Chief Mangungo 2.0 na Ujinga wa Mwafrika 2013..

[Mzee Mwanakijiji]

1.Hiyo iliuwa typo, na mimi nimemaanisha redaction, kwahiyo sidhani kama tunapishana hapo.

2.Hiyo website uliyoitoa inaonesha tender tu huwezi kuona mkataba halisi. Hiyo website ni part to ya compliance ya European Union procument Law ambayo inataka kila chi mwanachama watangaze tenda kwa kutumia e tendering. Hata Tanzania tunayo Tanzania Tenders Portal: Unaweza ukaona tenda zote za tanzania zilizopo na zilizopita. Hata hii tenda ya mafuta ilitangazwa.

3. Mimi ninafanya kazi serekali ya Uingereza na kwa nafasi niliyonayo , ninajua sheria Imesimama wapi. Na kwakifupi mkataba wowote wa kibiashara hauwezi kuwekwa hadharani.

4. Ninarudi tena, hata ukiitoa uingereza, International Law in all forms ( Hard law & Soft Law ) Haitoi mwanya kwa mkataba wa kibiashara kuwekwa hadharani.

5. Nimekueleza, Njia nzuri ni kulipa BUNGE MENO ya kuweza kupitia hii mikataba kabla haijasainiwa inapozidi certain threshould.

6. All your basics questions can be answered if you visit Tanzania Tenders Portal:

Mikataba ya Biashara inayohusisha vyombo vya umma au mikataba ya biashara ya binafsi? Maana najua mikataba karibu mingi ya serikali ya Marekani ni part of public information na mtu au chombo cha habari kikitaka kuona kinaweza kuona. Isipoikuwa kwenye rare cases ambapo mkataba uko classified kuwa ni siri kwa ajili ya national security au defence contract.

Ninavyofahamu mimi kwa experience yangu hapa Marekani negotiations za mikataba ni siri kwa ajili ya suala zima la competitiveness na business advantage lakini mara mikataba inaposainiwa inakuwa ni mali ya umma - na hapa nazungumzia mikataba ya taasisi za umma na vyombo binafsi. Na karibu kwenye states kuna sheria kabisa ambapo inasema pale ambapo chombo cha serikali kinataka sehemu ya mkataba iwe siri ni lazima kieleze kwanini iwe siri na kuna standard ya kufikia kwa kweli.

 

[Emmanuel Tayari]

Transparency inasaidia kuzuia kuweka vifungu vibovu. Sio lazima iwe wazi kwa watu wote, lakini kuwe na utaratibu wa watu kuweza kuiona na hasa kabla haijasainiwa, k.m. Na Kamati ya Bunge ya sekta husika na ya sheria.

Mimi ninaungana mkono na wewe. Ila kiranga anatakataa Option ya Kutumia Bunge, anataka wananchi wote waone, Umeona wapi. Ni sahihi kabisa bila majadiriano kwa Bunge kuwa na access na process zote za mikataba mikubwa ya kitaifa.

 

[N-handsome]

Walah mambo haya ndio tulitakiwa tuwe tunayaombea, hii laana ya mangungu na watawala wenzake itatupiga mbaya sana

 

[Emmanuel Tayari]

1.Hiyo iliuwa typo, na mimi nimemaanisha redaction, kwahiyo sidhani kama tunapishana hapo.

2.Hiyo website uliyoitoa inaonesha tender tu huwezi kuona mkataba halisi. Hiyo website ni part to ya compliance ya European Union procument Law ambayo inataka kila chi mwanachama watangaze tenda kwa kutumia e tendering. Hata Tanzania tunayo Tanzania Tenders Portal: Unaweza ukaona tenda zote za tanzania zilizopo na zilizopita. Hata hii tenda ya mafuta ilitangazwa.

3. Mimi ninafanya kazi serekali ya Uingereza na kwa nafasi niliyonayo , ninajua sheria Imesimama wapi. Na kwakifupi mkataba wowote wa kibiashara hauwezi kuwekwa hadharani.

4. Ninarudi tena, hata ukiitoa uingereza, International Law in all forms ( Hard law & Soft Law ) Haitoi mwanya kwa mkataba wa kibiashara kuwekwa hadharani.

5. Nimekueleza, Njia nzuri ni kulipa BUNGE MENO ya kuweza kupitia hii mikataba kabla haijasainiwa inapozidi certain threshould.

6. All your basics questions can be answered if you visit Tanzania Tenders Portal:

Mikataba ya Biashara inayohusisha vyombo vya umma au mikataba ya biashara ya binafsi?[/QUOTE]

Hapa ninazungumzia mikataba kati ya mashirika ya Umma(Mtoa tender) na (Mashirika mengineyo yoyote bila kujali umiriki wake)(Mtaka tender)

 

[Kiranga]

1.Hiyo iliuwa typo, na mimi nimemaanisha redaction, kwahiyo sidhani kama tunapishana hapo.

