The Radar Scandal: Investigation & Progress
The Radar Scandal: Investigation & Progress
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Kuumia ni lazima ndugu zanguni lakini ni lazima tupambane nao hawa mafisadi mpaka tuwashinde. Tunaelekea kuwabana kila kukicha sasa wanatapata na muda si mrefu ushindi utakuwa ni wetu. Msikate tamaa katika mapambano yetu makali dhidi ya mafisadi wanaoiangamiza nchi yetu.
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BAE corruption investigation switches to Tanzania
Written by Guardian
Sunday, 13 April 2008
· Focus on £28m radar deal with East African state
· SFO's new director due to take over this month
Following the uproar over its halted Saudi investigation, the Serious Fraud Office is expected to decide whether to bring fresh corruption charges against arms manufacturer BAE within six weeks, over a second arms deal, this time with Tanzania.
A minister from the east African state has denied that more than $1m (£507,500) in his offshore accounts came from BAE.
Investigators involved in a three-year inquiry after the controversial deal to sell Tanzania a £28m radar system identified the money in Jersey accounts controlled by the poverty-striken country's infrastructure minister, Andrew Chenge.
Tanzania's anti-corruption bureau, which has been working with authorities in the UK, Switzerland and Jersey, wants to establish if the money is linked to multi-million pound secret commission payments made by BAE.
Chenge does not dispute the money in his Jersey accounts. But he told the Guardian: "The obvious inference [of the investigations] is that I have received for my benefit 'corrupt payments' from BAE. This is untrue."
He said he was only involved in minor aspects of the radar deal, which was promoted by other ministries and approved by the Tanzanian cabinet. His bank records, he said, would show investigators that "there is no connection to the BAE Tanzanian radar deal".
His US lawyer from Cleveland, Ohio, J Lewis Madorsky, added: "While the matters in question took place a number of years ago, we can state ... that any and all allegations of illegality, impropriety, misconduct and unethical behaviour made against our client are categorically and vigorously denied".
Investigators say Chenge could be a valuable witness. The target of their investigation is not him but BAE. The arms company made the commission payments to a local agent in Tanzania to promote the £28m radar sale, through an elaborate chain of offshore companies and a Swiss bank.
The agent has now left the country and is wanted by Interpol.
These developments come at a key moment in the BAE saga. A landmark high court ruling on Thursday said that the decision to drop the SFO's Saudi inquiry was wrong.
In a huge embarrassment for the British and Saudi governments, the court rejected the claims that the inquiry had to be closed down for reasons of national security and because lives would be at risk.
And it took the extraordinary step of naming Prince Bandar, the crown prince's son, as the man behind what it said could be characterised as an attempt to pervert the course of justice.
Former prime minister Tony Blair caused uproar by personally forcing a halt to investigations into the Saudi deal. The Guardian subsequently disclosed that £1bn had been paid into accounts controlled by Prince Bandar during the deal. Bandar says the payments were not improper.
Inspectors from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) grilled British officials in London last week about their failure to get results from any of their BAE investigations. Britain signed up to an international treaty to outlaw bribery, but there have never been any prosecutions.
The Tanzania deal, although smaller in cash terms than the Saudi deals, is equally controversial: Tanzania is one of the world's poorest countries, and the UK government is paying more than £100m this year to help the heavily-indebted country's budget.
It was Blair again who forced the radar deal through the British cabinet, despite protests from the then international development secretary, Clare Short. She said the sale, for which Tanzania had to borrow yet more from a commercial bank, was corrupt and "stank".
A lengthy SFO investigation in the UK subsequently discovered that 31% of the deal's contract price had been diverted via Switzerland.
BAE transferred the money to a subsidiary, Red Diamond Trading, registered anonymously in the British Virgin Islands.
Red Diamond then moved the cash to a Swiss account in the name of a Panama company, Envers Trading Corporation. This entity had two Panamanian nominee directors. But it was secretly controlled by a Tanzanian middleman, Shailesh Vithlani, according to Dar es Salaam court papers.
Investigators are now checking whether Vithlani arranged to pass any money in turn to Tanzanian politicians and officials.
Sources said the bank in Jersey had promptly frozen transactions and filed a suspicious activity report when the Tanzanian inquiries began.
Vithlani, who is of Indian extraction but holds a British passport, is listed as wanted by Interpol.
He has been charged by the Tanzanian anti-corruption bureau with lying to investigators, but has left the country. His whereabouts are unknown.
According to the charges, Vithlani falsely denied he was the owner of the Panama company, and falsely claimed he had only handled a separate commission of 1% on the deal.
