Embassy Hotel na Motel Agip: Nini hasa kilitokea?

Embassy Hotel na Motel Agip: Nini hasa kilitokea?

Ile hotel ya Ngorongoro ilijengwa kwa mbinde enzi za Nyerere, kulikuwa na upinzani mkubwa wa wanamazingira wakati huo kuwa uwepo wa hoteli ya kitalii mbugani utakuja kuathiri bioanuai ya viumbe. Ukilinganisha nguvu iliyotumika kuitetea mpaka ikajengwa na ufanisi na mapato yatokanayo na mradi ni viwili tofauti....
Surely.
Yule mzee Kambarage alikuwa mtu asee, almost 40yrs ago ile hotel utadhani ni ya 5yrs ago na toka kipindi kile hakujatokea uharibifu wowote wa mazingira, hata eneo ilipojengwa haisadifu muingiliano mkubwa wa wanyama.

Hila leo kinachofanyika kinaumiza sana, maana imeanza kuharibika na no maintenance.
 
Mkuu hiyo hotel haikufa enzi za umiliki wa serikali enzi za ujamaa.
Tatizo limeanza baada ya kukataa ujamaa na serikali kujitoa umiliki kwa kuuza hisa zake.
Tatizo ubinafishaji unao ushabikia.
Sijui kama umesoma maoni ya watu shida ni nini hadi ikafungwa.
Unajua hizi kipindi cha ujamaa zilikuwa zinajiendesha kwa hasara. Serikali ilikuwa inatia pesa ndiyo maana zilishamiri. Miradi mingi ya kijamaa tuliona inaenda vizuri lakini si kwamba ilikuwa inaenda kwa faida. pesa zetu zilikuwa zinaungua daily. Ni kama zilivyo ndege leo. Na kutoka kwenye ujamaa ikabinafsishwa kwa mabepari uchwara(nchi, za kijamaa zimefanya ubinafsishaji wa aina hii). Kitu kilichokuww kinaenda kwa ruzuku halafu bepari uchwara akiendeshe kwa faida ni kazi sana.
 
Jana nilimsikia Mkurugenzi wa ATCL akisema kuwa wana mpango wa kutafuta hotel itakayotumika kwa wasafiri wanaopita transit ili itoe huduma ya malazi na mlo hatimaye kuendelea na safari.... Nashauri hao walioliteka gofu la Embassy Hotel waingie ubia na ATCL ili likarabatiwe ili litumike kuingiza mapato badala ya kukaa kama lilivyo sasa.
 
Wakikusikia "vijana" wa mjini unaliuzia hilo jengo wataku-mind kinoma, embassy siku hizi imegeuka gesti poa, unakamta mlupo wako unaongea na mlinzi mambo shwari, kwa kawaida wenyewe wanasema huwa wanawapoza walinzi kwa buku tano, ingawa vitanda mwanzoni vilikuwa na vumbi "(kwasababu ya kutotumika) sasa hivi mambo shwari kwani walinzi wanasafisha ili "biashara" yao iende sawa. Hiyo ndio bongo bwana kila mbuzi anakula kwa urefu wa kamba yake, wengine wana-access ya EPA basi acha na walinzi wa embassy nao wajipatie ka-EPA kao kadogodogo.
Oksy
 

Tanzania sells its stake in disputed Embassy Hotel​

SUNDAY OCTOBER 19 2008​


The Embassy Hotel in Dar es Salaam. Before privatisation, Tanzania had 15 hotels and game lodges under the state-owned Tanzania Tourist Corporation. Photo/LEONARD MAGOMBA

One of the most problematic privatisation transactions in Tanzania — the sale of the once-famous Hotel Embassy — is set to be concluded as it emerges that the hotel that has not been operational for almost five years, has at last been offloaded to a third party.

The EastAfrican has learnt that the government has sold off its shares in the Dar hotel to Messrs Karmali Juma, a joint venture partner in the hotel.

The development now sets the stage for another round of litigation between workers who were declared redundant and the new owners of the former state-owned hotel.

Jointly owned by three investors, Hotel Embassy has not been operating due to a protracted court case between workers who were declared redundant and the owners.

The matter is still pending at the High Court.

Investigations by The EastAfrican have revealed that the government has sold off its 40 per cent shares to Karmali Juma & Sons at a price of $538,640.

In the previous shareholding structure, Karmali Juma’s interests in the company were represented by K.J Motors.

Both the government and K.J Motors owned a 40 per cent stake in the hotel, with Kibo Hotels owning another 20 per cent.

