Mag3 umeenda vizuri sana.. hasa hiyo no. 5 ila swali: Kwanini unafikiri/unaamini kuna kampuni huo UAE inayoitwa Dowans Holdings?
Mwanakijiji, hapa ndipo kwenye utata. Kampuni inajulikana kama
Dowans Holdings S.A of the United Arab Emirates. Hawa wezi wetu wanaona mbali sana - naamini haya yote yalianzia Tz yakasukwa UAE yakahamia US na sasa yataishia huko huko UAE.
Inaitwa Tanzania-Dubai connection. Mipango ya kununua mitambo ya Richmond ilianza zamani na ilijulikana itanunuliwa baada ya mkataba kwisha, period - na si sababu ya dharura sasa hivi.
Hebu tujikumbushe kidogo hapo nyuma:-
Government to buy Richmond plant?
Source : This Day
Posted by: Yeboyebo on 18-Nov-2007
THISDAY REPORTER
Dar es Salaam
A SERIOUS proposal is now in the wind that the government could very well end up ultimately buying the 100-megawatt, gas-to-electricity power plant from Richmond/Dowans after the expiry of the hugely controversial two-year lease contract entered into mid-last year.
Apart from raising serious queries about the manner in which the 172.9bn/- contract was awarded to Richmond Development Company, the state-run Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) has also highlighted the possibility of the government itself purchasing the plant in the near future.
The US-registered Richmond company, whose contract with the government and the Tanzania Electric Supply Company (TANESCO) was last December taken over by Dowans Holdings S.A of the United Arab Emirates, has installed and operational gas-powered turbines stationed at Ubungo in Dar es Salaam.
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'There are proposals now that the (Richmond/Dowans) power plants be sold to the government after the two-year lease period,'' the PPRA stated in its August report on the Richmond power deal.
Speaking in parliament this week, the Minister for Energy and Minerals, Nazir Karamagi, said it could be more cost-effective for the government to buy its own power generators, compared to leasing the plant from Richmond as is the case currently.
According to Karamagi who was responding to queries from MPs in the House, it would be cheaper for the government to have its own power plants during ''crisis situations.''
Although the minister made no mention of the government's intention or otherwise to buy the plant from Richmond after the expiry of the lease agreement, various sources within government circles have strongly hinted at the possibility of the turbines being eventually handed over to TANESCO.
This is despite the government being so far unsuccessful in its attempts to buy the $123m, also 100MW Independent Power Tanzania Limited (IPTL) thermal power generating plant at Salasala on the outskirts of Dar es Salaam from its Malaysian owners.
Amongst MPs whose comments in the House led to Karamagi's somewhat guarded response, was Mohamed Juma Mnyaa of Mkanyageni Constituency, representing the opposition Civil United Front (CUF).
Mnyaa, the current shadow minister for energy and minerals, demanded an explanation as to why the government did not purchase its own power turbines as a possibly cheaper option than leasing the plants from Richmond.
The opposition legislator raised the query hardly a day before being named by House Speaker Samuel Sitta in the new parliamentary probe committee on the Richmond deal
He asserted that the government could have spent just $36m to buy its own 100MW capacity turbines, instead of entering into the expensive $175m contract with Richmond.
The five-member Bunge probe team has been given until December 15 this year to conclude its work under a set of six terms of reference issued by the Speaker to serve as a guideline.
According to committee chairman Dr Harrison Mwakyembe, the work has already started and the first order of business would be to examine all documentation related to the lease agreement, before summoning relevant people for questioning.
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