Jack Steven, save me all that waxing historic about the old century attempts to unite Tanzania and Malawi, question is how did you win the government deal and whether you were competed against anyone.
So, you somehow won this deal after you started out advising the government for free on how to navigate this murky ID project. You got into talking with them about securing funds all that because they were impressed on your work as an envoy to a warring President of neighboring country! You were consulting free of charge because of your "patriotism." As a free consultant you perpetually lobbied the European Union in behalf of the government of Tanzania for aid.
So, at some point you go back and tell the Tanzanian officials that the Europeans need a feasibiliy study, and you Mr. Gotham, can run the study! This time you were gonna charge the government. And you seal the "tender." The deal is that you use your own money and the government promises you reimbursement. You don't have money so you go out and borrow other people's money banking on this promise from the government! The story ends there!
Now folks, if this chicane is telling the truth, then our government gave a consultancy deal to a weasel who told them that they need a consulted study! Do hear that?
This character advised that the national ID project should not be handled by private parties because of its national security dimensions but there he is, a private individual named Jack Steven, running around carrying high stake sensitive messages of Tanzania to the European Union. (Nasema ni sensitive message kwa sababu unapoenda kuomba fedha kwa wahisani sio lazima uwaambie kila siri na kila kitu. Kwa mfano, uamuzi wa kuwa na national ID unaweza kuuweka kama ni kukuza demokrasia lakini ukweli tunaujua kwamba maamuzi yalishafanywa zamani zile hata kabla hatujui kutamka neno democray! Na kwamba katika chaguzi zilizopita kumekuwepo na wizi wa kura lakini hakukuwa na ripoti za massive fraud zinazohusiana na voter identification. Kwa hiyo, unahitaji ku couch maombi yako ya hela kitaalam, na cha ajabu ni kwamba huyu mtu binafsi Jack Steven ndio anadai akaaminiwa kazi ya kubeba ujumbe huu wa Tanzania kwa wahisani. Yeye ambae anadai ndio alishauri hili dili lisifanywe na watu binafsi!)
So then, this Jack Steve, this is what makes me wanna go through the wall, this nark told the government to choose among three public stastistical entities (TISCO, a DSM University entity, and the Statistical Bureau) to do some consulting work but that he would be the one to advise them, all this in order to avoid private competition against himself! That's the chicanery here! And then at the end he emerges with the deal, or if you wanna call it a tender!
Who is this Jack Steve Gotham guy anyway? His company's website is designed to be shadowy as hell (
look it up here). What does his work advising a warring president up in Congo have to do with a Tanzanian national ID tender deal? What is so incredibly expert that he advised here, that we need national IDs so that the government can be able to count its teachers? This "patriotic" liaison is shuttling between Tanzania and Europe doing our bidding for free, he says! Why weren't our paid officials stationed in missions across Europe in charge of begging the money? When, where and what entity processed the government tender to this Jack Steven consultant? Who done it?
Now, Mr. Gotham, listen here, and you listen good, for you own good, you two bit slick weasel of a consultant, taking advantage of unwary government officials and lightweight journalists: You wanna start packing your rags and riches in quickness and head out to the nearest port of exit instead of giving all these condescending, mind-numbing, self-incriminating interviews before the Director of Prosecutions Feleshi reads your blabber and be right after your back side.
The people are apoplectic, up to the threshold, can't stand yet another Jim Sinclair and all these modern day Karl Peters who come here masquerading as messiahs of poor people even as they keep looting and raping the country's resources for years on end. You wanna go live with Sailesh Vithlani, the grim fugitive, I would advice. Enough, okay, enough!