The SFO's new director, Richard Alderman, former head of UK tax investigations, is due to take over this month. The SFO refused to comment yesterday.
BAE, which has previously denied wrongdoing, also declined to comment, or to explain its chain of offshore payments, other than to say "BAE Systems continues to fully co-operate with the SFO investigation".
The company has recently launched an extensive public relations campaign and last week unveiled a report commissioned from a commercial consultancy, Oxford Economics, which claimed BAE was of key value to the UK economy
Written by Guardian
Sunday, 13 April 2008
· Focus on £28m radar deal with East African state
· SFO's new director due to take over this month
Following the uproar over its halted Saudi investigation, the Serious Fraud Office is expected to decide whether to bring fresh corruption charges against arms manufacturer BAE within six weeks, over a second arms deal, this time with Tanzania.
A minister from the east African state has denied that more than $1m (£507,500) in his offshore accounts came from BAE.
Investigators involved in a three-year inquiry after the controversial deal to sell Tanzania a £28m radar system identified the money in Jersey accounts controlled by the poverty-striken country's infrastructure minister, Andrew Chenge.
Tanzania's anti-corruption bureau, which has been working with authorities in the UK, Switzerland and Jersey, wants to establish if the money is linked to multi-million pound secret commission payments made by BAE.
Chenge does not dispute the money in his Jersey accounts. But he told the Guardian: "The obvious inference [of the investigations] is that I have received for my benefit 'corrupt payments' from BAE. This is untrue."
He said he was only involved in minor aspects of the radar deal, which was promoted by other ministries and approved by the Tanzanian cabinet. His bank records, he said, would show investigators that "there is no connection to the BAE Tanzanian radar deal".
His US lawyer from Cleveland, Ohio, J Lewis Madorsky, added: "While the matters in question took place a number of years ago, we can state ... that any and all allegations of illegality, impropriety, misconduct and unethical behaviour made against our client are categorically and vigorously denied".
Investigators say Chenge could be a valuable witness. The target of their investigation is not him but BAE. The arms company made the commission payments to a local agent in Tanzania to promote the £28m radar sale, through an elaborate chain of offshore companies and a Swiss bank.
The agent has now left the country and is wanted by Interpol.
These developments come at a key moment in the BAE saga. A landmark high court ruling on Thursday said that the decision to drop the SFO's Saudi inquiry was wrong.
In a huge embarrassment for the British and Saudi governments, the court rejected the claims that the inquiry had to be closed down for reasons of national security and because lives would be at risk.
And it took the extraordinary step of naming Prince Bandar, the crown prince's son, as the man behind what it said could be characterised as an attempt to pervert the course of justice.
Former prime minister Tony Blair caused uproar by personally forcing a halt to investigations into the Saudi deal. The Guardian subsequently disclosed that £1bn had been paid into accounts controlled by Prince Bandar during the deal. Bandar says the payments were not improper.
Inspectors from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) grilled British officials in London last week about their failure to get results from any of their BAE investigations. Britain signed up to an international treaty to outlaw bribery, but there have never been any prosecutions.
The Tanzania deal, although smaller in cash terms than the Saudi deals, is equally controversial: Tanzania is one of the world's poorest countries, and the UK government is paying more than £100m this year to help the heavily-indebted country's budget.
It was Blair again who forced the radar deal through the British cabinet, despite protests from the then international development secretary, Clare Short. She said the sale, for which Tanzania had to borrow yet more from a commercial bank, was corrupt and "stank".
A lengthy SFO investigation in the UK subsequently discovered that 31% of the deal's contract price had been diverted via Switzerland.
BAE transferred the money to a subsidiary, Red Diamond Trading, registered anonymously in the British Virgin Islands.
Red Diamond then moved the cash to a Swiss account in the name of a Panama company, Envers Trading Corporation. This entity had two Panamanian nominee directors. But it was secretly controlled by a Tanzanian middleman, Shailesh Vithlani, according to Dar es Salaam court papers.
Investigators are now checking whether Vithlani arranged to pass any money in turn to Tanzanian politicians and officials.
Sources said the bank in Jersey had promptly frozen transactions and filed a suspicious activity report when the Tanzanian inquiries began.
Vithlani, who is of Indian extraction but holds a British passport, is listed as wanted by Interpol.
He has been charged by the Tanzanian anti-corruption bureau with lying to investigators, but has left the country. His whereabouts are unknown.
According to the charges, Vithlani falsely denied he was the owner of the Panama company, and falsely claimed he had only handled a separate commission of 1% on the deal.