2.Hiyo website uliyoitoa inaonesha tender tu huwezi kuona mkataba halisi. Hiyo website ni part to ya compliance ya European Union procument Law ambayo inataka kila chi mwanachama watangaze tenda kwa kutumia e tendering. Hata Tanzania tunayo Tanzania Tenders Portal: Unaweza ukaona tenda zote za tanzania zilizopo na zilizopita. Hata hii tenda ya mafuta ilitangazwa.

3. Mimi ninafanya kazi serekali ya Uingereza na kwa nafasi niliyonayo , ninajua sheria Imesimama wapi. Na kwakifupi mkataba wowote wa kibiashara hauwezi kuwekwa hadharani.

4. Ninarudi tena, hata ukiitoa uingereza, International Law in all forms ( Hard law & Soft Law ) Haitoi mwanya kwa mkataba wa kibiashara kuwekwa hadharani.

5. Nimekueleza, Njia nzuri ni kulipa BUNGE MENO ya kuweza kupitia hii mikataba kabla haijasainiwa inapozidi certain threshould.

6. All your basics questions can be answered if you visit Tanzania Tenders Portal:[/QUOTE]

1. Typo inaruhusiwa mara moja, ukifanya zaidi ya mara moja si typo ni kitu kingine hicho.

2.Kwamba website inaonyesha tender tu, haikupi mkataba halisi, haina maana huna njia ya kuona mkataba halisi. Nilikuwa nakuonyesha kwamba kujilinganisha na Uingereza ni ku compare apples to oranges.

3. Wewe kufanya kazi serekali ya Uingereza si tija. Ndiyo umangimeza huu huu wa "trust me, I am the expert" na "the experts know" ninaoukataa.Ukifanya kazi serikali ya Uingereza mimi nafanya kazi serikali ya Marekani, na Uingereza si lazima iwe standard bearer hapa..

4 Umeandika

. Ninarudi tena, hata ukiitoa uingereza, International Law in all forms ( Hard law & Soft Law ) Haitoi mwanya kwa mkataba wa kibiashara kuwekwa hadharani.

Inaonekana hata hiyo PDF uliyoileta hapa JF wewe mwenyewe na kutuambia "Sheria ya Uingereza hii hapa" hujaisoma. Wapi pamekatazwa mkataba kuwekwa hadharani kama kuna redaction kwenye pertinent areas zenye business sensitivity?

5. Bunge lina watu wangapi? Kwa nini unataka kuwe na a narrow point of failure? Wabunge wakiwa wote wa class moja, haijalishi huyu CHADEMA na huyu CCM, waki conspire wote kula 10% wananchi watajuaje?

6. Hiyo website haiwezi kujibu maswali yangu, na wala maswali yangu si basic. Kwa sababu mimi nitataka kujua details za mikataba ambazo hazina business sensitivity, ambazo ningeweza kuzipata katika a redacted version of these contracts. Unless unaniambia hiyo link ina contracts huwezi kusema maswali yangu yatajibiwa na hiyo website.

 

[Emmanuel Tayari]

Hizo act wala zisikutishe sana, kama kuna interest ya jamii wakiiona imedhulumiwa watatumia maandishi hayo hayo kukuanzishia na kukufungulia kesi. Kwanza watakuita kwenye parliamentary committee (hapo ndio most details za mkataba utajulikana) kuwahoji waziri na baadae mdhabuni wajue kama mchakato wa mkataba ulikuwa fair kwa taifa (sio committee zetu raisi anaweza zuia watu wasiende si ndio upuuzi wenyewe huo). Hapo sasa ndio watatoa interpretition zao za maandishi ya act na kila mtu alivyoelewa yeye na kukutafutia sababu ya kesi.

Mfano Starbucks, Amazon and google haya ndio makampuni kwa sasa ambayo wameyaamulia kuwa hayalipi kodi vizuri kutokana na faida wanazopata, jamaa walichofanya sio nje ya sheria za nchi lakini walibanwa mpaka kuonyesha nia yao ni kutolipa kadi kwa kutumia loopholes at their advantage. Aim hapo ni kuwaweka wazi hawa si wenzetu na kuwachafua for not being ethical (its their culture thing but it matters a lot), wananchi hapo watawachukia, mbona wenyewe wameomba kuongezea kulipa bila ya kubadilishwa sheria. Halafu kitakacho fuata ni kurekebisha hicho kipengele kilichopo.

Bunge lazima liwe na Nguvu ya kupitia hii mikataba; Haikubaliki hii Mikataba iwekwe hadharani bila kujali trade secreat.

 

[Kiranga]

Emmanuel Tayari

Soma hapa

Contract Transparency | Revenue Watch Institute

Contract Transparency

Issue: Contracts, Research


What is contract transparency?

