Amatus Liyumba: Balaa!
Amatus Liyumba: Balaa!
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Yo Yo
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acha uvivu....nyie ndio mnaotuongezea kiwango cha umaskini hapa duniani.......nenda kwenye jukwaa la siasa tafuta thread ya liumba......
Icadon
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Hahahaha!! Yes, huyo naye namjua.
Icadon
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Personally, sijui kama kalambwa ila naona according to ze list kapitiwa-again sitoshangaa-
Ebanae hii list noma tupu duh nimehesabu few chicks that I know.
Yo Yo
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tatizo la videmu vya dar vinataka viishi maisha ya kwenye video......kutwa wako kwenye maduka wakifanya window shoping wakikukusubiri wewe na hela yako ya box uje wakuchunulie mbali.....
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.....so kwa kidume Liumba ndio alikuwa anawapatia hapo.....yeye kwanza ni gari jekundu kisha mnaenda kula nae uroda majuu.....kwanini wasipanue......BTW ile list wengi wameonewa.....
Bongolander
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Hii ni habari ya leo kutoka huko majuu, wenzetu naona wako serious hawasubiri mpaka huyo jamaa afikishe watu 200 kama huyu jamaa aliyewekwa Keko, lakini sisi tumejua tabia ya Liyumba toka siku nyingi tumeishia kupiga domo tu kwenye vyombo vya habari, bila kuchukua hatua zozote halisi. At least JF imepiga hatua kubwa na kuweka majina ya walioko kwenye mtandao wake ili kuwanusuru watanzania.
Man 'infected women with HIV'
A man has been arrested after claims he infected women with HIV
Date: 28 February 2009
An HIV positive man has been arrested after a series of women complained he had unprotected sex with them, without mentioning that he had the virus.
The 39-year-old, reported to be an ex-serviceman, is said to have had unsafe intercourse with 'a number' of women in the East Devon area, police said.
The man, from Bournemouth, was arrested and questioned over his alleged failure to let his lovers know about his HIV status. He was released on police bail until May 11.
Devon and Cornwall police have not revealed how many women have made statements, nor their current states of health.
A force spokesman said: "Devon and Cornwall Police can confirm a number of women have come forward regarding allegations of their having had unprotected sex with a man who they now believe to be HIV positive. They allege he failed to disclose this to them."
Infecting a partner with HIV - the virus that causes Aids - can lead to a charge of recklessly or intentionally causing grievous bodily harm.
Lisa Power, head of policy at HIV charity the Terrence Higgins Trust, told the Western Morning News: "Whether it's the people making the allegation or the accused, they will all be in shock.
"If you can't or don't (use a condom), get a check-up as soon as you can. You don't want to have to wait until a police officer is knocking on your door saying you may have been exposed."
Victims no longer have to wait three months after sexual contact before the virus can be identified.
In May 2004, African asylum seeker Feston Konzani, 28, was jailed for 10 years at Teeside Crown Court after knowingly infecting three women with HIV.
Man 'infected women with HIV'
A man has been arrested after claims he infected women with HIV
Date: 28 February 2009
An HIV positive man has been arrested after a series of women complained he had unprotected sex with them, without mentioning that he had the virus.
The 39-year-old, reported to be an ex-serviceman, is said to have had unsafe intercourse with 'a number' of women in the East Devon area, police said.
The man, from Bournemouth, was arrested and questioned over his alleged failure to let his lovers know about his HIV status. He was released on police bail until May 11.
Devon and Cornwall police have not revealed how many women have made statements, nor their current states of health.
A force spokesman said: "Devon and Cornwall Police can confirm a number of women have come forward regarding allegations of their having had unprotected sex with a man who they now believe to be HIV positive. They allege he failed to disclose this to them."
Infecting a partner with HIV - the virus that causes Aids - can lead to a charge of recklessly or intentionally causing grievous bodily harm.
Lisa Power, head of policy at HIV charity the Terrence Higgins Trust, told the Western Morning News: "Whether it's the people making the allegation or the accused, they will all be in shock.
"If you can't or don't (use a condom), get a check-up as soon as you can. You don't want to have to wait until a police officer is knocking on your door saying you may have been exposed."