The SFO's new director, Richard Alderman, former head of UK tax investigations, is due to take over this month. The SFO refused to comment yesterday.
BAE, which has previously denied wrongdoing, also declined to comment, or to explain its chain of offshore payments, other than to say "BAE Systems continues to fully co-operate with the SFO investigation".
The company has recently launched an extensive public relations campaign and last week unveiled a report commissioned from a commercial consultancy, Oxford Economics, which claimed BAE was of key value to the UK economy
Rev. Kishoka
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Nurujamii,
Kwi kwi kwi umenifana nitokwe machozi na kupaliwa nikicheka na kuwa matangani kwa kufwaaaa kwako.
Hivi King Make ana hela kiasi hicho ambazo kazificha jersey nchi ambayo pesa haramu huficwa? zaidi wakili wake ni kutoka marekani!
Subirini baraza jipya la mawaziri Mwezi wa June wakati wa kikao cha bajeti!
Kubwajinga
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Surprisingly, Daily News wala Uhuru hawajaongelea hili suala la Chenge kupekuliwa na SFO, kunani? Hata kamera za TVT zimeingia kiza, mambo haya??
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Tories join Brown in bid to block fraud investigationsConservatives back PM in seeking power to halt BAE-style corruption inquiries
David Hencke, Westminster correspondent The Guardian, Saturday April 12 2008.
Gordon Brown yesterday won Conservative backing for a move that would allow the government to block future criminal investigations such as the corruption case against the arms company BAE Systems.
Despite scathing criticism in the high court on Thursday, the Tories have chosen to support Downing Street in facing down critics who are keen for the BAE investigation to be reopened.
Brown is said by Downing Street to have been totally behind Tony Blair in pressing Robert Wardle, the director of the Serious Fraud Office, to drop the investigation into secret payments by the arms company to Saudi Arabia. In Thursday's judgment, the high court rejected claims that the inquiry had had to be closed down for security reasons because "lives were at risk" if Britain no longer received intelligence on national security from Saudi Arabia.
Officially Downing Street said the initial response to the court judgment would be a matter for the Serious Fraud Office. But a No 10 spokesman said yesterday that it would still be a "hands-on" operation, implying that the prime minister might well block any move for a further investigation.
Such a decision would reignite criticism from some Labour backbenchers and the Liberal Democrats who have been keen for the full investigation. And it would fly in the face of the stinging rebuke from Lord Justice Moses, who with Lord Justice Sullivan attacked the government's interference as unlawful.
In their ruling, the judges said: "We fear for the reputation of the administration of justice if it can be perverted by a threat ... No one, whether within this country or outside, is entitled to interfere with the course of our justice. The rule of law is nothing if it fails to constrain overweening power."
Yesterday the shadow attorney general, Dominic Gieve, said: "We believe the existing system, by which the attorney is responsible for the public interest in deciding whether or not a prosecution should be discontinued because of national security issues, should continue. The attorney is accountable to parliament for her actions and her decision can be challenged in the courts if made unreasonably or capriciously."
This means he will be backing in principle the constitutional renewal bill which gives Lady Scotland, the attorney general, the right to block inquiries that threaten the national interest, thereby ensuring the government can get the measure through the Commons this year.
Any row between ministers and the Conservatives is likely to focus on whether the new provision is too inflexible. The Tories might force the government to amend this provision.
Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrat leader, wrote to Brown yesterday challenging him to drop the new powers. "On taking office last year ... You recognised that the position of the attorney general had become so sullied by the BAE issue, questions over the legality of the Iraq war and the cash-for-honours inquiry, that it had to be reformed. Indeed, your Governance of Britain white paper pledged to 'renew the role of the attorney general to ensure that the office retains the public's confidence'. This sentiment is flatly contradicted by your recent proposals in the draft constitutional renewal bill. These proposals will give the attorney general effective carte blanche in future to block or quash any investigations or prosecutions under the pretext of 'national security'.
"Given that under these draft rules there would be no recourse to judicial review of such decisions, do you not see that this will be seen by the public as a step backward, not forward?"
Waingereza wanaizima je Chenge atawajibishwa na serikali yetu goi goi?Na muelewe hakuna hata gazeti bongo ambayo imeliongelea hilo swala except This Day na kama kawaida wamehifadhi jina
David Hencke, Westminster correspondent The Guardian, Saturday April 12 2008.
Gordon Brown yesterday won Conservative backing for a move that would allow the government to block future criminal investigations such as the corruption case against the arms company BAE Systems.
Despite scathing criticism in the high court on Thursday, the Tories have chosen to support Downing Street in facing down critics who are keen for the BAE investigation to be reopened.