While treaties, laws, regulations, and other legal documents defining the relationship between governments and private companies are public documents, oil, gas and mining contracts between governments and the extractive industries are shrouded in secrecy. They are usually unavailable to citizens in the resource-rich countries where the extraction takes place and they often contain confidentiality clauses, sections of the contract that outline who has access to the information in the contract, that explicitly limit public access. There is a growing international call to make the terms of extractive industry contracts available to the public, and to establish new norms for what information is and is not disclosed in deals between government and industry.

Why is contract transparency important?

Contract transparency is an essential precondition to ensuring that all parties benefit from the extractive industries. Disclosure is a necessary precursor for the coordinated and effective management of the sector by government agencies. It also allows citizens to monitor contracts in areas where they may be better placed than the government to do so, such as environmental compliance and the fulfillment of social commitments. Contract transparency provides incentives to improve on the quality of contracting: government officials will be deterred from seeking their own interests over the population's and, with time, governments can begin to increase their bargaining power by surveying contracts from around the world. Secrecy hides incompetence, mismanagement and corruption-but only from the public, not from the industry that typically comes to know the terms of a deal or even the text of the putatively secret agreement.

What are arguments against contract transparency … and are they right?
1) Confidentiality Clauses Do Not Permit Contract Transparency
This is part myth and part fact. There are many ways in which confidentiality clauses do not hinder contract transparency, thus making this statement a myth. For example, the parties to a contract can always agree to make public information that would otherwise be covered by a contract's confidentiality clause. In other words, governments and companies can always agree to publish contracts and they can agree to modify the confidentiality clauses to allow contract transparency. Even when the parties do not agree to make any information public, confidentiality clauses in extractive industries contracts almost always include an exception for disclosures that are required by law . Thus, governments can require contract transparency by law.
Therefore this argument is only correct when neither governments nor companies have the desire to adopt contract transparency. Then, the confidentiality clause will prevent citizen access to contracts, unless some other legal mechanism is used to override the decision of the government and the company, such as a Freedom of Information law.
2) Contracts Contain Commercially Sensitive Information, So They Must Remain Confidential
Governments and companies argue that contracts contain commercially sensitive information that could cause competitive harm if disclosed. Information cited as confidential includes: financial terms, work obligation commitments, and environmental protection and mitigation measures to be undertaken.
One problem with this argument is that much of this information is already known in the industry (financial terms, for example). In such cases, information cannot be considered a commercial secret that deserves legal protection. Another factor is that often, the information that is commercially sensitive is not in the main contract that activists seek, but in other documents, such as environmental management plans and costs. Thus, contract transparency would not result in previously secret information being made available to competitors. Furthermore, any information that is highly sensitive can always be redacted prior to disclosure.

Emerging practices for contract transparency?
Contract transparency is a relatively new advocacy goal. There are very few countries that have adopted a contract transparency policy and now make all of their contracts easily accessible to citizens. Some examples of countries with policies and/or accessible contracts are below in "Who Supports Contract Transparency."

Who supports contract transparency?
An increasing number of diverse organizations and institutions are calling for contract transparency:
Civil Society: RWI and the Publish What You Pay campaign are promoting contract transparency to civil society, industry and policy-maker audiences, and Revenue Watch recently published a report on the issue with Columbia University Law School, based on a review of more than 150 extractive industry contracts.
International Financial Institutions: The World Bank, the IMF, and the IFC are beginning to encourage contract transparency. The strongest proponent is the IMF, which has endorsed contract transparency as key to the good governance of extractives.
"Countries have no justification for secrecy, "insists Rashad Kaldany of the IFC. "All of these agreements will be made public in [the] future."
Governments: A number of countries require oil, gas, or mining contracts to be voted on publicly by the parliament. Other countries have make contracts publicly available in one of more of their extractive sectors, including East Timor, Peru, and Ecuador. A few countries have come out explicitly in support of contract transparency as a key principle of their extractive sector management, including Liberia in its EITI bill, and Ghana in official statements about its nascent, but rapidly developing, oil sector.

What are the outstanding questions and debates related to this topic?
Despite the huge number of contracts that are already public, many governments and companies remain reluctant to adopt contract transparency policies. Some members of civil society have also questioned whether contract transparency is certain even to lead to better contracts and less corruption. Even so, others argue that citizens have a basic right to this information, regardless of the utilitarian goals of the growing call for disclosures.

More Information?
For more information on contract transparency visit Contracts | Revenue Watch Institute.

 

[Kiranga]

Bunge lazima liwe na Nguvu ya kupitia hii mikataba; Haikubaliki hii Mikataba iwekwe hadharani bila kujali trade secreat.

Nani anakataa kujali trade secrets? Mbona suala la trade secrets nimeliongelea vizuri tu hapo juu?

