBAYE NI FAMILIA YA NYERERE ALIKUMBUSHIWA GIA HIYO NA NANI!
MAANA HATA WALE VIMBELE MBELE KAMA KINA BUTIKU NA WARIOBA WALIOKUWA WAKISEMA WAKAMATWE SASA NI KIMYA!
TUTAJUA KILA KITU NA WATAKAOCHAGUA UPANDE WA MAFISADI NI WA KUCHOMELEWA MBALI!

Usiwe narrow minded Mushi
Zimbabwe ni ajenda na tutaendelea kuizungumza na Ufisadi ni ajenda ya ndani. Umeona wapi nchi haina interest na mataifa mengine wewe? Ukiambiwa meremeta ina links na zimbabwe utasemaje? Be broad wewe, uwe na bigger picture ya mambo na usiwe parochial

 

[Zitto]

Zitto put on ur phone now .........

Sitaki wanipigie. Strategic off air
DODOMMA kesho

 

[think BIG]

Meremeta haina uhusiano wowote na "siri" za kijeshi! Huo ni ufisadi mwingine!
Masuala ya "Training" huu ni uzushi mazoezi yote ya kijeshi wananchi wamekuwa wakitangaziwa, hususani wale walio karibu na eneo la mazoezi, sasa hayo mazoezi yalifanyikia wapi "MARS" ama "JUPITER" na lini!!??

Kama tuliweza kuambiwa manunuzi ya "rada" na "helkopta" mbili za kijeshi, nini tena kilichobaki ili kuwa siri ya kijeshi??

 

[Mpaka Kieleweke]

Sitaki wanipigie. Strategic off air
DODOMMA kesho

Then urgent issue 4 u please...

 

[Nemesis]

Wakuu naomba kuuliza kaswali: Hivi miradi ya Jeshi huwa haiingizwi kwenye orodha ya mali za Serikali? na hesabu zake huwa hazikaguliwi na makaguzi mkuu wa Serikali? na nafasi ya hao wakurugenzi yaani the late Balali, Chenge nk ni ipi?

 

[Kuhani]

Sio joker.... Kadanganywa vibaya sana....

...Kuna distortions from the government side and from the opposition side

Its not about Pinda, its the nation. Our country!

Sasa hapa Mkuu wangu Zitto naomba awe makini, makini, makini mno kusema Pinda anadanganywa.

"Distortions from the goverment"? Kama Serikali sio Pinda, basi hakuna kitu kinachoitwa Serikali!

Waziri Mkuu ana uwezo wa kupata ukweli wa nyeti yoyote ile. Chochote. Tena Pinda katoka Ikulu na Usalama, anajua nani ana 'dataz' na atampata vipi.

Kusema "Its not about Pinda, its the nation. Our country!" inaweza kutafsiriwa vibaya sana Mkuu Zitto.

Kana kwamba unataka ku deflect the heat from Pinda. Iende kwa Serikali. Serikali ni nani?

 

[Steve Dii]

Meremeta haina uhusiano wowote na "siri" za kijeshi! Huo ni ufisadi mwingine!
Masuala ya "Training" huu ni uzushi mazoezi yote ya kijeshi wananchi wamekuwa wakitangaziwa, hususani wale walio karibu na eneo la mazoezi, sasa hayo mazoezi yalifanyikia wapi "MARS" ama "JUPITER" na lini!!??

Kama tuliweza kuambiwa manunuzi ya "rada" na "helkopta" mbili za kijeshi, nini tena kilichobaki ili kuwa siri ya kijeshi??

...ambavyo vyote hivi sasa tunajua kuwa vilikuwa bomu au vilinunuliwa kwa njia za kiufisadi.... kwenye haya wanayotaka kuficha itakuwaje sasa?! ....kauli zao kwa kweli hivi sasa zinatia kinyaa!!

 

[jmushi1]

usiwe Narrow Minded Mushi
Zimbabwe Ni Ajenda Na Tutaendelea Kuizungumza Na Ufisadi Ni Ajenda Ya Ndani. Umeona Wapi Nchi Haina Interest Na Mataifa Mengine Wewe? Ukiambiwa Meremeta Ina Links Na Zimbabwe Utasemaje? Be Broad Wewe, Uwe Na Bigger Picture Ya Mambo Na Usiwe Parochial

Kama Madai Yako Ya Kunidhalilisha Kuwa Nina Akili Finyu!
Then Soma Hii Habari Hapo Chini Na Uniambie Umeilewa Vipi Na Ukishindwa Sisemi Kitu Hadi Ukamwite Rafikiyo Fisadi Kikwte!

a New "scramble For Africa" Is Taking Place Among The World's Big Powers, Who Are Tapping Into The Continent For Its Oil And Diamonds.