Victims no longer have to wait three months after sexual contact before the virus can be identified.
In May 2004, African asylum seeker Feston Konzani, 28, was jailed for 10 years at Teeside Crown Court after knowingly infecting three women with HIV.
Mbu
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..."that I know" kwa maana ya kuwajua au kuwafahamu?, maana kwenye kuwajua kuna 'kuwajua' kiundani, au kijuu juu tu...
kwenye kuwajua kiundani, kuna kujuana kiundani ya nanihii, au kiundani ya 'kawaida' tu 😀....
Mbu
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...smart move mkuu 😀, kama ni kwenye game ya chess basi ni "castle in the opening!", or via artificial castling!
biG-uP!
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Liyumba Revealed
2009-03-01 10:55:41
By Staff Writer
He spent his life serving the Central Bank of Tanzania, building up strong connections within the corridors of power during the last five years of the third phase regime.
He rose and conquered Dar es Salaam, with his quickly generated wealth feeding a lavish lifestyle and an appetite for posh cars.
He broke into the high life nine years ago, after serving the bank for three decades, and he took to his new lifestyle like a fish to water.
His home in Kawe, a suburb of Dar es Salaam, is estimated to be worth about $1m while another home located in Mbezi, whose documents he presented before the court, is worth close to $800,000. This is only what he has chosen to disclose, excluding the fancy cars and other assets he has accrued.
Tales of his personal life - the women, the payoffs - were fodder for the gutter press, but no one dared touch him for fear of repercussions from his strong connections.
He floated through life untouched, but now he is suddenly facing a cold reality, spending his days and nights at Keko maximum-security prison.
This is Amatus Liyumba, a man appointed by the late Governor Daudi Ballali in 1999 to be the Director of Personnel and Administration - one of the top positions within the BoT.
After he was reported to have skipped out on bail, Liyumba appeared this week before the Kisutu Resident Magistrate`s Court.
He proved his critics wrong - hamming it up for the cameras - but he was remanded after being accused of presenting forged documents for his bail.
He told the court that Keko is not a place to spend even a single day, adding that during his 14 days in prison he lost about 5kgs because of the poor conditions.
His court appearance, and his recent jail time, served to demonstrate the downward slope of a professional trajectory that had at one time seemed unremarkable but which has repeatedly been boosted by personal relationships.
Before being promoted from a junior to senior position in 1999, Liyumba was the principal of the BoT's Training College built at Capri-point Street in Mwanza city.
During his tenure as the head of the college, the internal auditor unearthed that Liyumba had misused the BoT`s monies, according to the auditing reports of 1998/99.
Liyumba might have been toast, but he was saved when in 1999 Dr Ballali was appointed the new BoT Governor.
Recalling their first days of joining the BoT in the early 1970s, before Dr Ballali left for further study in the US, the Governor appointed his close friend and associate to head the personnel and administration department.
According to the BoT procedures, the Director of Personnel and Administration is responsible for estate and facility management, personnel and administration, supply and general services, the capital budget of the bank and training.
``In simple words, Liyumba was the heart of the BoT…he managed all sensitive and crucial assignments,`` said Anthony Rukoijo, a former deputy director of estate management within the Central Bank.
How he rose
The appointment of Dr Ballali and of Liyumba came at the time when the country was eyeing major macro-economic reforms approved by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.
To spearhead these reforms, the BoT embarked on major projects that had been previously abandoned for lack of cash and because of the economic hardship the country went through during the 1980s and `90s.
With Benjamin Mkapa`s regime managing to increase revenue collections from only 25bn/- in 1995 to 90bn/- by 1999, coupled with the donors` move to cancel the country's debt, it was considered a proper time to act.
To win the protection of those in power, Liyumba ensured that all big shots had their relatives or children working within the BoT - an exercise he did cautiously for fear that allegations of nepotism would emerge.
By 2004, serious allegations of nepotism had come up anyway, prompting the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau to investigate the claims last year.
Whatever the findings of that investigation might be, the truth remains that Liyumba played his cards very well, managing to establish a network of confidantes within the ruling class during the third phase regime.