Au kuna secrets nyingine zaidi ya "trade secrets" zinazofichwa?

 

[Mzee Mwanakijiji]

Mikataba ya Biashara inayohusisha vyombo vya umma au mikataba ya biashara ya binafsi?

Hapa ninazungumzia mikataba kati ya mashirika ya Umma(Mtoa tender) na (Mashirika mengineyo yoyote bila kujali umiriki wake)(Mtaka tender)

sisi tunaenda mbali zaidi siyo mashirika tu; bali serikali yenyewe. Wizara inapotoa tenda na kuingia mkataba je wananchi wana haki ya kujua kilichoingiwa na terms zake? Serikali inapoamua kuuza eneo kubwa la ardhi kwa kampuni ya kimataifa je wananchi wana haki ya kujua au ni siri ya serikali na huyo mnunuzi?

 

[Kiranga]

Hizo act wala zisikutishe sana, kama kuna interest ya jamii wakiiona imedhulumiwa watatumia maandishi hayo hayo kukuanzishia na kukufungulia kesi. Kwanza watakuita kwenye parliamentary committee (hapo ndio most details za mkataba utajulikana) kuwahoji waziri na baadae mdhabuni wajue kama mchakato wa mkataba ulikuwa fair kwa taifa (sio committee zetu raisi anaweza zuia watu wasiende si ndio upuuzi wenyewe huo). Hapo sasa ndio watatoa interpretition zao za maandishi ya act na kila mtu alivyoelewa yeye na kukutafutia sababu ya kesi.

Mfano Starbucks, Amazon and google haya ndio makampuni kwa sasa ambayo wameyaamulia kuwa hayalipi kodi vizuri kutokana na faida wanazopata, jamaa walichofanya sio nje ya sheria za nchi lakini walibanwa mpaka kuonyesha nia yao ni kutolipa kadi kwa kutumia loopholes at their advantage. Aim hapo ni kuwaweka wazi hawa si wenzetu na kuwachafua for not being ethical (its their culture thing but it matters a lot), wananchi hapo watawachukia, mbona wenyewe wameomba kuongezea kulipa bila ya kubadilishwa sheria. Halafu kitakacho fuata ni kurekebisha hicho kipengele kilichopo.

This anecdotal observation is profound.

Emmanuel hajamaliza hata kuisoma kurasa ya kwanza tu ya sheria aliyotuletea yeye mwenyewe hapa JF. Angeisoma asingejibu anavyojibu "mtaalam anayefanya kazi serikali ya Uingereza" whatever that means.

Anatuambia yeye anafanya kazi serikali ya Uingereza, angalia wataalamu wa vyombo vya kimataifa wanavyosema hapo juu.

Secrecy is a thing of the past, the insormountable flow of entropy is towards openness.Information wants to be free.

 

[Emmanuel Tayari]

1.Hiyo iliuwa typo, na mimi nimemaanisha redaction, kwahiyo sidhani kama tunapishana hapo.

2.Hiyo website uliyoitoa inaonesha tender tu huwezi kuona mkataba halisi. Hiyo website ni part to ya compliance ya European Union procument Law ambayo inataka kila chi mwanachama watangaze tenda kwa kutumia e tendering. Hata Tanzania tunayo Tanzania Tenders Portal: Unaweza ukaona tenda zote za tanzania zilizopo na zilizopita. Hata hii tenda ya mafuta ilitangazwa.

3. Mimi ninafanya kazi serekali ya Uingereza na kwa nafasi niliyonayo , ninajua sheria Imesimama wapi. Na kwakifupi mkataba wowote wa kibiashara hauwezi kuwekwa hadharani.

4. Ninarudi tena, hata ukiitoa uingereza, International Law in all forms ( Hard law & Soft Law ) Haitoi mwanya kwa mkataba wa kibiashara kuwekwa hadharani.

5. Nimekueleza, Njia nzuri ni kulipa BUNGE MENO ya kuweza kupitia hii mikataba kabla haijasainiwa inapozidi certain threshould.

6. All your basics questions can be answered if you visit Tanzania Tenders Portal:

1. Typo inaruhusiwa mara moja, ukifanya zaidi ya mara moja si typo ni kitu kingine hicho.

2.Kwamba website inaonyesha tender tu, haikupi mkataba halisi, haina maana huna njia ya kuona mkataba halisi. Nilikuwa nakuonyesha kwamba kujilinganisha na Uingereza ni ku compare apples to oranges.

3. Wewe kufanya kazi serekali ya Uingereza si tija. Ndiyo umangimeza huu huu wa "trust me, I am the expert" na "the experts know" ninaoukataa.Ukifanya kazi serikali ya Uingereza mimi nafanya kazi serikali ya Marekani, na Uingereza si lazima iwe standard bearer hapa..