Tony Blair Is Pushing Hard For African Debt Relief Agreements In The Run-up To The G8 Summit In Scotland In July. But While Sub-saharan Africa Is The Object Of The West's Charitable Concern, Billions Of Pounds' Worth Of Natural Resources Are Being Removed From It.
a Guardian Investigation Beginning Today Reveals That Instead Of Enriching Often Debt-ridden Countries, Some Big Corporations Are Accused By Campaigners Of Facilitating Corruption And Provoking Instability - So Much So That Organisations Such As Friends Of The Earth Talk Of An "oil Curse".
simon Taylor, Director Of Global Witness, Which Has Been Prominent In Urging Reform, Said: "western Companies And Banks Have Colluded In Stripping Africa's Resources. We Need To Track Revenues From Oil, Mining And Logging Into National Budgets To Make Sure That The Money Isn't Siphoned Off By Corrupt Officials."
looting Of State Assets By Corrupt Leaders Should Become A Crime Under International Law, He Said.
"the G8 Should Take The Lead In This."
the Original Scramble For Africa Took Place In The Late 19th Century, When Britain, France And Germany Competed To Carve Africa Into Colonies.
today Corporations From The Us, France, Britain And China Are Competing To Profit From The Rulers Of Often Chaotic And Corrupt Regimes.
our Investigations In Three African Countries Rich In Resources - Angola, Equatorial Guinea And Liberia - Show How British-based Companies Have Negotiated Deals That Critics Say Are Against The Interests Of Some Of The Poorest And Most Traumatised People On Earth.
the Guardian's Inquiries Focus On A Big Gas Project In Equatorial Guinea; Plans To Exploit Liberia's Diamonds, And Western Banks' Readiness To Provide Angola With Huge Oil-backed Loans.
in Equatorial Guinea, Bg Plc (formerly The British Gas State Company) Has Closed A Deal With The Regime Of President Teodoro Obiang To Buy Up The Country's Production Of Liquefied Natural Gas For The Next 17 Years.
britain's Hsbc Bank Has Been Accused By A Us Senate Committee Of Helping Mr Obiang Move Cash From The Country's Oil Revenues Into Financial "black Holes" In Luxembourg And Cyprus. The Country Is Threatened With Repeated Coups By Outsiders Keen To Get Their Hands On The Oil Wealth.
in Liberia, Which Has Been Beset By Civil War, Lib, A Private London Bank, Was Behind Attempts To Monopolise Alluvial Diamond Production And The Country's Telecommunications. The Un And The World Bank Have Criticised The Schemes As Secretive And Against The Country's Interests. Lib Has Now Withdrawn.
and In Angola, The Victim Of An Even More Destructive Internal War, One Of The Uk's Leading Development Banks, Standard Chartered, Has Been Accused Of Damaging The Country's Economy By Providing Record Multibillion Dollar Loans Which Give A Stranglehold Over Future Oil Production.
a Succession Of Scandals Has Already Revealed How Oil Wealth Was Looted In Billions From The Former Abacha Military Regime In Nigeria With The Assistance Of Western Banks And Bribes Paid By Us Oil Firms.
in Sudan And Chad, Chinese Companies Are Moving In, Backing And Arming Military Rulers And Building Pipelines.
and In France, The Then State Oil Company Elf Has Been Accused In Corruption Investigations Of Having Paid Kickbacks And Encouraged Regimes To Run Up Debts As Part Of A Deliberate "african Strategy".
congo-brazzaville, The Fourth-largest Sub-saharan Oil Producer, Was Dominated By Elf, And Now Has The Highest Per Capita Debt In The World.
global Witness Says In A 2004 Report: "oil Wealth [there] Has Left A Legacy Of Corruption, Poverty And Conflict."
the British Government Is Pushing An International Plan For Disclosure By Companies Of How Much They Pay African Rulers For Their Natural Resources. The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Has Been Praised By Anti-corruption Bodies.
but Campaigners Say That On Present Evidence Improvements In Western Behaviour So Far Appear Slight. And They Fear The Chances Of These Issues Being Raised As Priorities At The G8 Summit At Gleneagles In July Remain Bleak As Eu Countries Quibble About Levels Of Aid And The Us Balks At Innovative Schemes For Debt Relief. gareth Thomas, The International Development Minister, Said Britain Hoped To Have 20 African Countries Signed Up To The Transparency Code By The End Of The Year. "there Is Big Political Support For This Programme And We Will Be Addressing The Issue In The G8 Summit Communique," He Said.

 

[Nyangumi]

Niliwahi kugusia hapo nyuma kuhusu varangati kati ya mtoto wa mboma na yona iliyotokea baa moja huko sinza siku za nyuma.
Cha kushangaza uligeuka kuwa mzozo ambao ulisuluhishwa na Che Nkapa..

