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Hapo lazima watumie nguvu ya ziada, huyo jamaa akiingia mjengoni hana simile - haya ndio mambo atakayoyalipua huko bila hata kuchakachua majina kwa kutumia tafsida:
There are also major concerns about the revolving door of officials between the government and the mining companies, which raises questions of potential confl ict of interests. For example, in a 1996 letter to the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) in Ottawa, the then Canadian High Commissioner to Tanzania Verona Edelstein informed her superiors of the impending visit to Canada by the then Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Energy and Minerals, Dr Jonas Kipokola. Edelstein suggested that Dr Kipokola be introduced to Canadian mining companies since his ministry shall be responsible for the removal of illegal miners from the Bulyanhulu area, then at the centre of a bitter dispute between artisan miners and the Canadian company Sutton Resources. In August of that year, thousands of artisan miners were violently driven from the mine area in one of the bloodiest episodes in Tanzanian history. In 2003, Dr Kipokola was appointed chairman of a government committee set up to review mining policy and law relating to foreign investment in the sector. Soon after the committee submitted its report in late 2004, Dr. Kipokola was appointed General Manager for Government Relations for Barrick.
A Golden Opportunity?: How Tanzania is Failing to Bene
There are also major concerns about the revolving door of officials between the government and the mining companies, which raises questions of potential confl ict of interests. For example, in a 1996 letter to the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) in Ottawa, the then Canadian High Commissioner to Tanzania Verona Edelstein informed her superiors of the impending visit to Canada by the then Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Energy and Minerals, Dr Jonas Kipokola. Edelstein suggested that Dr Kipokola be introduced to Canadian mining companies since his ministry shall be responsible for the removal of illegal miners from the Bulyanhulu area, then at the centre of a bitter dispute between artisan miners and the Canadian company Sutton Resources. In August of that year, thousands of artisan miners were violently driven from the mine area in one of the bloodiest episodes in Tanzanian history. In 2003, Dr Kipokola was appointed chairman of a government committee set up to review mining policy and law relating to foreign investment in the sector. Soon after the committee submitted its report in late 2004, Dr. Kipokola was appointed General Manager for Government Relations for Barrick.
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A Golden Opportunity?: How Tanzania is Failing to Bene
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© Mark Curtis and Tundu Lissu, March 2008
© Mark Curtis and Tundu Lissu, March 2008