4 Umeandika



Inaonekana hata hiyo PDF uliyoileta hapa JF wewe mwenyewe na kutuambia "Sheria ya Uingereza hii hapa" hujaisoma. Wapi pamekatazwa mkataba kuwekwa hadharani kama kuna redaction kwenye pertinent areas zenye business sensitivity?

5. Bunge lina watu wangapi? Kwa nini unataka kuwe na a narrow point of failure? Wabunge wakiwa wote wa class moja, haijalishi huyu CHADEMA na huyu CCM, waki conspire wote kula 10% wananchi watajuaje?

6. Hiyo website haiwezi kujibu maswali yangu, na wala maswali yangu si basic. Kwa sababu mimi nitataka kujua details za mikataba ambazo hazina business sensitivity, ambazo ningeweza kuzipata katika a redacted version of these contracts. Unless unaniambia hiyo link ina contracts huwezi kusema maswali yangu yatajibiwa na hiyo website.[/QUOTE]

Mkuu nindhani hapa, Hatushindani Logic. Cha msingi tunaweza kukubaliana kutofautiana.

1. Ni Imani yangu, Bunge ni Platform nzuri kuhakikisha Kwamba mikataba mizuri kwa manufaa ya nchi inatungwa. Na hamna haja ya kusubiri mpaka uje uone redacted contract Mbovu.

2. Kama huna Imani na serekali & Wapinzani then why even have the parliament at first place. Bunge na serekali they have the responsibility ya kutuwakilisha sisi wananchi.

3. Huwezi kuwapa Ushindi Nchii za jirani kwa kuweka kila mkataba ambao sisi tumeingia na wawekezaji wetu. Nikama kuwapa golden goal.

4. Ninapenda kufahamu kama hili swala la kuweka mikataba wazi pia unahusisha na pesa tunazokopa kutoka IMF,WORLD Bank and AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK.Maana huko kuna mikataba mibovu kuliko hata huu wa wachina tunaoupigia kerere.

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

Mshahara wa Rais hautakiwi uwe siri. There is no Commercial Interest on that.Na hivi ndio vitu common sence which you can advocate. Hata mshara wangu kwasababu ninafanya kazi serekalini upo Online.

Mimi hilo la mshahara wa rais pamoja na viongozi wengine wa juu wa serikali nimelishikia bango tokea mwaka 2007 na ushahidi huu hapa na kusema ukweli nimekuwa nikitaka kujua tokea miaka ya katikati ya 90.

Lakini mpaka leo sijajua na sijakutana na mtu anayejua kwa uhakika. Sana sana nakutana na watu wanaonimabia niende idara ya utumishi. Naambiwa eti huko ndiyo watakuwa wanajua.

Wengine huniambia eti mshahara wa mtu ni siri yake. Huwa nachoka kabisa kwa kweli.

Lakini sijakata tamaa kwani tayari nishatoa maoni yangu kwenye tume ya katiba. Hivyo tutaona itakuwaje na hiyo so called katiba mpya.

 

[Emmanuel Tayari]

This anecdotal observation is profound.

Emmanuel hajamaliza hata kuisoma kurasa ya kwanza tu ya sheria aliyotuletea yeye mwenyewe hapa JF. Angeisoma asingejibu anavyojibu "mtaalam anayefanya kazi serikali ya Uingereza" whatever that means.

Hapo unaelezea wajibu wa kazi za Bunge. Je hiyo mikataba ya Starbacks iliwekwa hadharani? Habu nionyeshe na mimi niione?.

Bunge linaweza kuuona mikataba, na linatakiwa kuwa na uwezo wa kuona mikataba. Kwanini unakataa ushiriki wa Bunge katika hili swala la mikataba?

 

[Kiranga]

Hapo unaelezea wajibu wa kazi za Bunge. Je hiyo mikataba ya Starbacks iliwekwa hadharani? Habu nionyeshe na mimi niione?.

Bunge linaweza kuuona mikataba, na linatakiwa kuwa na uwezo wa kuona mikataba. Kwanini unakataa ushiriki wa Bunge katika hili swala la mikataba?

What you fail to understand, or ignore, is that the parliament has only a few hundred people and their staff perhaps.

Ukiwapa a treasure trove of contracts wanaweza kushindwa kufanya kazi nyingine yoyote wakakaa mwaka mzima wanasoma mi contracts tu. Clearly this is not productive.

The productive thing is, redact whatever business sensitive information there is (most of this info is not even in contracts, but supplementary documentation and correspondence), make these contracts public, then anyone can scrutinize the documents and raise alarms as needed.

This way wabunge wana focus panapokuwa na concern tu badala ya kugeuka makarani wa kupitia mikataba.

Wabunge wenyewe hata Kiingereza/ legal/ finance language hawajui wengine, unataka Lusinde ndo apitie mikataba?