Joseph Mapunda, public and regulatory manager for the Consolidated Holdings Corporation, which oversees privatised public enterprises, told The EastAfrican that the sale agreement would soon be signed off, declining to disclose a clear time frame.


The estimated current value of the hotel stands at $1.3 million, taking into account the location and the assets.

When the deal is finally concluded, Karmali Juma & Sons will now assume a majority 80 per cent share.

In the first ruling of the battle before the Industrial Court, the workers won the first round, with the court ordering the employer to pay arrears, including for the period when the hotel had remained closed.

However, the employer disputed this and appealed at the High Court challenging the ruling of the Industrial Court.

With the parties deadlocked, the workers have been lodging suits and counter-suits with little success. At one stage, the workers were appealing against what the courts had awarded them, insisting that the amount be revised upwards.

This came at a time when their employer had said he was willing to withdraw the case and settle matters with the former employees.

At one point, a senior retired trade unionist is said to have tried to broker informal negotiations between the parties.

Before privatisation, Tanzania had 15 hotels and game lodges under the state-owned Tanzania Tourist Corporation, which accounted for two-thirds of the country’s tourist-class accommodation.

The game lodges — which included Novotel Mount Meru, Lake Manyara Hotel, Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge, Seronera Wildlife Lodge, Lobo Wildlife Lodge, Mikumi Wildlife Lodge and Mafia Island Lodge — had a total bed capacity of 1,500.

The first six lodges were awarded to Mauritius-based Hotels and Lodges Ltd, which placed a top bid of $28 million, ahead of other leading international hotel groups, whereas Mikumi Wildlife Lodge was awarded to a local investment firm before it was gutted by fire.

Most of the state-owned hotels were operated under the government-owned National Development Corporation in co-operation with private investors. This was mainly through equity fund and loans.

The first state-owned hotel to be opened in the country was Kilimanjaro Hotel (now Kilimanjaro Hotel Kempinski), which commenced operations in 1965.

Other hotels that were owned by the government but are now in private hands were Bahari Beach Hotel, Kunduchi Beach Hotel, New Africa Hotel, all in Dar es Salaam, and Tanzania Wild Safaris Ltd and a beach hotel in Zanzibar.
 
Tanzania inauza hisa zake katika Hoteli ya Embassy inayozozaniwa
JUMAPILI OKTOBA 19 2008

Hoteli ya Embassy jijini Dar es Salaam. Kabla ya ubinafsishaji, Tanzania ilikuwa na hoteli 15 na nyumba za kulala wageni chini ya Shirika la Utalii Tanzania linalomilikiwa na serikali. Picha/LEONARD MAGOMBA

Moja ya shughuli za ubinafsishaji zenye matatizo zaidi nchini Tanzania - uuzaji wa Ubalozi maarufu wa Hoteli - unatarajiwa kuhitimishwa kwani inaibuka kuwa hoteli hiyo ambayo haijafanya kazi kwa karibu miaka mitano, hatimaye imeshushwa kwa mtu wa tatu. .

Gazeti la EastAfrican limebaini kuwa serikali imeuza hisa zake katika hoteli ya Dar kwa Messrs Karmali Juma, mshirika wa ubia katika hoteli hiyo.

Maendeleo hayo sasa yanaweka msingi wa awamu nyingine ya kesi kati ya wafanyakazi ambao walitangazwa kuwa hawana kazi na wamiliki wapya wa hoteli hiyo ya zamani inayomilikiwa na serikali.

Ikimilikiwa kwa pamoja na wawekezaji watatu, Ubalozi wa Hoteli umekuwa haufanyi kazi kutokana na kesi ya muda mrefu mahakamani kati ya wafanyakazi waliotangazwa kuwa hawana kazi na wamiliki.

Kesi hiyo bado iko katika Mahakama Kuu.

Uchunguzi wa The EastAfrican umebaini kuwa serikali imeuza hisa zake za asilimia 40 kwa kampuni ya Karmali Juma & Sons kwa bei ya $538,640.

Katika muundo wa awali wa hisa, maslahi ya Karmali Juma katika kampuni yaliwakilishwa na K.J Motors.

Serikali na K.J Motors walikuwa na asilimia 40 ya hisa katika hoteli hiyo, huku Kibo Hotels ikimiliki asilimia 20 nyingine.

Joseph Mapunda, meneja wa umma na udhibiti wa Shirika Hodhi la Biashara la Consolidated Holdings, linalosimamia mashirika ya umma yaliyobinafsishwa, aliliambia gazeti la The EastAfrican kuwa makubaliano ya mauzo yatatiwa saini hivi karibuni, na kukataa kuweka wazi muda uliowekwa.