Brown is said by Downing Street to have been totally behind Tony Blair in pressing Robert Wardle, the director of the Serious Fraud Office, to drop the investigation into secret payments by the arms company to Saudi Arabia. In Thursday's judgment, the high court rejected claims that the inquiry had had to be closed down for security reasons because "lives were at risk" if Britain no longer received intelligence on national security from Saudi Arabia.
Officially Downing Street said the initial response to the court judgment would be a matter for the Serious Fraud Office. But a No 10 spokesman said yesterday that it would still be a "hands-on" operation, implying that the prime minister might well block any move for a further investigation.
Such a decision would reignite criticism from some Labour backbenchers and the Liberal Democrats who have been keen for the full investigation. And it would fly in the face of the stinging rebuke from Lord Justice Moses, who with Lord Justice Sullivan attacked the government's interference as unlawful.
In their ruling, the judges said: "We fear for the reputation of the administration of justice if it can be perverted by a threat ... No one, whether within this country or outside, is entitled to interfere with the course of our justice. The rule of law is nothing if it fails to constrain overweening power."
Yesterday the shadow attorney general, Dominic Gieve, said: "We believe the existing system, by which the attorney is responsible for the public interest in deciding whether or not a prosecution should be discontinued because of national security issues, should continue. The attorney is accountable to parliament for her actions and her decision can be challenged in the courts if made unreasonably or capriciously."
This means he will be backing in principle the constitutional renewal bill which gives Lady Scotland, the attorney general, the right to block inquiries that threaten the national interest, thereby ensuring the government can get the measure through the Commons this year.
Any row between ministers and the Conservatives is likely to focus on whether the new provision is too inflexible. The Tories might force the government to amend this provision.
Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrat leader, wrote to Brown yesterday challenging him to drop the new powers. "On taking office last year ... You recognised that the position of the attorney general had become so sullied by the BAE issue, questions over the legality of the Iraq war and the cash-for-honours inquiry, that it had to be reformed. Indeed, your Governance of Britain white paper pledged to 'renew the role of the attorney general to ensure that the office retains the public's confidence'. This sentiment is flatly contradicted by your recent proposals in the draft constitutional renewal bill. These proposals will give the attorney general effective carte blanche in future to block or quash any investigations or prosecutions under the pretext of 'national security'.
"Given that under these draft rules there would be no recourse to judicial review of such decisions, do you not see that this will be seen by the public as a step backward, not forward?"
Waingereza wanaizima je Chenge atawajibishwa na serikali yetu goi goi?Na muelewe hakuna hata gazeti bongo ambayo imeliongelea hilo swala except This Day na kama kawaida wamehifadhi jina
Bowbow
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Swali ambalo huwa najiuliza na sipati jibu.
Ni kwa nini watanzania wengi wanapenda kufungua account zao nje ya nchi? wakati wanaweza kuweka fedha zao hapa hapa Tanzania in terms of hard cureency (dollar, Euro, e.t.c)na kupata annual interest kubwa kuliko huko nje.
JIBU RAHISI KWANGU NI FEDHA ZA WIVI, HIVYO WATU HAWAPASWI KUZIJUA.
My Take:
Kwa nini serikali isichunguze account zote bank za viongozi wenye account nje ya nchi ikiwa ni pamoja na kupitisha sheria inayomkataza kiongozi/mfanyakazi yeyote wa serikali kufungua account nje ya nchi kwa wakati wote watakuwa watumishi wa umma.
Chenge Go Chenge. Ondoka madarakani utuachie nchi yetu watanzania
Tangold yumo!!!
Meremeta Yumoooo!!!
Huyu jamaa mwanasheria wa MKAPA wametumumaliza!!
endeleeni tu kupiga kelele bila KUCHUA HATUA, JE MWAJUA BUHEMBA MINING ZILICHOTWA ZAIDI YA BILIONI 180! HUKU WATU NA ENEO HILI LIKIWA LIKEACHWA KATIKA UMASIKINI WA KUTUPWA! NA BAADHI WANACHI WA BUHEMBA WALIWAHI KUPIGWA RISASI NA MAKABURU WA BUHEMBA?
Meremeta Yumoooo!!!
Huyu jamaa mwanasheria wa MKAPA wametumumaliza!!
endeleeni tu kupiga kelele bila KUCHUA HATUA, JE MWAJUA BUHEMBA MINING ZILICHOTWA ZAIDI YA BILIONI 180! HUKU WATU NA ENEO HILI LIKIWA LIKEACHWA KATIKA UMASIKINI WA KUTUPWA! NA BAADHI WANACHI WA BUHEMBA WALIWAHI KUPIGWA RISASI NA MAKABURU WA BUHEMBA?
a.9784
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Huyo ndio chenge,anakiburi nafikiri tanzania nzima hakuna.Na kama ni uchawi basi mganga wake hayupo TZ.Tabaka la viongozi tulionao kwa kiasi kikubwa wamejawa na ujeuri.Hili lipo hadi kwa JK.Viongozi wetu wamejawa na fikra potofu kwamba wao ndio wanayo haki ya kumiliki TZ na wanauwezo wa kufanya kila watakalo.
Haiwezekani watanzania hata wangekua 25 wakatoa madai kwa kiongozi wao kwamba fulani hafai then atokee mtu mmoja aseme mtu huyo anafaa,huu utakua ni ujinga na ulevi wa kulewa madaraka.Jk ameziba masikio,amefumba macho na yeye anaamini anachokifanya ndio sahihi wakati amepotoka.
Suala la chenge mfano wake ni huu,Mwanamme mmoja alioa huku mashine yake akiwa haifanyi kazi,mwanaume huyo ilikua kila siku kumuomba mkewe amfichie siri ili asikje akatambulika na jamii.Kilichotokea ni mwanaume kuwa mtumwa wa mwanamke kwa miaka dahali na maisha ambayo zawadi za kumpelekea mwanamama huyo zilikua hazikauki ili mradi tu siri yake isifichuke.Na hata kama mwanamke alirudi usiku wa manane hakuna hatua zilizochukuliwa juu ya mwanamama huyo.
Kwa mfano huo Chenge ni sawa na huyo mwanamke kwamba anazijua siri za hawa vigogo na ndio maana hawamgusi kwa lolote lile.Hivi maovu aliyoyafanya Chenge ingekua ni China,Chenge angekua bado yuko hai jamani.Chenge ni mwiba kwa viongozi wanaokua madarakani kwamba wakileta longolongo mwiba huo utawachoma.
Hivi ni kweli JK hajasikia kilio cha wananchi kwamba hatumtaki chenge?Kama hajasikia ipo haja kwa wanaharakati kuandaa maandamano hata kama sio ya amani watz tumechoka.TUANDAMANE HADI IKULU.uNAJUA MAMBO MENGINE YANAUMA SANA UKIYASIKIA.Hivi ndio kusema mtu ukiwa rais na upeo wako unaongezeka kuwa mkubwa kuliko wananchi wako wote kwamba unakua baba haambiliki?Hii haiwezekani.Jk muondoe mtu huyu.
Haiwezekani watanzania hata wangekua 25 wakatoa madai kwa kiongozi wao kwamba fulani hafai then atokee mtu mmoja aseme mtu huyo anafaa,huu utakua ni ujinga na ulevi wa kulewa madaraka.Jk ameziba masikio,amefumba macho na yeye anaamini anachokifanya ndio sahihi wakati amepotoka.
Suala la chenge mfano wake ni huu,Mwanamme mmoja alioa huku mashine yake akiwa haifanyi kazi,mwanaume huyo ilikua kila siku kumuomba mkewe amfichie siri ili asikje akatambulika na jamii.Kilichotokea ni mwanaume kuwa mtumwa wa mwanamke kwa miaka dahali na maisha ambayo zawadi za kumpelekea mwanamama huyo zilikua hazikauki ili mradi tu siri yake isifichuke.Na hata kama mwanamke alirudi usiku wa manane hakuna hatua zilizochukuliwa juu ya mwanamama huyo.
Kwa mfano huo Chenge ni sawa na huyo mwanamke kwamba anazijua siri za hawa vigogo na ndio maana hawamgusi kwa lolote lile.Hivi maovu aliyoyafanya Chenge ingekua ni China,Chenge angekua bado yuko hai jamani.Chenge ni mwiba kwa viongozi wanaokua madarakani kwamba wakileta longolongo mwiba huo utawachoma.
Hivi ni kweli JK hajasikia kilio cha wananchi kwamba hatumtaki chenge?Kama hajasikia ipo haja kwa wanaharakati kuandaa maandamano hata kama sio ya amani watz tumechoka.TUANDAMANE HADI IKULU.uNAJUA MAMBO MENGINE YANAUMA SANA UKIYASIKIA.Hivi ndio kusema mtu ukiwa rais na upeo wako unaongezeka kuwa mkubwa kuliko wananchi wako wote kwamba unakua baba haambiliki?Hii haiwezekani.Jk muondoe mtu huyu.
