Kibanga Ampiga Mkoloni
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Namjua Patrick kupita kiasi .kaa chonjo Unajua uhusiano wa Patrick na jakaya na mwandosya na Alnoor kasum wewe? What do they have in common Kama wewe unamjua saaaana Rick .kwa taarifa Yako week tatu zijazo anahudhuria mkutano wa UN na Picha Nita post .mtoto as mkulima Shida imekujaaDuh! Upweke wa Amerika unaweza sababisha mtu akomenti maoni ya kiwendawazimu!
miaka 17 anaitafuna nchi tu da kweli mungu..........
Ruta aliomba mwenyewe apumzike. Ni mchapa kazi. Kila alipoenda alisafisha. Ardhi amewanyoosha.
Mmmh, Shemeg! Please convince me hapo kwenye red.
Si ndugu yake. Naandika nilichokiona na kukijua.
Dar es Salaam, April 1998
Patrick Rutabanzibwa , briefs President Mkapa on IPTL. Like James Rugemalira, Rutabanzibwa is from Kagera, but there the similarity ends. Rutabanzibwa is from an aristocratic clan and is the son of a former ambassador. He studied in the US and the UK. He is a brilliant technocrat, dedicated to the development of Tanzania.
Rutabanzibwa was Commissioner for Energy when the IPTL project was first launched. He knows there is no need for extra generating capacity and that even if there was, IPTL would be the most expensive, rather than the 'least cost' provider. But he is surrounded by pro-IPTL lobbyists in Tanesco, his Ministry, and the government, who are constantly trying to undermine him. He knows that when investment projects are taken over by politicians, technocrats like himself are sidelined, and only wheeled out to endorse decisions, however crazy, that have already been made.
Rutabanzibwa tries to convince the President that IPTL 'is a disaster waiting to happen.' If the cost of IPTL is passed on to the consumer, Mkapa will not make many friends. Business and private consumers will face huge increases in electricity prices. Donors will be incensed. Their dismissive attitude towards IPTL is on record.
On the other hand, many heavyweights in the party and cabinet are in favour of IPTL. They try to convince the President that Rutabanzibwa is in the pay of the Bank and Songas. There will be another power crisis if IPTL is not added to the national grid, they argue. What if the rains fail again? Demand for power is growing fast .
Rutabanzibwa puts his job on the line: 'I promise you, Mr President, there will be no more power cuts between now and the next elections. If I'm wrong, I will resign.'
Rutabanzibwa has made his calculations. The 'El Niño' rains have struck East Africa. The dams are full to overflowing. An extra 180 megawatts of donor-financed hydro will come on stream in less than a year. Tanesco's demand projections for electricity are way too high. The big mining companies are signing power supply agreements with Tanesco and bringing in their own generators to run the mines.
Benjamin William Mkapa does not know what to do. He is caught in a hugely difficult bind. Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir had buttonholed him at a recent meeting of Commonwealth heads of government in Edinburgh to ask why Mechmar's project was not progressing faster. Rugemalira is publicly challenging the government to put up or shut up, as IPTL's affairs become increasingly convoluted. Cancelling IPTL would look like capitulation to donor pressures, a point hammered home in the press by IPTL.
Events conspire to force Mkapa's hand. In December 1997, we learn that IPTL has ordered medium- rather than slow-speed engines. An 'independent' report commissioned by IPTL claims that Tanesco was consulted and agreed to the switch, a claim hotly denied by Tanesco's Managing Director Baruany Luhanga. IPTL dismiss references to slow-speed engines in the PPA as a 'typing error'. Moreover, IPTL stick to the original project cost of $163 million, and refuse to provide documentary evidence demonstrating that they exercised due diligence in developing their project . IPTL claim there was an open tender, but that the relevant documents are 'lost'.
The unauthorised switch from slow- to medium-speed engines , refusal to produce evidence of the actual project costs as a basis for calculating tariffs, and dams full to capacity, lead Rutabanzibwa to urge Mkapa to cancel the deal. Finally, reluctantly, he agrees to challenge the project costings.
itakuwa ndo yenyewe. Ardhi kuko ovyo siku zote b ado watu wanasifiaHii ndio ID feki ya Ruta nini?
Alikua mzandiki balaa lakini shida alitetea marafiki zake waliovunja sheria na murua wa nchi
I find this character very interesting.......this is from Transparency International: