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[Bagamoyo]

DOWANS SCANDAL...High Court to set aside ICC ruling

By ThisDay Reporter

7th January 2011

THE High Court of Tanzania will likely reject a ruling of the Paris-based International Court of Arbitration (ICC) that awarded highly controversial payments in favour of Dowans Holdings SA (Costa Rica)/Dowans Tanzania Limited, it has been revealed.

According to top legal experts in government, the High Court is well-placed to reject the ICC ruling because of gross irregularities in the proceedings of the case and the illegality of the actual ruling itself.

Section 15 of the Arbitration Act gives the High Court of Tanzania outright powers to dismiss the ICC ruling.

"Where an arbitrator or umpire has misconducted himself or an arbitration or award has been improperly procured, the court may set aside the award," says the legislation in part.

Before Dowans can claim any payment of funds, the complete ruling of the ICC has to be registered at the High Court of Tanzania to become enforceable by law.

But legal experts say enforcement of the ICC ruling would be unconstitutional because it would directly contravene the country's Public Procurement Act of 2004.

"One of the major flaws of the ICC ruling is that it unlawfully attempts to give legality to the Richmond/Dowans contract, which was deemed illegal under Tanzania's Public Procurement Act," a respected government lawyer told THISDAY.

The 2006 tender process was hijacked from TANESCO by the Ministry of Energy and Minerals and high-level government officials.

Former Prime Minister Edward Lowassa appointed a government negotiation team that finally awarded the contract to Richmond against TANESCO's expert advice.

"Section 31 of the Public Procurement Act explicitly states that no public body shall award any contract unless the award has been approved by the appropriate tender board," he said.

"Under the country's law, the Richmond/Dowans contract is the product of an illegal tendering system because it was not awarded by TANESCO's own tender board."

This was the basis for TANESCO's ultimate decision to terminate the contract assigned to Dowans Tanzania Limited by Richmond.

The dubious ICC ruling, which has not been fully made public by the International Chamber of Commerce itself, Dowans nor the government, orders the Tanzania Electric Supply Company (TANESCO) to pay Dowans tens of millions of dollars.

Contrary to a popularly quoted figure of 185.5 billion/-, it is understood that ICC has ordered TANESCO to pay Dowans around $64.2 million (97 billion/-), which is still a colossal amount of money.

"The High Court has power to either bless the ICC ruling or set it aside. In this case, since the ruling goes against the law of the land, the High Court will have little choice but to reject it," said another official close to the judiciary.

Well-placed government officials told THISDAY there was intense lobbying to ensure the government makes the payment ordered by ICC to the proprietors of Dowans as quickly as possible.

"Payment vouchers have been prepared at Treasury and all the relevant paperwork is ready to make swift payment to Dowans after the final go ahead is given," an official in the Ministry of Finance told THISDAY.

Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda and Attorney General Frederick Werema have separately issued controversial statements suggesting that the government was ready to make the illegal payment to Dowans.

However, legal experts say the government appears to be strangely rushing to make the payment while there is legal recourse for TANESCO to avoid the crippling payment.

The cash-strapped TANESCO has raised power tariffs by 18.5 percent effectively from January 1, but says it is still operating at a huge loss primarily due to monthly capacity charges being paid to Songas Limited and Independent Power Tanzania Limited (IPTL).

TANESCO's average monthly revenue collection amounts to around 40 billion/-.

Each month, the state-run power utility pays 6.1 billion/- to Songas and another 3.5 billion to IPTL in capacity charges alone, amounting to a staggering 9.6 billion/-.

"TANESCO spends another 5.5 billion/- each month to service a syndicated loan and doles out another 5 billion/- per month for various contractual commitments," said an official close to the energy sector.

"If TANESCO is forced to pay Dowans on the basis of the ICC ruling, just as it was forced to sign the Richmond/Dowans contract, this company will collapse."

TANESCO secured a syndicated loan of 300 billion/- in 2007 from various local commercial banks.

The highly-indebted public utility also recently obtained a loan of $468 million (approx. 700 billion/-) from the European Investment Bank, the World Bank, African Development Bank, Japan International Cooperation Agency and Korean Economic Development Cooperation Fund to strengthen the power transmission grid
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[BAK]

Pia hili la mkurugenzi mmoja wa Dowans yuko Canada, Mwingine yuko Singapore, mwingine yuko Dubai na mwingine yuko India. Hili mimi linanipa wasiwasi kwamba hii ni kampuni ya kitapeli. Siyo kwamba haiwezekani kampuni kuwa na wakurugenzi katika nchi mbali mbali lakini ukitilia maanani hii kampuni haina website au mailing address inayoeleweka, details za kuanzishwa kwake hadi hii leo bado zimegubikwa na utata wa hali ya juu.

Tuwatafute hawa Wakurugenzi wote aliowataja Ngeleja na kuwaweka kiti moto kuwauliza maswali muhimu kuhusu hii kampuni mpaka tuujue ukweli umelalia wapi. Na kama wote wataikana Dowans kwamba hawaifahamu basi Kikwete hana jinsi bali kujiuzulu haraka sana.

 

[Mdondoaji]

DOWANS SCANDAL...High Court to set aside ICC ruling

By ThisDay Reporter

7th January 2011

THE High Court of Tanzania will likely reject a ruling of the Paris-based International Court of Arbitration (ICC) that awarded highly controversial payments in favour of Dowans Holdings SA (Costa Rica)/Dowans Tanzania Limited, it has been revealed.

According to top legal experts in government, the High Court is well-placed to reject the ICC ruling because of gross irregularities in the proceedings of the case and the illegality of the actual ruling itself.

Section 15 of the Arbitration Act gives the High Court of Tanzania outright powers to dismiss the ICC ruling.

"Where an arbitrator or umpire has misconducted himself or an arbitration or award has been improperly procured, the court may set aside the award," says the legislation in part.

Before Dowans can claim any payment of funds, the complete ruling of the ICC has to be registered at the High Court of Tanzania to become enforceable by law.

But legal experts say enforcement of the ICC ruling would be unconstitutional because it would directly contravene the country's Public Procurement Act of 2004.

"One of the major flaws of the ICC ruling is that it unlawfully attempts to give legality to the Richmond/Dowans contract, which was deemed illegal under Tanzania's Public Procurement Act," a respected government lawyer told THISDAY.

The 2006 tender process was hijacked from TANESCO by the Ministry of Energy and Minerals and high-level government officials.

Former Prime Minister Edward Lowassa appointed a government negotiation team that finally awarded the contract to Richmond against TANESCO's expert advice.

"Section 31 of the Public Procurement Act explicitly states that no public body shall award any contract unless the award has been approved by the appropriate tender board," he said.

"Under the country's law, the Richmond/Dowans contract is the product of an illegal tendering system because it was not awarded by TANESCO's own tender board."

This was the basis for TANESCO's ultimate decision to terminate the contract assigned to Dowans Tanzania Limited by Richmond.

The dubious ICC ruling, which has not been fully made public by the International Chamber of Commerce itself, Dowans nor the government, orders the Tanzania Electric Supply Company (TANESCO) to pay Dowans tens of millions of dollars.

Contrary to a popularly quoted figure of 185.5 billion/-, it is understood that ICC has ordered TANESCO to pay Dowans around $64.2 million (97 billion/-), which is still a colossal amount of money.

"The High Court has power to either bless the ICC ruling or set it aside. In this case, since the ruling goes against the law of the land, the High Court will have little choice but to reject it," said another official close to the judiciary.

Well-placed government officials told THISDAY there was intense lobbying to ensure the government makes the payment ordered by ICC to the proprietors of Dowans as quickly as possible.

"Payment vouchers have been prepared at Treasury and all the relevant paperwork is ready to make swift payment to Dowans after the final go ahead is given," an official in the Ministry of Finance told THISDAY.

Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda and Attorney General Frederick Werema have separately issued controversial statements suggesting that the government was ready to make the illegal payment to Dowans.

However, legal experts say the government appears to be strangely rushing to make the payment while there is legal recourse for TANESCO to avoid the crippling payment.

The cash-strapped TANESCO has raised power tariffs by 18.5 percent effectively from January 1, but says it is still operating at a huge loss primarily due to monthly capacity charges being paid to Songas Limited and Independent Power Tanzania Limited (IPTL).

TANESCO's average monthly revenue collection amounts to around 40 billion/-.

Each month, the state-run power utility pays 6.1 billion/- to Songas and another 3.5 billion to IPTL in capacity charges alone, amounting to a staggering 9.6 billion/-.

"TANESCO spends another 5.5 billion/- each month to service a syndicated loan and doles out another 5 billion/- per month for various contractual commitments," said an official close to the energy sector.