Thamani ya sasa ya hoteli inakadiriwa kufikia dola milioni 1.3, kwa kuzingatia eneo na mali.

Mkataba utakapokamilika, Karmali Juma & Sons sasa watapata sehemu kubwa ya asilimia 80 ya hisa.

Katika uamuzi wa kwanza wa kesi hiyo mbele ya Mahakama ya Viwanda, wafanyakazi hao walishinda awamu ya kwanza, huku mahakama hiyo ikiamuru mwajiri alipe malimbikizo, ikiwa ni pamoja na kipindi ambacho hoteli ilikuwa imefungwa.

Hata hivyo, mwajiri alipinga hilo na kukata rufaa katika Mahakama Kuu akipinga uamuzi wa Mahakama ya Viwanda.

Huku vyama vikiwa vimekwama, wafanyakazi wamekuwa wakiweka suti za kulala na kaunta bila mafanikio. Wakati fulani, wafanyakazi hao walikuwa wakikata rufaa dhidi ya kile walichopewa na mahakama, wakisisitiza kwamba kiasi hicho cha fedha kirekebishwe zaidi.

Haya yalijiri wakati mwajiri wao alikuwa amesema yuko tayari kuondoa kesi hiyo na kusuluhisha masuala na wafanyakazi hao wa zamani.

Wakati mmoja, mwanaharakati mkuu mstaafu wa vyama vya wafanyakazi anasemekana kujaribu kufanya mazungumzo yasiyo rasmi kati ya pande hizo mbili.

Kabla ya ubinafsishaji, Tanzania ilikuwa na hoteli 15 na nyumba za kulala wageni chini ya Shirika la Utalii linalomilikiwa na serikali, ambalo lilikuwa na theluthi mbili ya malazi ya watalii nchini.

Nyumba za kulala wageni ambazo ni Novotel Mount Meru, Lake Manyara Hotel, Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge, Seronera Wildlife Lodge, Lobo Wildlife Lodge, Mikumi Wildlife Lodge na Mafia Island Lodge - zilikuwa na jumla ya vitanda 1,500.

Nyumba sita za kwanza za kulala wageni zilitunukiwa kwa Hotels and Lodges Ltd yenye makao yake nchini Mauritius, ambayo iliweka zabuni ya juu ya dola milioni 28, mbele ya vikundi vingine vya hoteli vya kimataifa, ambapo Mikumi Wildlife Lodge ilipewa kampuni ya uwekezaji ya ndani kabla ya kuteketezwa kwa moto.

Hoteli nyingi zinazomilikiwa na serikali ziliendeshwa chini ya Shirika la Maendeleo la Taifa linalomilikiwa na serikali kwa ushirikiano na wawekezaji binafsi. Hii ilikuwa hasa kupitia mfuko wa hisa na mikopo.

Hoteli ya kwanza inayomilikiwa na serikali kufunguliwa nchini ilikuwa Kilimanjaro Hotel (sasa Kilimanjaro Hotel Kempinski), ambayo ilianza kazi mwaka 1965.

Hoteli nyingine zilizokuwa zikimilikiwa na serikali lakini sasa ziko mikononi mwa watu binafsi ni Bahari Beach Hotel, Kunduchi Beach Hotel, New Africa Hotel, zote za Dar es Salaam, na Tanzania Wild Safaris Ltd na hoteli ya ufukweni Zanzibar.
 
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Nimekuwa naangalia jengo la iliyokuwa Embassy Hotel kwa muda mrefu sana sasa imefungwa na hakuna hata dalili yoyote ya kufufuliwa au kutumika kwa shughuli nyingine ya kibiashara.

Jengo lipo mahali pazuri sana lakini linasikitisha sana linavyochakaa na sina hakika kama linalipiwa kodo stahili kwa jiji. Kitendo cha kuliacha jengo hilo katika hali ile ni hasara kwa Taifa.

Nimejiuliza sana kuwa ni kitendawili cha aina gani hicho kimeshinda wakuu wote wa mkoa wa Dar-es salaam na mawaziri wa ardhi na mawaziri wakuu kwa muda mrefu kiasi hicho?

Kama kuna mwenye habari zozote kuhusu Embassy Hoteli na hili jengo kwa ujumla tunaomba atuwekee hapa.

Natanguliza shukrani zangu.