Are you serious?

Halafu kwa nini unasema nakataa ushiriki wa bunge? Mbona mgumu kuelewa?

Mimi nataka ushiriki wa bunge, ila nataka ushiriki wa zaidi ya bunge, nataka ushiriki wa wananchi.

Ili kuwe na macho mengi ya kutazama hii mikataba, hata kama Lusinde atalala usingizi, kuna vijana ma graduate wa vyuo wa sheria (shout out to EMT), they are out to make a name for themselves, wataandika hata articles kama si kwenye magazeti wataanddika JF.

Tutaona.

Then wabunge kazi yao inakuwa imerahisishwa zaidi.

Huwezi kuwaachia wabunge mzigo wote, wataangalia mangapi?

 

[Emmanuel Tayari]

sisi tunaenda mbali zaidi siyo mashirika tu; bali serikali yenyewe. Wizara inapotoa tenda na kuingia mkataba je wananchi wana haki ya kujua kilichoingiwa na terms zake? Serikali inapoamua kuuza eneo kubwa la ardhi kwa kampuni ya kimataifa je wananchi wana haki ya kujua au ni siri ya serikali na huyo mnunuzi?

Naomba nianze na swali la pili;Serekali ikiuza ardhi kwa Kampuni ya kimataifa, ndio wananchi wanatakiwa wajue.( Hapo hamna siri za kibiashara)

Wizara inapotoa tenda ambayo inamepitia competative biding (Wananchi sio lazima wajue terms) Ila kama mkataba ni Mkubwa unaozidi lets say $100,000 Lazima kamati husika za bunge zihusishwe.

 

[Emmanuel Tayari]

Mimi hilo la mshahara wa rais pamoja na viongozi wengine wa juu wa serikali nimelishikia bango tokea mwaka 2007 na ushahidi huu hapa na kusema ukweli nimekuwa nikitaka kujua tokea miaka ya katikati ya 90.

Lakini mpaka leo sijajua na sijakutana na mtu anayejua kwa uhakika. Sana sana nakutana na watu wanaonimabia niende idara ya utumishi. Naambiwa eti huko ndiyo watakuwa wanajua.

Wengine huniambia eti mshahara wa mtu ni siri yake. Huwa nachoka kabisa kwa kweli.

Lakini sijakata tamaa kwani tayari nishatoa maoni yangu kwenye tume ya katiba. Hivyo tutaona itakuwaje na hiyo so called katiba mpya.

Katiba mpya lazima iweke kipengere cha disclosure

 

[Mag3]

Ukiangalia hivi majuzi Raisi Kikwete alikuwa Ufaransa kuna picha wamepiga na Raisi wa Ufaransa na watu wake kwenye meza, nina uhakika kuna Mkataba umesainiwa pale na siajabu pia watu wa Ufaransa hawaujui lakini nina uhakika wale waliousaini kwa upande wa Ufaransa maslahi ya nchi yalizingatiwa kwanza, lakini sisi kwetu Mungu ndio anajua, sasa kwa nini?Tutafute jibu hapo, yani ni kwa nini mtu awe tayari kuweka nchi yake na watu wake rehani kwa miaka 99? Bila kupata hilo jibu hatuwezi kutatua hili tatizo tutabaki tu kufikiri tatizo ni CCM, tutaitoa na baada ya muda tutarudi hapahapa tena kuanza kujadili yale yale wakati huo adui hatakuwa CCM tena!

Tatizo letu nambari one ni Kijakazi...Kijakazi hawakilishi mtu moja, anawakilisha wengi na wote mtazamo wao ni kama wa huyu Kijakazi wetu wa JF hapo juu. Kijakazi ni zaidi ya jina, ni utamaduni, ni tabia na ni udhaifu unaosababishwa na uelewa finyu. Tukiitoa CCM hatuwezi kurudi hapa tena kujadili yale yale...tunajadili yale yale kwa sababu tuko pale pale na watu wale wale na mfumo ule ule, hapana, mabadiliko hayaji hivyo. Tukiitoa CCM tumepiga hatua na tumepiga baragumu, tunamtangazia yeyote yule anayekuja kwamba uvumilivu sasa basi, usipotimiza na wewe unaondoka. Huo mfano kwa sasa hatuna kwani pamoja na CCM kupoteza dira, akina Kijakazi bado wamejazana mle mle, hawajui watokako wala wanakoelekea, wapo wapo tu!