Kafara
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pamoja na uwezekano wa huyu jamaa kujua siri za wakuu ikumbukwe pia na yeye anaweza akawa anatumiwa kama turufu ya kisiasa. muda muafaka ukifika turufu hiyo itatumiwa (atatoswa) na baadhi ya watu watajikuta wakisheherekea kutoswa huko na kumwaga pongezi kwa mkuu wa kaya kwa hatua hiyo "makini". ikumbukwe pia bado ipo turufu kubwa zaidi yaani yule mheshimiwa aliyeamua kuwa kimya kwa kisingizio cha kuacha siasa.
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duh,hiyo noma,kama ndo hivyo basi wa bongo tumkwisha,maana mijipesa hiyo mtihani huo,mana hizo haziwezi elezeka,kama alikuwa anafanya biashara,swali jina la biashara yake inaitwaje?je kodi analipa?ama hapa patamu!!!!!
Njimba Nsalilwe
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Let us assume that the money did not from BAE deal. But can he prove how he got such huge money? How much does he earn per month?
I am starting to believe that, from what I see, starting with Richmond deal and its culprits Lowassa and other ministers; the promised land for my beloved Tanzania is not far. Not forgeting Balali who is at large.
Andrew Chenge, yes is Mighty One, I think in Tanzania, let us see how is going to survive on this one.
I feel pity for President Kikwete and I can not predict what will happen before 2010. Poor Kikwete you should start looking for other people to work with, because before that time all your ministries will be forced to resign on their own. I see Chenge not far from doing so.
Why do not you come to look for candidates in JF. Here you will get committed people to their motherland Tanzania.
Njimba
I am starting to believe that, from what I see, starting with Richmond deal and its culprits Lowassa and other ministers; the promised land for my beloved Tanzania is not far. Not forgeting Balali who is at large.
Andrew Chenge, yes is Mighty One, I think in Tanzania, let us see how is going to survive on this one.
I feel pity for President Kikwete and I can not predict what will happen before 2010. Poor Kikwete you should start looking for other people to work with, because before that time all your ministries will be forced to resign on their own. I see Chenge not far from doing so.
Why do not you come to look for candidates in JF. Here you will get committed people to their motherland Tanzania.
Njimba
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Tanzania railway ambayo ni TRL ya sasa pia YUMO!
Jamani hamumuwezi.
Ngoma nzito hiyo
Jamani hamumuwezi.
Ngoma nzito hiyo
Mpaka Kieleweke
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Mapambano haya hayana budi kuendelezwa kwa kina na pia nitawapatia list mpya ya mafisadi kama ilivyoweza kuwa updated hivi majuzi na kuongeza uozo mwingine mwingi ila ntawapatia summary tuu na sio kila kitu kwani bado kazi inaendelea.
Kama waziri mkuu anaweza kukiri kuwa majambazi ya EPA ni makubwa kuliko uwezo wa serikali nani anaweza kupona kwenye taifa hili?
Kama majambazi ya EPA ni makubwa kiasi hicho kwa kweli naamini kuwa Dr slaa ana ujasiri mkubwa sana kwani kama serikali yenye vyombo vyote wanashindwa na kuanza kusema wanatisha basi yule mzee wa watu alijituma na kuweka maisha yake rehani kwa ajili ya taifa lake.
Chenge ni mwizi mkubwa sasa sana amatuibia na pia kanunua kajikisiwa kake kule Maurtius akishirikiana na mafisadi wenzake .....
Kama waziri mkuu anaweza kukiri kuwa majambazi ya EPA ni makubwa kuliko uwezo wa serikali nani anaweza kupona kwenye taifa hili?
Kama majambazi ya EPA ni makubwa kiasi hicho kwa kweli naamini kuwa Dr slaa ana ujasiri mkubwa sana kwani kama serikali yenye vyombo vyote wanashindwa na kuanza kusema wanatisha basi yule mzee wa watu alijituma na kuweka maisha yake rehani kwa ajili ya taifa lake.
Chenge ni mwizi mkubwa sasa sana amatuibia na pia kanunua kajikisiwa kake kule Maurtius akishirikiana na mafisadi wenzake .....
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Kazi yangu kumwaga data tu....Nyinyi jadilini:
BAE corruption investigation switches to Tanzania· Focus on £28m radar deal with East African state
*SFO's new director due to take over this month
David Leigh and Rob Evans The Guardian, Saturday April 12 2008 Article historyAbout this articleClose This article appeared in the Guardian on Saturday April 12 2008 on p8 of the UK news section. It was last updated at 00:06 on April 12 2008. Following the uproar over its halted Saudi investigation, the Serious Fraud Office is expected to decide whether to bring fresh corruption charges against arms manufacturer BAE within six weeks, over a second arms deal, this time with Tanzania.
