The link to the president no problem for embassy
There is nothing negative in former top people from environmental authorities managing organisations or being on the boards and doing volunteer work, Inger Naess, Counsellor at the Norwegian Embassy in Tanzania, told Aftenposten in January.
She thought it was quite unproblematic that former senior officials from the government, Tanzanian environmental authorities are controlling WCST, and confirmed that the Norwegian embassy knew this right from the start. Naess said that Gamassa has been one of several main contacts for the embassy.
The pension age here is 60, and it is good and natural that resourceful people are contributing. If you have previously worked in the ministry that does not disqualify you from managing an NGO that receives Norwegian aid money, Naess said.
As the suspicion of financial irregularities has been strengthened in recent months, Aftenposten asked again whether the embassy believes the link to the government apparatus is problematic. The embassy had nothing to add.