The questioning of his behaviour and wealth in conjunction with the major projects executed by the BoT during his tenure drew strong defense from the former governor, finance minister and dozens of prominent politicians.
``He was the most powerful within the bank after the Governor…he wasn`t ready for criticism,`` Rukoijo told The Guardian on Sunday.
When suspicions were raised about his wealth, Liyumba did what smart guys normally do to cover the source of their undeclared wealth: he borrowed from the bank, mortgaging his house in order to raise money to build his new home in Mbezi in 2004.
``What he didn't realise by then is that politicians can`t be trusted one hundred percent because they follow the beat of the drum,`` a senior BoT official told The Guardian on Sunday. ``The political winds changed.``
``He is still innocent until proven guilty, but the lesson we learn here is that in everything we do during our services, one day we shall be held responsible by the authorities,`` the BoT official, who declined to be named, added.
When he was appointed to head personnel and administration, in 1999 the cost of the BoT's infamous twin towers - which landed him in jail -were estimated to be $40m, according to the original drawings. In the span of just two years, the cost rose dramatically to $70m.
During that period, one of the international bidders complained to the authorities that the twin towers project was marred with corruption, but his voice went unheard.
The BoT board of directors went ahead and approved the project amid the growing public outcry.
In 2001, the BoT board approved more changes to the original design, bringing construction costs to $100m.
Four years later, the project`s cost surged again, this time costing $150m in taxpayer shillings. The final cost of the project stood at $340m in 2007.
Based on what the prosecution has told the court, behind all these escalating costs was one man- Liyumba, who managed to convince the board of directors to accept the series of changes that came with hefty payoffs.
Now that the court battle is set to finally begin, many are hoping the truth will finally be known.
Liyumba is accused of causing the government a loss amounting to 220bn/-. To put it in perspective, this money could have built 550km of tarmac road at the current cost of 400m/- per kilometer, or it could have built 11, ooo modern classrooms at a cost of 20m/- per class.
Today, we are told that it is because of the advice of this man and his colleague that taxpayers finally paid $8,000 per square meter of the twin towers.
Cost analysts believe that price per square meter could only be incurred in the US where building materials, labour and other costs are much higher.
During his tenure as the DPA, the BoT`s procurement services value reached over $600m, including the cost of constructing the twin towers.
Many of Liyumba`s friends and relatives are saying he has been made a sacrificial lamb in this scandal.
And one man will be missing in the courtroom circus - the late Dr Ballali.
His presence would have added to the drama of his close friend's criminal case, if not revealed the secret behind the exorbitant cost of the twin towers project.
SOURCE: Sunday Observer
2009-03-01 10:55:41
By Staff Writer
He spent his life serving the Central Bank of Tanzania, building up strong connections within the corridors of power during the last five years of the third phase regime.
He rose and conquered Dar es Salaam, with his quickly generated wealth feeding a lavish lifestyle and an appetite for posh cars.
He broke into the high life nine years ago, after serving the bank for three decades, and he took to his new lifestyle like a fish to water.
His home in Kawe, a suburb of Dar es Salaam, is estimated to be worth about $1m while another home located in Mbezi, whose documents he presented before the court, is worth close to $800,000. This is only what he has chosen to disclose, excluding the fancy cars and other assets he has accrued.
Tales of his personal life - the women, the payoffs - were fodder for the gutter press, but no one dared touch him for fear of repercussions from his strong connections.
He floated through life untouched, but now he is suddenly facing a cold reality, spending his days and nights at Keko maximum-security prison.
This is Amatus Liyumba, a man appointed by the late Governor Daudi Ballali in 1999 to be the Director of Personnel and Administration - one of the top positions within the BoT.
After he was reported to have skipped out on bail, Liyumba appeared this week before the Kisutu Resident Magistrate`s Court.
He proved his critics wrong - hamming it up for the cameras - but he was remanded after being accused of presenting forged documents for his bail.
He told the court that Keko is not a place to spend even a single day, adding that during his 14 days in prison he lost about 5kgs because of the poor conditions.
His court appearance, and his recent jail time, served to demonstrate the downward slope of a professional trajectory that had at one time seemed unremarkable but which has repeatedly been boosted by personal relationships.
Before being promoted from a junior to senior position in 1999, Liyumba was the principal of the BoT's Training College built at Capri-point Street in Mwanza city.
During his tenure as the head of the college, the internal auditor unearthed that Liyumba had misused the BoT`s monies, according to the auditing reports of 1998/99.
Liyumba might have been toast, but he was saved when in 1999 Dr Ballali was appointed the new BoT Governor.
Recalling their first days of joining the BoT in the early 1970s, before Dr Ballali left for further study in the US, the Governor appointed his close friend and associate to head the personnel and administration department.
According to the BoT procedures, the Director of Personnel and Administration is responsible for estate and facility management, personnel and administration, supply and general services, the capital budget of the bank and training.
``In simple words, Liyumba was the heart of the BoT…he managed all sensitive and crucial assignments,`` said Anthony Rukoijo, a former deputy director of estate management within the Central Bank.
How he rose
The appointment of Dr Ballali and of Liyumba came at the time when the country was eyeing major macro-economic reforms approved by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.
To spearhead these reforms, the BoT embarked on major projects that had been previously abandoned for lack of cash and because of the economic hardship the country went through during the 1980s and `90s.
With Benjamin Mkapa`s regime managing to increase revenue collections from only 25bn/- in 1995 to 90bn/- by 1999, coupled with the donors` move to cancel the country's debt, it was considered a proper time to act.
To win the protection of those in power, Liyumba ensured that all big shots had their relatives or children working within the BoT - an exercise he did cautiously for fear that allegations of nepotism would emerge.
By 2004, serious allegations of nepotism had come up anyway, prompting the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau to investigate the claims last year.
Whatever the findings of that investigation might be, the truth remains that Liyumba played his cards very well, managing to establish a network of confidantes within the ruling class during the third phase regime.
The questioning of his behaviour and wealth in conjunction with the major projects executed by the BoT during his tenure drew strong defense from the former governor, finance minister and dozens of prominent politicians.
``He was the most powerful within the bank after the Governor…he wasn`t ready for criticism,`` Rukoijo told The Guardian on Sunday.
When suspicions were raised about his wealth, Liyumba did what smart guys normally do to cover the source of their undeclared wealth: he borrowed from the bank, mortgaging his house in order to raise money to build his new home in Mbezi in 2004.
``What he didn't realise by then is that politicians can`t be trusted one hundred percent because they follow the beat of the drum,`` a senior BoT official told The Guardian on Sunday. ``The political winds changed.``
``He is still innocent until proven guilty, but the lesson we learn here is that in everything we do during our services, one day we shall be held responsible by the authorities,`` the BoT official, who declined to be named, added.
When he was appointed to head personnel and administration, in 1999 the cost of the BoT's infamous twin towers - which landed him in jail -were estimated to be $40m, according to the original drawings. In the span of just two years, the cost rose dramatically to $70m.
During that period, one of the international bidders complained to the authorities that the twin towers project was marred with corruption, but his voice went unheard.
The BoT board of directors went ahead and approved the project amid the growing public outcry.
In 2001, the BoT board approved more changes to the original design, bringing construction costs to $100m.
Four years later, the project`s cost surged again, this time costing $150m in taxpayer shillings. The final cost of the project stood at $340m in 2007.
Based on what the prosecution has told the court, behind all these escalating costs was one man- Liyumba, who managed to convince the board of directors to accept the series of changes that came with hefty payoffs.
Now that the court battle is set to finally begin, many are hoping the truth will finally be known.
Liyumba is accused of causing the government a loss amounting to 220bn/-. To put it in perspective, this money could have built 550km of tarmac road at the current cost of 400m/- per kilometer, or it could have built 11, ooo modern classrooms at a cost of 20m/- per class.
Today, we are told that it is because of the advice of this man and his colleague that taxpayers finally paid $8,000 per square meter of the twin towers.
Cost analysts believe that price per square meter could only be incurred in the US where building materials, labour and other costs are much higher.