A minister from the east African state has denied that more than $1m (£507,500) in his offshore accounts came from BAE.
Investigators involved in a three-year inquiry after the controversial deal to sell Tanzania a £28m radar system identified the money in Jersey accounts controlled by the poverty-striken country's infrastructure minister, Andrew Chenge.
Tanzania's anti-corruption bureau, which has been working with authorities in the UK, Switzerland and Jersey, wants to establish if the money is linked to multi-million pound secret commission payments made by BAE.
Chenge does not dispute the money in his Jersey accounts. But he told the Guardian: "The obvious inference [of the investigations] is that I have received for my benefit 'corrupt payments' from BAE. This is untrue."
He said he was only involved in minor aspects of the radar deal, which was promoted by other ministries and approved by the Tanzanian cabinet. His bank records, he said, would show investigators that "there is no connection to the BAE Tanzanian radar deal".
His US lawyer from Cleveland, Ohio, J Lewis Madorsky, added: "While the matters in question took place a number of years ago, we can state ... that any and all allegations of illegality, impropriety, misconduct and unethical behaviour made against our client are categorically and vigorously denied".
Investigators say Chenge could be a valuable witness. The target of their investigation is not him but BAE. The arms company made the commission payments to a local agent in Tanzania to promote the £28m radar sale, through an elaborate chain of offshore companies and a Swiss bank.
The agent has now left the country and is wanted by Interpol.
These developments come at a key moment in the BAE saga. A landmark high court ruling on Thursday said that the decision to drop the SFO's Saudi inquiry was wrong.
In a huge embarrassment for the British and Saudi governments, the court rejected the claims that the inquiry had to be closed down for reasons of national security and because lives would be at risk.
And it took the extraordinary step of naming Prince Bandar, the crown prince's son, as the man behind what it said could be characterised as an attempt to pervert the course of justice.
Former prime minister Tony Blair caused uproar by personally forcing a halt to investigations into the Saudi deal. The Guardian subsequently disclosed that £1bn had been paid into accounts controlled by Prince Bandar during the deal. Bandar says the payments were not improper.
Inspectors from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) grilled British officials in London last week about their failure to get results from any of their BAE investigations. Britain signed up to an international treaty to outlaw bribery, but there have never been any prosecutions.
The Tanzania deal, although smaller in cash terms than the Saudi deals, is equally controversial: Tanzania is one of the world's poorest countries, and the UK government is paying more than £100m this year to help the heavily-indebted country's budget.
It was Blair again who forced the radar deal through the British cabinet, despite protests from the then international development secretary, Clare Short. She said the sale, for which Tanzania had to borrow yet more from a commercial bank, was corrupt and "stank".
A lengthy SFO investigation in the UK subsequently discovered that 31% of the deal's contract price had been diverted via Switzerland.
BAE transferred the money to a subsidiary, Red Diamond Trading, registered anonymously in the British Virgin Islands.
Red Diamond then moved the cash to a Swiss account in the name of a Panama company, Envers Trading Corporation. This entity had two Panamanian nominee directors. But it was secretly controlled by a Tanzanian middleman, Shailesh Vithlani, according to Dar es Salaam court papers.
Investigators are now checking whether Vithlani arranged to pass any money in turn to Tanzanian politicians and officials.
Sources said the bank in Jersey had promptly frozen transactions and filed a suspicious activity report when the Tanzanian inquiries began.
Vithlani, who is of Indian extraction but holds a British passport, is listed as wanted by Interpol.
He has been charged by the Tanzanian anti-corruption bureau with lying to investigators, but has left the country. His whereabouts are unknown.
According to the charges, Vithlani falsely denied he was the owner of the Panama company, and falsely claimed he had only handled a separate commission of 1% on the deal.
The SFO's new director, Richard Alderman, former head of UK tax investigations, is due to take over this month. The SFO refused to comment yesterday.
BAE, which has previously denied wrongdoing, also declined to comment, or to explain its chain of offshore payments, other than to say "BAE Systems continues to fully co-operate with the SFO investigation".
The company has recently launched an extensive public relations campaign and last week unveiled a report commissioned from a commercial consultancy, Oxford Economics, which claimed BAE was of key value to the UK economy.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/12/bae.baesystemsbusiness
BAE corruption investigation switches to Tanzania· Focus on £28m radar deal with East African state
*SFO's new director due to take over this month
David Leigh and Rob Evans The Guardian, Saturday April 12 2008 Article historyAbout this articleClose This article appeared in the Guardian on Saturday April 12 2008 on p8 of the UK news section. It was last updated at 00:06 on April 12 2008. Following the uproar over its halted Saudi investigation, the Serious Fraud Office is expected to decide whether to bring fresh corruption charges against arms manufacturer BAE within six weeks, over a second arms deal, this time with Tanzania.