"If TANESCO is forced to pay Dowans on the basis of the ICC ruling, just as it was forced to sign the Richmond/Dowans contract, this company will collapse."

TANESCO secured a syndicated loan of 300 billion/- in 2007 from various local commercial banks.

The highly-indebted public utility also recently obtained a loan of $468 million (approx. 700 billion/-) from the European Investment Bank, the World Bank, African Development Bank, Japan International Cooperation Agency and Korean Economic Development Cooperation Fund to strengthen the power transmission grid
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Hizi ni siasa tu na kuwapoza watanzania

 

[eliakeem]

The contract btn Tanesco and Richmond was nul and void abinitio.
So dont expect the same questionable deal which transfrered from Richmond to Dowans will be clean. So trading an illegal deal can not make it legal.
Hivyo Richmond walijaribu kutakatisha mkataba mchafu kwa kuwauzia Dowans. Hiyo ndiyo iliyokuwa janja ya akina rostam na lowasa.
That is very strong point from learned lawyers.

 

[Bongolander]

Kaka/Dada, na mie najiuliza maswali hayahaya, sipati jibu! Halafu sheria inasema kampuni ya kigeni lazima iwe na director atleast mmoja (kama sikosei) from Tz, mbona hajatajwa!?.

Tukianza kusikiliza ujinga wa kusema "Tanzanians must move forward" na kuwalipa jamaa hela ambazo kwa uhakika ni za kitapeli, utakuwa ni ujinga kupita kiasi. Ni bora Mh Ngeleja akae kimya, ataonekana mjinga kutumiwa na watu kwa manufaa yao kiuchumi na kisiasa.

Kama Dowans ilisajiliwa TAnzania, na hakuna mtanzania mmoja kwanza tumtafute aliyeipa usajili bila kufuata kanuni husika.

Nadhani tumefikia mahali tukubali wazi kuwa some few people must be eliminated in order that Tanzania can make a step. Vingenevyo itakuwa EPA, Richmond, Meremeta, Dowans etc etc etc hakuna kinachofanyika ni utapeli wizi na ufisadi tu. Ni kama hatuna usalama wa taifa, wanaonekana kama wameambiwa wasifanye kazi yao.

Tunapalilia mbegu ambayo ikiota na kuwa magugu matokeo yake yatakuwa mabaya sana.

 

[RealMan]

embu angalieni Royal Bank of Canada ilitajwa vipi katika ile hukumu ya ICC...

Wakati wengine tunaunganisha taarifa (ICC ruling, Brela doc, RA..) kina Zomba wanashangaa na kuuliza ndo nini.
Pengine hata hajui hao waliotajwa kwenye post ya Ta Muganyizi ni kina nani, ndo JF tutafanyaje.

Back to the topic: Nadhani serikali bado inadhani tuko kwenye zama za mwalimu ambaye peke yake alikuwa anajua international affairs kwa vile TV ilikuwa kwake tu. Watz leo tuna nyenzo za kutufikisha popote na kupata taarifa yoyote!

Hata wakiwa lipa hao mafisadi watajua dhahiri kwamba tunamjua mwizi wetu! Wakati mwingine ukimjua mwizi inatosha maana utamwepuka siku zijazo kila unapomwona.

 

[Bagamoyo]

Wana-JF nimekwenda website ya msajili wa makampuni Tanzania leo 7/januari/2011 kutafuta kama DOWANS HOLDINGS SA (COSTA RICA) AU DOWANS TANZANIA LIMITED yapo katika database ya Msajili wa Makampuni Tanzania - www.brela-tz.org/company holla! yaani napata jibu 'business name does not exist in our database', yaani hizi Tshs. Billioni 185 zilipwe kwa kampuni ambayo haipo DOWANS TANZANIA LTD au jamaa walishafunga virago?

Sasa swali kwa serikali na Mh. Waziri Ngeleja kututajia majina ya kampuni(DOWANS Tanzania LTD) ambazo hazipo katika daftari la msajili wa makampuni Tanzania maana yake ni nini Mh. Waziri?

Nakuu tafsiri ya kampuni ya kigeni toka tovuti ya www.brela-tz.org inatamka kuwa:

(c) Foreign companies (companies incorporated out of Tanzania) according to www.brela-tz.org


# These are companies incorporated outside Tanzania. Their offices in Tanzania are treated as branches of foreign company. Even if all subscriber and or shareholders are nationals of the United Republic of Tanzania, the companies are regarded as foreign. They are registered under part XII of Cap.212.


