Sakata la Kashfa ya Richmond: The Facts

naona kuna threads mbili zenye same tittle. cante they be combined?
 
unafiki wa viongozi wetu hata aibu haoni!
 
Mwakyembe promises no-nonsense Richmond probe

2007-11-16 08:47:19
By Pastory Nguvu in Dodoma


The chairman of the Parliamentary Committee that will probe the awarding of the power generating contract to Richmond Development Corporation has said that Tanzanians should expect a reliable report once the investigations have been completed.

This was said yesterday by Kyela MP Dr Harrison Mwakyembe, who was elected yesterday by fellow team members to chair the group. Engineer Stella Manyanya becomes the Vice Chairperson.

`We shall make an in depth investigation. We are not going to let the people down. We shall demand to be furnished with original contract documents, not photocopies so as to avoid being hoodwinked,` Dr Mwakyembe told The Guardian.

He added: `We shall not accept photocopies. Luckily, our committee is legally empowered to summon anybody whom we think shall assist us in conducting the investigations.`

Dr Mwakyembe said although the investigations were supposed to be ready within a short period of one month, they would do their bestto complete both the scrutiny of documents and investigations by December 15.

The committee commenced its work yesterday.

Earlier, the parliamentary select committee that was formed on Tuesday by the Speaker of the National Assembly Samuel Sitta to investigate the Richmond scandal was given four weeks to complete its work.

Deputy Speaker Anna Makinda said the five-member team would complete its assignment on December 15, this year and present its report to the Speaker.

Probe team members were expected to hold a meeting with the Speaker to discuss modalities of carrying out the task.

The Speaker formed the select committee consisting of House members Harrison Mwakyembe, Eng. Stella Manyanya, Mohammed Mnyaa, Lucas Seleli and James Mtangi on Tuesday evening, after Members of Parliament had demanded an investigation into circumstances that had made the government enter into a contract with the controversial power-generating firm.

The parliamentary probe committee will investigate who is Richmond Development Corporation, who owns it, how the firm secured the power generating contract and whether the method to acquire the contract was legal.

SOURCE: Guardian
 
Richmond probe team gets down to business: Terms of reference mapped out, Dec 15 set as deadline

THISDAY REPORTER
Dar es Salaam

THE newly-appointed parliamentary probe committee on the 172.9bn/- Richmond power generation deal yesterday began its work by examining various key documents related to the controversial contract.

Speaking by telephone from Dodoma, committee chairman Dr Harrison Mwakyembe said this was the first move before summoning relevant people for questioning.

’’We have started our assignment with immediate effect. To start with, we are looking at the different documents available on the issue, and then after that we can actually start calling those familiar with the matter to appear before the committee,’’ said Dr Mwakyembe, the legislator for Kyela on a CCM ticket.

He told THISDAY that the five-member select committee had no intention of leaving any stone unturned in the probe, and hinted that a number of individuals familiar with the Richmond contract would be asked by the committee to offer relevant information.

Mwakyembe said the committee has been given until December 15 this year � a period of approximately four weeks - to conclude its work. Other committee members are Lucas Selelii (Nzega-CCM), Herbert Mntangi (Muheza-CCM), Ms Stella Manyanya (Special Seats-CCM) and Mohamed Mnyaa (Mkanyageni-CUF).

The Speaker of the National Assembly, Samuel Sitta, announced in the House that the probe team has been given six terms of reference to guide them in their work. These include to establish who are the exact owners of the US-registered Richmond Development Company; what is the nature of the company’s activities; and how suitable was it to be awarded the contract to generate 100MW gas-powered electricity to the national grid.

The team has also been tasked with evaluating the entire tender process leading up to the highly-controversial decision to eventually award the contract to Richmond, including assessing the circumstances behind the tender process and establishing whether or not all legal, regulatory and ethical procedures were followed.

According to the terms of reference as seen by THISDAY, the committee will scrutinise the contract signed on June 23 last year between Richmond and the Tanzania Electrical Supply Company Limited (TANESCO), and compare its provisions with other similar government contracts.

The probe team will also review the various contractual rights and services given to Richmond, such as the opening of a letter of credit, and determine the legality of such favours.

The probe team has further been given the mandate to review and offer its opinion on previous reports related to the Richmond deal, prepared by the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB), the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA), and any other agencies.