During his tenure as the DPA, the BoT`s procurement services value reached over $600m, including the cost of constructing the twin towers.
Many of Liyumba`s friends and relatives are saying he has been made a sacrificial lamb in this scandal.
And one man will be missing in the courtroom circus - the late Dr Ballali.
His presence would have added to the drama of his close friend's criminal case, if not revealed the secret behind the exorbitant cost of the twin towers project.
SOURCE: Sunday Observer
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Kama nani?
2009-03-01 10:55:41
By Staff Writer
He spent his life serving the Central Bank of Tanzania, building up strong connections within the corridors of power during the last five years of the third phase regime.
He rose and conquered Dar es Salaam, with his quickly generated wealth feeding a lavish lifestyle and an appetite for posh cars.
He broke into the high life nine years ago, after serving the bank for three decades, and he took to his new lifestyle like a fish to water.
His home in Kawe, a suburb of Dar es Salaam, is estimated to be worth about $1m while another home located in Mbezi, whose documents he presented before the court, is worth close to $800,000. This is only what he has chosen to disclose, excluding the fancy cars and other assets he has accrued.
Tales of his personal life - the women, the payoffs - were fodder for the gutter press, but no one dared touch him for fear of repercussions from his strong connections.
He floated through life untouched, but now he is suddenly facing a cold reality, spending his days and nights at Keko maximum-security prison.
This is Amatus Liyumba, a man appointed by the late Governor Daudi Ballali in 1999 to be the Director of Personnel and Administration - one of the top positions within the BoT.
After he was reported to have skipped out on bail, Liyumba appeared this week before the Kisutu Resident Magistrate`s Court.
He proved his critics wrong - hamming it up for the cameras - but he was remanded after being accused of presenting forged documents for his bail.
He told the court that Keko is not a place to spend even a single day, adding that during his 14 days in prison he lost about 5kgs because of the poor conditions.
His court appearance, and his recent jail time, served to demonstrate the downward slope of a professional trajectory that had at one time seemed unremarkable but which has repeatedly been boosted by personal relationships.
Before being promoted from a junior to senior position in 1999, Liyumba was the principal of the BoTs Training College built at Capri-point Street in Mwanza city.
During his tenure as the head of the college, the internal auditor unearthed that Liyumba had misused the BoT`s monies, according to the auditing reports of 1998/99.
Liyumba might have been toast, but he was saved when in 1999 Dr Ballali was appointed the new BoT Governor.
Recalling their first days of joining the BoT in the early 1970s, before Dr Ballali left for further study in the US, the Governor appointed his close friend and associate to head the personnel and administration department.
According to the BoT procedures, the Director of Personnel and Administration is responsible for estate and facility management, personnel and administration, supply and general services, the capital budget of the bank and training.
``In simple words, Liyumba was the heart of the BoT he managed all sensitive and crucial assignments,`` said Anthony Rukoijo, a former deputy director of estate management within the Central Bank.
How he rose
The appointment of Dr Ballali and of Liyumba came at the time when the country was eyeing major macro-economic reforms approved by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.
To spearhead these reforms, the BoT embarked on major projects that had been previously abandoned for lack of cash and because of the economic hardship the country went through during the 1980s and `90s.
With Benjamin Mkapa`s regime managing to increase revenue collections from only 25bn/- in 1995 to 90bn/- by 1999, coupled with the donors` move to cancel the countrys debt, it was considered a proper time to act.
To win the protection of those in power, Liyumba ensured that all big shots had their relatives or children working within the BoT - an exercise he did cautiously for fear that allegations of nepotism would emerge.
By 2004, serious allegations of nepotism had come up anyway, prompting the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau to investigate the claims last year.
Whatever the findings of that investigation might be, the truth remains that Liyumba played his cards very well, managing to establish a network of confidantes within the ruling class during the third phase regime.
The questioning of his behaviour and wealth in conjunction with the major projects executed by the BoT during his tenure drew strong defense from the former governor, finance minister and dozens of prominent politicians.
``He was the most powerful within the bank after the Governor he wasn`t ready for criticism,`` Rukoijo told The Guardian on Sunday.
When suspicions were raised about his wealth, Liyumba did what smart guys normally do to cover the source of their undeclared wealth: he borrowed from the bank, mortgaging his house in order to raise money to build his new home in Mbezi in 2004.
``What he didnt realise by then is that politicians can`t be trusted one hundred percent because they follow the beat of the drum,`` a senior BoT official told The Guardian on Sunday. ``The political winds changed.``
``He is still innocent until proven guilty, but the lesson we learn here is that in everything we do during our services, one day we shall be held responsible by the authorities,`` the BoT official, who declined to be named, added.
When he was appointed to head personnel and administration, in 1999 the cost of the BoTs infamous twin towers - which landed him in jail -were estimated to be $40m, according to the original drawings. In the span of just two years, the cost rose dramatically to $70m.
During that period, one of the international bidders complained to the authorities that the twin towers project was marred with corruption, but his voice went unheard.
The BoT board of directors went ahead and approved the project amid the growing public outcry.
In 2001, the BoT board approved more changes to the original design, bringing construction costs to $100m.
Four years later, the project`s cost surged again, this time costing $150m in taxpayer shillings. The final cost of the project stood at $340m in 2007.
Based on what the prosecution has told the court, behind all these escalating costs was one man- Liyumba, who managed to convince the board of directors to accept the series of changes that came with hefty payoffs.
Now that the court battle is set to finally begin, many are hoping the truth will finally be known.
Liyumba is accused of causing the government a loss amounting to 220bn/-. To put it in perspective, this money could have built 550km of tarmac road at the current cost of 400m/- per kilometer, or it could have built 11, ooo modern classrooms at a cost of 20m/- per class.
Today, we are told that it is because of the advice of this man and his colleague that taxpayers finally paid $8,000 per square meter of the twin towers.
Cost analysts believe that price per square meter could only be incurred in the US where building materials, labour and other costs are much higher.
During his tenure as the DPA, the BoT`s procurement services value reached over $600m, including the cost of constructing the twin towers.
Many of Liyumba`s friends and relatives are saying he has been made a sacrificial lamb in this scandal.
And one man will be missing in the courtroom circus - the late Dr Ballali.
His presence would have added to the drama of his close friends criminal case, if not revealed the secret behind the exorbitant cost of the twin towers project.
SOURCE: Sunday Observer
By Staff Writer
He spent his life serving the Central Bank of Tanzania, building up strong connections within the corridors of power during the last five years of the third phase regime.
He rose and conquered Dar es Salaam, with his quickly generated wealth feeding a lavish lifestyle and an appetite for posh cars.
He broke into the high life nine years ago, after serving the bank for three decades, and he took to his new lifestyle like a fish to water.
His home in Kawe, a suburb of Dar es Salaam, is estimated to be worth about $1m while another home located in Mbezi, whose documents he presented before the court, is worth close to $800,000. This is only what he has chosen to disclose, excluding the fancy cars and other assets he has accrued.
Tales of his personal life - the women, the payoffs - were fodder for the gutter press, but no one dared touch him for fear of repercussions from his strong connections.
He floated through life untouched, but now he is suddenly facing a cold reality, spending his days and nights at Keko maximum-security prison.
This is Amatus Liyumba, a man appointed by the late Governor Daudi Ballali in 1999 to be the Director of Personnel and Administration - one of the top positions within the BoT.
After he was reported to have skipped out on bail, Liyumba appeared this week before the Kisutu Resident Magistrate`s Court.
He proved his critics wrong - hamming it up for the cameras - but he was remanded after being accused of presenting forged documents for his bail.
He told the court that Keko is not a place to spend even a single day, adding that during his 14 days in prison he lost about 5kgs because of the poor conditions.
His court appearance, and his recent jail time, served to demonstrate the downward slope of a professional trajectory that had at one time seemed unremarkable but which has repeatedly been boosted by personal relationships.
Before being promoted from a junior to senior position in 1999, Liyumba was the principal of the BoTs Training College built at Capri-point Street in Mwanza city.
During his tenure as the head of the college, the internal auditor unearthed that Liyumba had misused the BoT`s monies, according to the auditing reports of 1998/99.