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Nimekuwa naangalia jengo la iliyokuwa Embassy Hotel kwa muda mrefu sana sasa imefungwa na hakuna hata dalili yoyote ya kufufuliwa au kutumika kwa shughuli nyingine ya kibiashara.

Jengo lipo mahali pazuri sana lakini linasikitisha sana linavyochakaa na sina hakika kama linalipiwa kodo stahili kwa jiji. Kitendo cha kuliacha jengo hilo katika hali ile ni hasara kwa Taifa.

Nimejiuliza sana kuwa ni kitendawili cha aina gani hicho kimeshinda wakuu wote wa mkoa wa Dar-es salaam na mawaziri wa ardhi na mawaziri wakuu kwa muda mrefu kiasi hicho?

Kama kuna mwenye habari zozote kuhusu Embassy Hoteli na hili jengo kwa ujumla tunaomba atuwekee hapa.

Natanguliza shukrani zangu.
Tanzania yetu ni nchi ya ajabu sana. Hii habari niliituma hapa JF mwaka 2010, mpaka leo jambo liko vile vile na hali ya hii Hoteli imezidi kudorora.
 
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Nimekuwa naangalia jengo la iliyokuwa Embassy Hotel kwa muda mrefu sana sasa imefungwa na hakuna hata dalili yoyote ya kufufuliwa au kutumika kwa shughuli nyingine ya kibiashara.

Jengo lipo mahali pazuri sana lakini linasikitisha sana linavyochakaa na sina hakika kama linalipiwa kodo stahili kwa jiji. Kitendo cha kuliacha jengo hilo katika hali ile ni hasara kwa Taifa.

Nimejiuliza sana kuwa ni kitendawili cha aina gani hicho kimeshinda wakuu wote wa mkoa wa Dar-es salaam na mawaziri wa ardhi na mawaziri wakuu kwa muda mrefu kiasi hicho?

Kama kuna mwenye habari zozote kuhusu Embassy Hoteli na hili jengo kwa ujumla tunaomba atuwekee hapa.

Natanguliza shukrani zangu.
Pamba zimewekwa na maraisi zaidi ya 4 waliopita na wameacha hivyo, Hizi hotel na mashirika yaliuliwa na Mkapa kipindi ameanzisha CHC na PSRC.

Zitto Kabkwe kipindi akiwa timamu aliwahi kuhoji sana hilijambo, mpaka leo haya magofu yameachwa katikati ya jiji la Dar es salaam.Tuna AFCON 2027 hatuna hotel City Centre. Ukarabati ufanyike haraka
 
Tanzania inauza hisa zake katika Hoteli ya Embassy inayozozaniwa
JUMAPILI OKTOBA 19 2008

Hoteli ya Embassy jijini Dar es Salaam. Kabla ya ubinafsishaji, Tanzania ilikuwa na hoteli 15 na nyumba za kulala wageni chini ya Shirika la Utalii Tanzania linalomilikiwa na serikali. Picha/LEONARD MAGOMBA

Moja ya shughuli za ubinafsishaji zenye matatizo zaidi nchini Tanzania - uuzaji wa Ubalozi maarufu wa Hoteli - unatarajiwa kuhitimishwa kwani inaibuka kuwa hoteli hiyo ambayo haijafanya kazi kwa karibu miaka mitano, hatimaye imeshushwa kwa mtu wa tatu. .

Gazeti la EastAfrican limebaini kuwa serikali imeuza hisa zake katika hoteli ya Dar kwa Messrs Karmali Juma, mshirika wa ubia katika hoteli hiyo.

Maendeleo hayo sasa yanaweka msingi wa awamu nyingine ya kesi kati ya wafanyakazi ambao walitangazwa kuwa hawana kazi na wamiliki wapya wa hoteli hiyo ya zamani inayomilikiwa na serikali.

Ikimilikiwa kwa pamoja na wawekezaji watatu, Ubalozi wa Hoteli umekuwa haufanyi kazi kutokana na kesi ya muda mrefu mahakamani kati ya wafanyakazi waliotangazwa kuwa hawana kazi na wamiliki.

Kesi hiyo bado iko katika Mahakama Kuu.

Uchunguzi wa The EastAfrican umebaini kuwa serikali imeuza hisa zake za asilimia 40 kwa kampuni ya Karmali Juma & Sons kwa bei ya $538,640.

Katika muundo wa awali wa hisa, maslahi ya Karmali Juma katika kampuni yaliwakilishwa na K.J Motors.