Committee members will also be required to review any other issue connected with the Richmond deal, and recommend possible improvements to future government tender processes in the best interests of the nation.

According to THISDAY’s latest findings, a total of 17 officials from both sides (the government and Richmond Development Company) participated in the contract negotiations conducted in Dar es Salaam between June 8 to 15 last year.

Speaking in parliament on Tuesday evening, the Minister for Energy and Minerals, Nazir Karamagi, pledged full cooperation in the latest Richmond probe, stating: ’’I will give the probe team all documents involving the floating of the tender and the consequent signing of the contract agreement.’’

This was partly in response to a complaint raised in the House by ruling party MP Christopher Ole-Sendeka (Simanjiro�CCM), to the effect that Karamagi had refused to furnish the parliamentary trade and investments committee with a copy of the suspect contract between Richmond and TANESCO.

The minister, who was clearly on the defensive, said his office had not received any formal request for the contract from the Bunge standing committee. ’’No one informed me that the committee needed the documents,’’ he stressed.

Several other MPs, including Ms Mhonga Said Ruhwanya (Special Seats�CHADEMA), demanded to be furnished with the names of the Richmond company’s top executives, as well as the identity of the top government leader(s) who is said to have influenced the awarding of the contract to the US-registered firm.

According to the opposition lawmaker, it was important for MPs to be told who ’’this influential culprit in government who interfered in the tender process’’ was.

MPs were clearly perturbed over how Richmond could have been given such a massive power generation contract even after the same company had previously failed to implement another project involving construction of a fuel pipeline from Dar es Salaam to Mwanza.

Quoting from the PPRA report on the power deal, Dr Wilbrod Peter Slaa (Karatu�CHADEMA) underscored in the House that the state-run public procurement watchdog had declared that the contract between TANESCO and Richmond was ’’signed at night under strange circumstances.’’

According to the same report, TANESCO was ultimately ’ordered’ to sign a contract it did not want and enter into business with a company it had already rejected as being incompetent.

And facts on the ground show that Richmond later all but breached its part of the deal when, in December last year, it assigned the contract to Dowans Holdings S.A company of the United Arab Emirates.
 

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Sidhani kama kuna mtu ambaye ni member hapa anaitakia mabaya JF, na kama yupo basi mie simjui!!!.
MKJJ ni mtu poa sana, na nina amini kwamba mara nyingi kama si zote mie binafsi huwa ana nielewa nikimpa-vipush vya hapa na pale. Lakini msemaji wake(mwafrika wa kike) ni "roporopo" apendae kwenda personal na kuchora mistari kwenye mchanga bila sababu........mie binafsi nimeitwa JF hater, why would I hate JF??. Its for me to know,and you guyz to find out.....nasubiri jibu!!. Mwkjj ni sniper in the open au unaweza kusema ni stationary target, nothing personal.......kuna story ya "best student" ktk darasa, je unajua maprofesa na wanafunzi wenzake watamfanya nini?? kaa ukijua kwamba alwayz xpectations huwa zinakuwa juu!!!. Nasubiri kushambuliwa na "Binti Majongo", make my weekend!!.

Weekend njema, jioni hii tunatoa kibano (celtics hao) na jumapili tunasubiri Buffalo Bills, tuna version ya "Stockton to Malone" ktk football ambayo ni "Tom brady to Randy Moss".. hail mary,touchdown, Randy Moss.....watu wamesha-win superbowl in the middle of the season!!.
 
tujifunze toka kwa Mwafrika wa kike tupambane na MAFISADI wa JF

Mkuu Ogah,

Heshima mbele mkuu, siku zote ninakuweka kwenye wachangiaji wa hali ya juu katika hii forum, this is not you maana if it was ungesema hayo majina ya mafisadi wa JF, maana siku zote wewe Spad huiita Spade, sasa vipi kwenye hili la wafisadi wa JF? Hivi wapo? Na ni kina nani hao?

Wazee tukateni ishu, tuache hizi nywepesi nywepesi!
 