Liyumba might have been toast, but he was saved when in 1999 Dr Ballali was appointed the new BoT Governor.
Recalling their first days of joining the BoT in the early 1970s, before Dr Ballali left for further study in the US, the Governor appointed his close friend and associate to head the personnel and administration department.
According to the BoT procedures, the Director of Personnel and Administration is responsible for estate and facility management, personnel and administration, supply and general services, the capital budget of the bank and training.
``In simple words, Liyumba was the heart of the BoT he managed all sensitive and crucial assignments,`` said Anthony Rukoijo, a former deputy director of estate management within the Central Bank.
How he rose
The appointment of Dr Ballali and of Liyumba came at the time when the country was eyeing major macro-economic reforms approved by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.
To spearhead these reforms, the BoT embarked on major projects that had been previously abandoned for lack of cash and because of the economic hardship the country went through during the 1980s and `90s.
With Benjamin Mkapa`s regime managing to increase revenue collections from only 25bn/- in 1995 to 90bn/- by 1999, coupled with the donors` move to cancel the countrys debt, it was considered a proper time to act.
To win the protection of those in power, Liyumba ensured that all big shots had their relatives or children working within the BoT - an exercise he did cautiously for fear that allegations of nepotism would emerge.
By 2004, serious allegations of nepotism had come up anyway, prompting the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau to investigate the claims last year.
Whatever the findings of that investigation might be, the truth remains that Liyumba played his cards very well, managing to establish a network of confidantes within the ruling class during the third phase regime.
The questioning of his behaviour and wealth in conjunction with the major projects executed by the BoT during his tenure drew strong defense from the former governor, finance minister and dozens of prominent politicians.
``He was the most powerful within the bank after the Governor he wasn`t ready for criticism,`` Rukoijo told The Guardian on Sunday.
When suspicions were raised about his wealth, Liyumba did what smart guys normally do to cover the source of their undeclared wealth: he borrowed from the bank, mortgaging his house in order to raise money to build his new home in Mbezi in 2004.
``What he didnt realise by then is that politicians can`t be trusted one hundred percent because they follow the beat of the drum,`` a senior BoT official told The Guardian on Sunday. ``The political winds changed.``
``He is still innocent until proven guilty, but the lesson we learn here is that in everything we do during our services, one day we shall be held responsible by the authorities,`` the BoT official, who declined to be named, added.
When he was appointed to head personnel and administration, in 1999 the cost of the BoTs infamous twin towers - which landed him in jail -were estimated to be $40m, according to the original drawings. In the span of just two years, the cost rose dramatically to $70m.
During that period, one of the international bidders complained to the authorities that the twin towers project was marred with corruption, but his voice went unheard.
The BoT board of directors went ahead and approved the project amid the growing public outcry.
In 2001, the BoT board approved more changes to the original design, bringing construction costs to $100m.
Four years later, the project`s cost surged again, this time costing $150m in taxpayer shillings. The final cost of the project stood at $340m in 2007.
Based on what the prosecution has told the court, behind all these escalating costs was one man- Liyumba, who managed to convince the board of directors to accept the series of changes that came with hefty payoffs.
Now that the court battle is set to finally begin, many are hoping the truth will finally be known.
Liyumba is accused of causing the government a loss amounting to 220bn/-. To put it in perspective, this money could have built 550km of tarmac road at the current cost of 400m/- per kilometer, or it could have built 11, ooo modern classrooms at a cost of 20m/- per class.
Today, we are told that it is because of the advice of this man and his colleague that taxpayers finally paid $8,000 per square meter of the twin towers.
Cost analysts believe that price per square meter could only be incurred in the US where building materials, labour and other costs are much higher.
During his tenure as the DPA, the BoT`s procurement services value reached over $600m, including the cost of constructing the twin towers.
Many of Liyumba`s friends and relatives are saying he has been made a sacrificial lamb in this scandal.
And one man will be missing in the courtroom circus - the late Dr Ballali.
His presence would have added to the drama of his close friends criminal case, if not revealed the secret behind the exorbitant cost of the twin towers project.
SOURCE: Sunday Observer
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