# The Registration procedure of this type of companies include the submission of :-

1. Certified copies of Memorandum and Articles of Association.
2. Notice of the location of the registered office in the country of domicile.
3. List of Directors of the company.
4. Persons resident in the country who are the representatives of the company. ??????

# Fees payable is US$ 1,100 towards registration fees and US$ 300 for filing.
# Certificate of companies is issued to applicants.


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[mzambia]

Jamani hii ndo tz na rostam azizi

 

[Edson]

yaani hapa sasa ndo pakushikia bango........hawa jamaa wote si wamiliki wa dowans.....nikisema kikwete ni juha Ms analalamika

 

[BAK]

Hawa Brela ni bomu tu hawana lolote. Hii kampuni imepoteza credibility kwenye sakata la umiliki wa kampuni ya KCM pale ambapo documents za kuonyesha ni nani wamiliki wa Kiwira Coal Mining zilivyoanza kupotea kimiujiza na nyingine kuingia pia kimiujiza ili kumsafisha Mkapa.

 

[deny_all]

Well said, kuna kitu kinaitwa au document inaitwa "SHARE TRANSFER DEED" kama sikosei, true owner/director wa kampuni anamsainisha mtu mwingine anayemwamini aonekane kama ndiye real owner/director lakini anakuwa owner/director kivuli tu. Any time true owner/director anaweza kuchukua share zake ikibidi. Njia hii inatumika kuficha identity ya true owner/director may be kwa ethical issues au hata ufisadi kama tunavyoona kwenye issue ya RICHMOND, DOWANS etc

share_transfer.pdf

Director wa finance toka lini akakaa kwenye Board, halafu kukaa kwenye board ndio inaonyesha ownership? board members ni wawakilishi wa wamiliki kwenye shughuli za kiutendaji za wamiliki, hivyo mpaka sasa wamiliki hawajatajwa. na hii inaonyesha kabisa kabisa owners wakweli wapo hapo hapo bongo.
halafu kingine kama huyo mkenya ndio owner cum director wa finance kwa nini hela achukue lostam hazizz??/ refer power of attorney ya kuchukua pesa? yaani huyu independent accountant aliyefanyia delloitte ndivyo alivyo fundishwa kwanini asiingize kwenye vitabu vyake na kutoa cheque yeye mwenyewe mpaka amkodishe rostam kuzibeba hizo pesa.

 

[mzambia]

Lkn hazina wanaanza kulipa deni alilokopa kikwete wkt wa kampeni hii ndo tz bwana

 

[ALI KIBERENGO]

Huu ni Mtihani wetu mkubwa sisi walala hoi jinsi tulivyoumizwa na haya Mafisadi, kwa kuwa umeanzisha mjadala wa kuwatafuta basi nami natowa Mchango Wangu hapa Ukumbini uweze Kusaidia. SLEMAN MOHAMMED YAHYA ALADAWIY Huyu ninamjua sana, ni Mzaliwa wa Zanzibar katika Mkoa wa Kaskazini A katika kijiji cha Mkwajuni nyumbani Kwa Rais Mstaafu Dk Salimini Amour, Bwana mdogo huyu Kakulia Zanzibar na Kasoma Zanzibar baadae akahamia Nchi ya OMAN na huko akawezakufanya kazi katika jeshi hata kufikia ncheo Kikubwa cha UBRIGEDIA akiwa katika Kikosi Maalum cha Ulinzi wa Mfalme Qaboos Bin Said bin Sultan. Bwana Mdogo huyu ambae ni Mswahili Mwenzetu ni Rafiki Mkubwa sana wa JK, EL,APSON na ROSTAM AZIZ.
Pakuanzia ni Kuandikwa kwa Barua kwa Wizara ya Mambo ya Nje ya OMAN, Kuielezea kadhia ya Wizi ya Raia wao na kuomba ahojiwe ninani hao wenzake katika wizi huu

Wewe umechanganyikiwa na hujui kwa nini hii topiki imeanzishwa, hii ligi si ya kichangani. Wengi wa waliotajwa mwanzoni waliikana hii Dowans na hawakutaka kabisa kuhusishwa nayo. Ukienda kwenye profiles zao hata harufu ya Dowans hutaisikia na ni huyu Stanley peke yake ambaye yupo Tanzania na kuna ushahidi wa wazi kuwa anahusika kwani ndiye Mkurugenzi wa Fedha.