Nikirudi kwenye mada ya Mwanakijiji, nakiri watawala wetu ni werevu, ni kama walivyokuwa Wajerumani na sisi wananchi, kama Chifu Mangungo, ndio wajinga. Tunayoyashuhudia ni mavuno ya yale tuliyoyapanda wenyewe na kwa hiari yetu...inakuwaje mtu na akili zako timamu unampa uongozi mtu asiye na sifa wala historia ya kupigania haki? CCM inapata kiburi kwa sababu sisi wenyewe tumeiruhusu, viongozi wetu hawatetei maslahi yetu kwa sababu tumeshindwa kuyadai na serikali yetu inaingia mikataba ya hovyo kwa sababu tumeshindwa kuwawajibisha. Kijakazi, unatoa mfano wa Ufaransa, je yupo kiongozi wa Ufaransa anayeweza kuwaambia wananchi wake na wabunge kuwa mkataba serikali yao iliyoingia na mwekezaji ni siri, thubutu!

 

[Kiranga]

Tatizo letu nambari one ni Kijakazi...Kijakazi hawakilishi mtu moja, anawakilisha wengi na wote mtazamo wao ni kama wa huyu Kijakazi wetu wa JF hapo juu. Kijakazi ni zaidi ya jina, ni utamaduni, ni tabia na ni udhaifu unaosababishwa na uelewa finyu. Tukiitoa CCM hatuwezi kurudi hapa tena kujadili yale yale...tunajadili yale yale kwa sababu tuko pale pale na watu wale wale na mfumo ule ule, hapana, mabadiliko hayaji hivyo. Tukiitoa CCM tumepiga hatua na tumepiga baragumu, tunamtangazia yeyote yule anayekuja kwamba uvumilivu sasa basi, usipotimiza na wewe unaondoka. Huo mfano kwa sasa hatuna kwani pamoja na CCM kupoteza dira, akina Kijakazi bado wamejazana mle mle, hawajui watokako wala wanakoelekea, wapo wapo tu!

Nikirudi kwenye mada ya Mwanakijiji, nakiri watawala wetu ni werevu, ni kama walivyokuwa Wajerumani na sisi wananchi, kama Chifu Mangungo, ndio wajinga. Tunayoyashuhudia ni mavuno ya yale tuliyoyapanda wenyewe na kwa hiari yetu...inakuwaje mtu na akili zako timamu unampa uongozi mtu asiye na sifa wala historia ya kupigania haki? CCM inapata kiburi kwa sababu sisi wenyewe tumeiruhusu, viongozi wetu hawatetei maslahi yetu kwa sababu tumeshindwa kuyadai na serikali yetu inaingia mikataba ya hovyo kwa sababu tumeshindwa kuwawajibisha. Kijakazi, unatoa mfano wa Ufaransa, je yupo kiongozi wa Ufaransa anayeweza kuwaambia wananchi wake na wabunge kuwa mkataba serikali yao iliyoingia na mwekezaji ni siri, thubutu!

Mtu mwenyewe kashakwambia jina lake Kijakazi.

Kijakazi ni mtu mnyonge mnyonge, hawezi kuuliza, ana heshima saaana tu kwa wakulu hata kama wanamuonea.

Ndicho anachoonyesha Kijakazi.

Haya majina haya tunayojipa si bure, ukiangalia yana reflect vitu fulani.

 

[Emmanuel Tayari]

What you fail to understand, or ignore, is that the parliament has only a few hundred people and their staff perhaps.

Ukiwapa a treasure trove of contracts wanaweza kushindwa kufanya kazi nyingine yoyote wakakaa mwaka mzima wanasoma mi contracts tu. Clearly this is not productive.

The productive thing is, redact whatever business sensitive information there is (most of this info is not even in contracts, but supplementary documentation and correspondence), make these contracts public, then anyone can scrutinize the documents and raise alarms as needed.

This way wabunge wana focus panapokuwa na concern tu badala ya kugeuka makarani wa kupitia mikataba.

Wabunge wenyewe hata Kiingereza/ legal/ finance language hawajui wengine, unataka Lusinde ndo apitie mikataba?

Are you serious?

Halafu kwa nini unasema nakataa ushiriki wa bunge? Mbona mgumu kuelewa?

Mimi nataka ushiriki wa bunge, ila nataka ushiriki wa zaidi ya bunge, nataka ushiriki wa wananchi.

Ili kuwe na macho mengi ya kutazama hii mikataba, hata kama Lusinde atalala usingizi, kuna vijana ma graduate wa vyuo wa sheria (shout out to EMT), they are out to make a name for themselves, wataandika hata articles kama si kwenye magazeti wataanddika JF.

Tutaona.

Then wabunge kazi yao inakuwa imerahisishwa zaidi.

Huwezi kuwaachia wabunge mzigo wote, wataangalia mangapi?

1.Kwa hiyo wewe unataka tuendelee kuwa na Bunge dhaifu milele? Lazima ifikie hatua kwamba wabunge watumie wataalam, kama wao hawana taruma husika katika kufanya maaamuzi ya mambo mhimu ya kifaifa.(Hao kina EMT, wanaweza kuajiriwa na bungeni kutoa hizo huduma na kuwashauri hao wabunge wasio na hizo elimu).