Just imagine watoto wanakwaruzana baa kwenye kinywaji inakuwa ni kesi ya kusuhishwa na presidaa..nadhani katika usuluhishi wake aliwaambia nyie ni watoto wa familia moja na baba mmoja hivyo msigombane baa mtawa watu picha ya bure wapate ya kuzungumza mtaani..maana watoto walikuwa wanataka kuonyeshana nani zaidi!!

Ngoja niendelee kuunganisha dot...si jambo la kupuuzia

Wakuu mtanisamehe pale nitakapokuwa nimekosea unajua umri tena kumbukumbu zinapotea.

Wakati wa uongozi wa jenerali Mbona kuliwahitokea kutunishiana misuli kati ya Mkapa na Mboma katika kipindi ambacho Mboma alikaribia kustaafu. Nyepesi nyepesi zilisema ilikuwa ni mambo ya pesa(labda ndo hiyo Meremeta) ili kumpooza Mboma, vibali vya kuingiza sukari toka nje bila ushuru vilitolewa. Baada ya magazeti kuandika kuhusu utolewaji huo wa vibali na waziri wa fedha(Yona)bila kufuata taratibu wakaona watumie kofia ya jeshi, lakini ukweli ni kuwa matani ya sukari iliyoingizwa yalimnufaisha Mboma, kuanzia ushuru.

Nimekaa nikafikiri kwanini Mkapa amekuwa jeuri kwa kashfa zote hizi, kwanini JK amekaa kimya kuwachukulia hatua hawa majambazi,wakati nchi yake inateketea,kwanini viongozi wetu wanatuibia na kuja kutudanganya waziawazi kama akina Pinda, kwa nini wabunge wetu baadhi wako kimya na wengine wanatetea maafisadi? Hii gut na courage wanaitoa wapi? Nikagundua wanaitoa kwetu sisi wananchi. Yaani kwa kuibiwa kote huku na bado tunadanganywa na viongozi tunaotegemea wachukue hatua, tumeshindwa hata kuandamana tu!!! Viongozi wetu wanajua kama wao nimazumbukuku basi sisi wanachi nimazumbukuku no. 1. Pinda asingekuja na utumbo huu kama angejua kuwa wananchi tutachukua hatua.
Maandamano ya amani ya kushinikiza uwajibikaji, majibu sahihi ya kashfa zote na uchukuliwaji wa hatua kwa wahusika wote ndo dawa.

 

[Mpaka Kieleweke]

Huu ni mwaka wa shetani na mafisadi lazima wataokoka tuu kwani wamelinywa na sasa lazima walikoroge...

 

[Pundit]

Sasa hapa Mkuu wangu Zitto naomba awe makini, makini, makini mno kusema Pinda anadanganywa.

"Distortions from the goverment"? Kama Serikali sio Pinda, basi hakuna kitu kinachoitwa Serikali!

Waziri Mkuu ana uwezo wa kupata ukweli wa nyeti yoyote ile. Chochote. Tena Pinda katoka Ikulu na Usalama, anajua nani ana 'dataz' na atampata vipi.

Kusema "...Its not about Pinda, its the nation. Our country!" inaweza kutafsiriwa vibaya sana Mkuu Zitto.

Kana kwamba unataka ku deflect the heat from Pinda. Iende kwa Serikali. Serikali ni nani?

Haya ndiyo mambo ya "The president was misled"

Rais akiwa misled, akichukua ushauri bila ku verify, hilo suala linakuwa responsibility yake na si ya aliyempa ushauri kwa sababu rais ana nguvu zote za dola na responsibility yote huishia kwake.

Mara nyingi watu wanaosema "The president was misled" au "the PM was misled" wanakuwa either ni wapambe au watu fulani ambao wako diplomatic to a fault na hawawezi kusema "The president erred" of "The PM erred"

 

[jmushi1]

Eti ZIMBABWE ZIMBAWE!
ZIMBABWE NA NCHI IMEUZWA?
NI VITA YA UHURU!
NANI KAKUPELEKA BUNGENI KUPIGA KELELE ZA ZIMBABWE ULIZOAMBIWA NA KIKWETE?
HIVI NIWAULIZE HAO WANANCHI WAKO WA HUKO KIGOMA AMBAKO KUMEPIGIKA KAMA WALIKUTUMA KUFANYA NINI?
NA KAMA UNGEWAAMBIA KUWA UNAKWENDA BUNGENI KUFANYA KAZI ZA KIKWETE NA ZIMBABWE,UK,KICHAKA NA WENZANKE...KWA AKILI ZAKO NYINGI WANGEKUPA KURA?
KUMBE WENGINE WATOTO KWENYE POLITICS NYIE!
I DIDN'T CHOOSE POLITICS...POLITICS CHOSE ME!
NA SITATEREKA HATA KAMA UNA WAPAMBE!
LETENI MAMBO NIKO HAPA!