Serikali na K.J Motors walikuwa na asilimia 40 ya hisa katika hoteli hiyo, huku Kibo Hotels ikimiliki asilimia 20 nyingine.

Joseph Mapunda, meneja wa umma na udhibiti wa Shirika Hodhi la Biashara la Consolidated Holdings, linalosimamia mashirika ya umma yaliyobinafsishwa, aliliambia gazeti la The EastAfrican kuwa makubaliano ya mauzo yatatiwa saini hivi karibuni, na kukataa kuweka wazi muda uliowekwa.


Thamani ya sasa ya hoteli inakadiriwa kufikia dola milioni 1.3, kwa kuzingatia eneo na mali.

Mkataba utakapokamilika, Karmali Juma & Sons sasa watapata sehemu kubwa ya asilimia 80 ya hisa.

Katika uamuzi wa kwanza wa kesi hiyo mbele ya Mahakama ya Viwanda, wafanyakazi hao walishinda awamu ya kwanza, huku mahakama hiyo ikiamuru mwajiri alipe malimbikizo, ikiwa ni pamoja na kipindi ambacho hoteli ilikuwa imefungwa.

Hata hivyo, mwajiri alipinga hilo na kukata rufaa katika Mahakama Kuu akipinga uamuzi wa Mahakama ya Viwanda.

Huku vyama vikiwa vimekwama, wafanyakazi wamekuwa wakiweka suti za kulala na kaunta bila mafanikio. Wakati fulani, wafanyakazi hao walikuwa wakikata rufaa dhidi ya kile walichopewa na mahakama, wakisisitiza kwamba kiasi hicho cha fedha kirekebishwe zaidi.

Haya yalijiri wakati mwajiri wao alikuwa amesema yuko tayari kuondoa kesi hiyo na kusuluhisha masuala na wafanyakazi hao wa zamani.

Wakati mmoja, mwanaharakati mkuu mstaafu wa vyama vya wafanyakazi anasemekana kujaribu kufanya mazungumzo yasiyo rasmi kati ya pande hizo mbili.

Kabla ya ubinafsishaji, Tanzania ilikuwa na hoteli 15 na nyumba za kulala wageni chini ya Shirika la Utalii linalomilikiwa na serikali, ambalo lilikuwa na theluthi mbili ya malazi ya watalii nchini.

Nyumba za kulala wageni ambazo ni Novotel Mount Meru, Lake Manyara Hotel, Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge, Seronera Wildlife Lodge, Lobo Wildlife Lodge, Mikumi Wildlife Lodge na Mafia Island Lodge - zilikuwa na jumla ya vitanda 1,500.

Nyumba sita za kwanza za kulala wageni zilitunukiwa kwa Hotels and Lodges Ltd yenye makao yake nchini Mauritius, ambayo iliweka zabuni ya juu ya dola milioni 28, mbele ya vikundi vingine vya hoteli vya kimataifa, ambapo Mikumi Wildlife Lodge ilipewa kampuni ya uwekezaji ya ndani kabla ya kuteketezwa kwa moto.

Hoteli nyingi zinazomilikiwa na serikali ziliendeshwa chini ya Shirika la Maendeleo la Taifa linalomilikiwa na serikali kwa ushirikiano na wawekezaji binafsi. Hii ilikuwa hasa kupitia mfuko wa hisa na mikopo.

Hoteli ya kwanza inayomilikiwa na serikali kufunguliwa nchini ilikuwa Kilimanjaro Hotel (sasa Kilimanjaro Hotel Kempinski), ambayo ilianza kazi mwaka 1965.

Hoteli nyingine zilizokuwa zikimilikiwa na serikali lakini sasa ziko mikononi mwa watu binafsi ni Bahari Beach Hotel, Kunduchi Beach Hotel, New Africa Hotel, zote za Dar es Salaam, na Tanzania Wild Safaris Ltd na hoteli ya ufukweni Zanzibar.
Any updates??
 
Jana nilimsikia Mkurugenzi wa ATCL akisema kuwa wana mpango wa kutafuta hotel itakayotumika kwa wasafiri wanaopita transit ili itoe huduma ya malazi na mlo hatimaye kuendelea na safari.... Nashauri hao walioliteka gofu la Embassy Hotel waingie ubia na ATCL ili likarabatiwe ili litumike kuingiza mapato badala ya kukaa kama lilivyo sasa.
Kesi ya mgogoro wa Embassy imefika wap? Nakumbuka mara ya mwisho KJ motors alikataa kulipa stahili za wafanyakazi. NI BORA IPIGWE MNADA
 
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