Kuna siri kubwa nyuma ya hizi kampuni za Richmond/Dowans kama ilivyo kwa dada yao mkubwa Kagoda na kigugumizi katika kutaja wamiliki wake kinatokana na Mkuu wa Kaya kuhusika. Baada ya bunge kuistukia Richmond, wahusika wakuu wakiongozwa na Jakaya Kikwete walisuka mpango wa zima moto wa kufuta nyayo zao wahusika na haraka haraka ikaingia Dowans.

Hukumu ya ICC juzi imemtaja aliyepewa nguvu za kisheria kuisimamia Dowans Tanzania, hii iliwezekanaje kama moja wa wakurugenzi wake alikuwa hapa hapa Tanzania kwa jina la Stanley Munai ? Kama ilivyo kawaida yao mafisadi ya wizi hadi kura, stakabadhi muhimu ziliporwa Brela na kuchakachuliwa na sasa tunaletewa majina haya baada ya kuyadai toka mwaka 2007.

Wenye majina hayo kama wapo tutawafuatilia kwani ukweli una tabia moja ya kukataa kuzikwa hata kama inachukua miezi. Wizi wa kura kubaki madarakani, utumiaji wa polisi kuua wazalendo wanaotafuta haki na udikteta, vyote havitaweza kuzima kiu ya wananchi kuufahamu ukweli - Andrew James Tice wa Canada, Gopalakrishnan Balachandran wa India na Mr Hon Sung Woo wa Singapore na Mr Sulaiman Mohamed Yahya Al Adawi wa Oman, tutawachimba hadi kieleweke.

 

[Ngambo Ngali]

tanesco wake up

take action, time is running against you

 

[Ngambo Ngali]

tuache kulonga longa, tuwahimize tanesco waende mahakamani kupinga

 

[tripojo]

Mie siwaamini sirikali hata kidogo. Kama wamiliki ndio hao mbona walikuwa wanasita kuwataja kitambo chote hicho....hapana, lazima itakuwepo namna....najaribu ku connect the dots!

 

[Kinyambiss]

NGeleja is Rostam's lil lapdog from the vodacom days... Astake kuongea chochote.

 

[Bantugbro]

Lkn hazina wanaanza kulipa deni alilokopa kikwete wkt wa kampeni hii ndo tz bwana

tanesco wake up take action, time is running against you

Hawa hata wafanye fasta-fasta ya aina gani bado hawataweza kuzilipa hizo pesa bila ya hukumu hii kusajiliwa katika mahakama kuu ya JMT.

Umbumbumbu wa SHERIA na KATIBA yao wenyewe ndio unawasumbua.

Labda waende kuwachakachua hata Msajili na Majaji wa mahakama kuu ya JMT..

 

[Susuviri]

embu angalieni Royal Bank of Canada ilitajwa vipi katika ile hukumu ya ICC...

Mkuu, Mambo yanatisha ila uzuri zile documents ulizoweka hapa zote zina data zote muhimu, mi nashangaa kuwa hata baada ya kuziweka hapa sijaona media yoyote ya Bongo ikichangamkia documents na kuandika chochote kuhusu sakata hili.
Ila kibaya ni kuwa huyu Tice anaonekana ndo alikuwa underwriter wa Dowans na amewekwa kwa kuwa ana 'hisa' lakini si lazima hisa ya moja kwa moja bali ni kashfa kwake pia ishu hii ikija kulipuka....
Ngoja tuingie kuchimba... mi naamini hata wale arbitrators wa ICC nao wamo...

 

[Ngambo Ngali]

Hawa hata wafanye fasta-fasta ya aina gani bado hawataweza kuzilipa hizo pesa bila ya hukumu hii kusajiliwa katika mahakama kuu ya JMT.

Umbumbumbu wa SHERIA na KATIBA yao wenyewe ndio unawasumbua.

Labda waende kuwachakachua hata Msajili na Majaji wa mahakama kuu ya JMT..

Kuna muda umewekwa wa kubatilisha award ya arbitrator wasipofanya hivyo itakuwa na maana kuwa wanakubaliana nayo na hapo dowans watawajibika kulipwa kiulaini