 

[Emmanuel Tayari]

Emmanuel Tayari

Soma hapa

Contract Transparency | Revenue Watch Institute

Contract Transparency

Issue: Contracts, Research


What is contract transparency?

While treaties, laws, regulations, and other legal documents defining the relationship between governments and private companies are public documents, oil, gas and mining contracts between governments and the extractive industries are shrouded in secrecy. They are usually unavailable to citizens in the resource-rich countries where the extraction takes place and they often contain confidentiality clauses, sections of the contract that outline who has access to the information in the contract, that explicitly limit public access. There is a growing international call to make the terms of extractive industry contracts available to the public, and to establish new norms for what information is and is not disclosed in deals between government and industry.

Why is contract transparency important?

Contract transparency is an essential precondition to ensuring that all parties benefit from the extractive industries. Disclosure is a necessary precursor for the coordinated and effective management of the sector by government agencies. It also allows citizens to monitor contracts in areas where they may be better placed than the government to do so, such as environmental compliance and the fulfillment of social commitments. Contract transparency provides incentives to improve on the quality of contracting: government officials will be deterred from seeking their own interests over the population’s and, with time, governments can begin to increase their bargaining power by surveying contracts from around the world. Secrecy hides incompetence, mismanagement and corruption—but only from the public, not from the industry that typically comes to know the terms of a deal or even the text of the putatively secret agreement.

What are arguments against contract transparency … and are they right?
1) Confidentiality Clauses Do Not Permit Contract Transparency
This is part myth and part fact. There are many ways in which confidentiality clauses do not hinder contract transparency, thus making this statement a myth. For example, the parties to a contract can always agree to make public information that would otherwise be covered by a contract’s confidentiality clause. In other words, governments and companies can always agree to publish contracts and they can agree to modify the confidentiality clauses to allow contract transparency. Even when the parties do not agree to make any information public, confidentiality clauses in extractive industries contracts almost always include an exception for disclosures that are required by law . Thus, governments can require contract transparency by law.
Therefore this argument is only correct when neither governments nor companies have the desire to adopt contract transparency. Then, the confidentiality clause will prevent citizen access to contracts, unless some other legal mechanism is used to override the decision of the government and the company, such as a Freedom of Information law.
2) Contracts Contain Commercially Sensitive Information, So They Must Remain Confidential
Governments and companies argue that contracts contain commercially sensitive information that could cause competitive harm if disclosed. Information cited as confidential includes: financial terms, work obligation commitments, and environmental protection and mitigation measures to be undertaken.
One problem with this argument is that much of this information is already known in the industry (financial terms, for example). In such cases, information cannot be considered a commercial secret that deserves legal protection. Another factor is that often, the information that is commercially sensitive is not in the main contract that activists seek, but in other documents, such as environmental management plans and costs. Thus, contract transparency would not result in previously secret information being made available to competitors. Furthermore, any information that is highly sensitive can always be redacted prior to disclosure.

Emerging practices for contract transparency?
Contract transparency is a relatively new advocacy goal. There are very few countries that have adopted a contract transparency policy and now make all of their contracts easily accessible to citizens. Some examples of countries with policies and/or accessible contracts are below in “Who Supports Contract Transparency.”

Who supports contract transparency?
An increasing number of diverse organizations and institutions are calling for contract transparency:
Civil Society: RWI and the Publish What You Pay campaign are promoting contract transparency to civil society, industry and policy-maker audiences, and Revenue Watch recently published a report on the issue with Columbia University Law School, based on a review of more than 150 extractive industry contracts.
International Financial Institutions: The World Bank, the IMF, and the IFC are beginning to encourage contract transparency. The strongest proponent is the IMF, which has endorsed contract transparency as key to the good governance of extractives.
“Countries have no justification for secrecy, “insists Rashad Kaldany of the IFC. “All of these agreements will be made public in [the] future.”
Governments: A number of countries require oil, gas, or mining contracts to be voted on publicly by the parliament. Other countries have make contracts publicly available in one of more of their extractive sectors, including East Timor, Peru, and Ecuador. A few countries have come out explicitly in support of contract transparency as a key principle of their extractive sector management, including Liberia in its EITI bill, and Ghana in official statements about its nascent, but rapidly developing, oil sector.

What are the outstanding questions and debates related to this topic?
Despite the huge number of contracts that are already public, many governments and companies remain reluctant to adopt contract transparency policies. Some members of civil society have also questioned whether contract transparency is certain even to lead to better contracts and less corruption. Even so, others argue that citizens have a basic right to this information, regardless of the utilitarian goals of the growing call for disclosures.

More Information?
For more information on contract transparency visit Contracts | Revenue Watch Institute.

This is just an advocacy. Hai prove kitu chochote katika ku support your point.