A minister from the east African state has denied that more than $1m (£507,500) in his offshore accounts came from BAE.
Investigators involved in a three-year inquiry after the controversial deal to sell Tanzania a £28m radar system identified the money in Jersey accounts controlled by the poverty-striken country's infrastructure minister, Andrew Chenge.
Tanzania's anti-corruption bureau, which has been working with authorities in the UK, Switzerland and Jersey, wants to establish if the money is linked to multi-million pound secret commission payments made by BAE.
Chenge does not dispute the money in his Jersey accounts. But he told the Guardian: "The obvious inference [of the investigations] is that I have received for my benefit 'corrupt payments' from BAE. This is untrue."
He said he was only involved in minor aspects of the radar deal, which was promoted by other ministries and approved by the Tanzanian cabinet. His bank records, he said, would show investigators that "there is no connection to the BAE Tanzanian radar deal".
His US lawyer from Cleveland, Ohio, J Lewis Madorsky, added: "While the matters in question took place a number of years ago, we can state ... that any and all allegations of illegality, impropriety, misconduct and unethical behaviour made against our client are categorically and vigorously denied".
Investigators say Chenge could be a valuable witness. The target of their investigation is not him but BAE. The arms company made the commission payments to a local agent in Tanzania to promote the £28m radar sale, through an elaborate chain of offshore companies and a Swiss bank.
The agent has now left the country and is wanted by Interpol.
These developments come at a key moment in the BAE saga. A landmark high court ruling on Thursday said that the decision to drop the SFO's Saudi inquiry was wrong.
In a huge embarrassment for the British and Saudi governments, the court rejected the claims that the inquiry had to be closed down for reasons of national security and because lives would be at risk.
And it took the extraordinary step of naming Prince Bandar, the crown prince's son, as the man behind what it said could be characterised as an attempt to pervert the course of justice.
Former prime minister Tony Blair caused uproar by personally forcing a halt to investigations into the Saudi deal. The Guardian subsequently disclosed that £1bn had been paid into accounts controlled by Prince Bandar during the deal. Bandar says the payments were not improper.
Inspectors from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) grilled British officials in London last week about their failure to get results from any of their BAE investigations. Britain signed up to an international treaty to outlaw bribery, but there have never been any prosecutions.
The Tanzania deal, although smaller in cash terms than the Saudi deals, is equally controversial: Tanzania is one of the world's poorest countries, and the UK government is paying more than £100m this year to help the heavily-indebted country's budget.
It was Blair again who forced the radar deal through the British cabinet, despite protests from the then international development secretary, Clare Short. She said the sale, for which Tanzania had to borrow yet more from a commercial bank, was corrupt and "stank".
A lengthy SFO investigation in the UK subsequently discovered that 31% of the deal's contract price had been diverted via Switzerland.
BAE transferred the money to a subsidiary, Red Diamond Trading, registered anonymously in the British Virgin Islands.
Red Diamond then moved the cash to a Swiss account in the name of a Panama company, Envers Trading Corporation. This entity had two Panamanian nominee directors. But it was secretly controlled by a Tanzanian middleman, Shailesh Vithlani, according to Dar es Salaam court papers.
Investigators are now checking whether Vithlani arranged to pass any money in turn to Tanzanian politicians and officials.
Sources said the bank in Jersey had promptly frozen transactions and filed a suspicious activity report when the Tanzanian inquiries began.
Vithlani, who is of Indian extraction but holds a British passport, is listed as wanted by Interpol.
He has been charged by the Tanzanian anti-corruption bureau with lying to investigators, but has left the country. His whereabouts are unknown.
According to the charges, Vithlani falsely denied he was the owner of the Panama company, and falsely claimed he had only handled a separate commission of 1% on the deal.
The SFO's new director, Richard Alderman, former head of UK tax investigations, is due to take over this month. The SFO refused to comment yesterday.
BAE, which has previously denied wrongdoing, also declined to comment, or to explain its chain of offshore payments, other than to say "BAE Systems continues to fully co-operate with the SFO investigation".
The company has recently launched an extensive public relations campaign and last week unveiled a report commissioned from a commercial consultancy, Oxford Economics, which claimed BAE was of key value to the UK economy.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/12/bae.baesystemsbusiness
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