GREAT SAAAAAAANA !! KAMUA BABA KWA RAHA MTINDO MMOJA !
 

wapo, na walishajitaja !
walijihukumu wenyewe !
 
serikali kununua mkataba wa Richmond..karamagi kasema kulipia gharama za uendeshaji ni ghali kuliko kuunua..hawakulijua hili?Naona wanataka kumalizia dili kabisa sasa
AM TIRED
 

Utaacha lini kulialia kama mtoto? kama kitu umeambiwa unajenga hoja kujibu au unatafuta the way kujieleza. Maelezo yako hapa JF sometimes in the past ulisema kuwa ndio maana hata hujajiunga na vyama vya wabongo maana mambo yao yanaboa.

Kila mara unajisifia hapa kuwa una argument za kisomi za Havard na wengine hawana, mara JF imekuwa so and so! nilikuambia kuwa utashindwa na kweli umethibitisha kuwa umeshidwa maana JF bado ipo na inatesa na wewe kuanzia uage kuwa una the best things to do bado unarudi hapa every other minute.


Ungejiuliza hili swali wakati ule kabla wewe na makada wenzako mulivyoanzisha kampeni ya kupondea JF. Wengine wakafikia hatua hadi kutangaza forum sijui tanzanet, na mwingine juzi ameanza kuweka clips za youngafricans lakini wote mmeshindwa. Hii kitu inapitisha mambo kibao sana hapa toka serikalini kwenda kwenye papers nyumbani moja kwa moja au underground, hata MUNGU naye atailinda hii forum na membaz wake wanaoipenda.


wakati mwingine msomi wetu wa muhimbili na "havard" hata unatia huruma, yaani Dean wa Havard akisoma hii argument yako itabidi tu wafute "jina lako" maana unaaibisha chuo.

Unajiandaa kuwa defensive kuwa unategemea kushambuliwa ... yup hapa hakopeshwi mtu. Na sasa hivi kwa vile umethibitisha kuwa kumbe huna hayo mambo muhimu ya kufanya na utakuwa hapa JF 24 hrs basi tegemea kushambuliwa mpaka siku ukiacha kupondea hii forum na membaz wake kwa nia yako mbaya hiyo.


Mwanzoni nilikuwa na-fall kwa hizi sport stories zako ila kwa sasa hakuna break hapa. I guarantee you kuwa utachoka hapa na JF itaendelea kuwepo regardless of what happens in new england!
 


As usual same b.s!!! Harvard, unajifanya msomi, unapondea JF na bla bla bla, same ol' same yaani kwa kifupi unaboa............si quit ng'ooo!!!!.
 
YournameisMINE said:
As usual same b.s!!! Harvard, unajifanya msomi, unapondea JF na bla bla bla, same ol' same yaani kwa kifupi unaboa............si quit ng'ooo!!!!.
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Nilijua tu kuwa kuaga kwako ni daganya toto...

karibu na endelea kuwa memba wa JF bila kuipondea
 
mwafrika wa kike said:
Nilijua tu kuwa kuaga kwako ni daganya toto...

karibu na endelea kuwa memba wa JF bila kuipondea
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Sasa kelele za nini? shut the f@&k up and enjoy the ride, unadhani mie nitajipendekeza kwako?? nasema na nitasema chochote nitakacho, kwanza upinzani bongo sucks!!!!. Sipo hapa ku-rubber stamp hizo copy and paste zako, alaaaaaaa hao mashoga zako wanavyokusifia kwa udomo kaya basi likichwa lako "kipara" linavimba na kujiona wewe ndio kifimbo cheza wa JF. Acha ufitinishi, acha kupakazia watu, kama mtu akubaliani na wewe basi usimfanye adui. Huyo mwanakijiji unayesema unamtetea, mara nyingine huwa anakushangaa unapo volunteer u-human shield kwa ajili yake........shut up unadili na watu wa premier si viligi vya mchangani ulivyozoea!!!!!! Chukua topaz aaaight!?
 

utakula nyembe kwa hasira!

ha ha ha ah, gonga kichwa ukutani au something
utaita kila name mwaka huu
 
...basi jamani we all brothers and sisters, naomba mfunge hii argument mnaelekea kusiko, YournameisMINE please bro, take it easy na mwafrika wa Kike, please take it easy too sista. Take this as a challenge and learn from this argument, WE CAN REASON WITHOUT FIGHTING!! This is just a misunderstanding guyz!PEACE!!
 
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