Kashfa ya Richmond: Lowassa, Karamagi na Dkt. Msabaha Wajiuzulu

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Tanzanian PM to resign over graft

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Tanzania's Prime Minister Edward Lowassa has tendered his resignation after being implicated in an energy deal corruption scandal. He has denied that his office was involved in improperly awarding a contract to US-based electricity company Richmond Development in 2006.
The firm failed to provide emergency power during a power crisis in 2006.
Following Mr Lowassa's announcement to parliament, two other ministers linked to the scandal resigned.
The BBC's Africa analyst Mary Harper says the offer of resignation from such a senior member of government for alleged links with corruption is unprecedented in Tanzania, and unusual in Africa.
But Tanzania has been getting more serious about corruption since President Jakaya Kikwete was elected in 2005.
Just last month, the governor of the central bank was sacked following the disappearance of public funds from the bank.
'Lacked expertise'
The BBC's Vicky Ntetema in Dar es Salaam says Richmond was contracted to bring in generators to provide 100 megawatts of electricity each day after a drought early in 2006 left low water levels in dams leading to severe power cuts.

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I've offered my resignation... to register my disagreement with the manner in which the committee misled parliament

Edward Lowassa
Tanzanian prime minister
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But a parliamentary inquiry, launched in November, found that the generators failed to arrive on time and when they did, they did not work as required.
By the time the company was ready to start operations, Tanzania's power problems had been resolved.
Despite these failings, the government was contracted to pay Richmond more than $100,000 a day.
Mr Lowassa's office later influenced the government's decision to extend Richmond's contract despite advice to the contrary from the state-run energy company Tanesco, the inquiry alleges.
Richmond "lacked experience, expertise and was financially incapacitated", ruling party MP Harrison Mwakyembe, who headed the investigation, is quoted by Tanzania's Guardian newspaper as telling parliament on Wednesday.
Richmond transferred its tender to another company, Dowans, last year.
Emotion
Mr Lowassa, who has denied any links to the scandal, has suggested the parliamentary committee investigating the energy deal was given the wrong information.
"I've thought long and hard about this issue. I've offered my resignation without any ill motive," he said in an emotional speech to parliament on Thursday morning.
"I've done it to as a sign of my responsibility and to register my disagreement with the manner in which the committee misled parliament."
Energy and Minerals Minister Nazir Karamagi and Ibrahim Msabaha - a former energy minister and now in the East African Community ministry - resigned on Thursday afternoon.
Our correspondent says Mr Lowassa, who entered politics in the 1980s, is a very close ally of President Kikwete.
But the president is likely to accept his resignation in light of public anger over the scandal, she says.
This is not Mr Lowassa's first brush with controversy.
Under President Ali Mwinyi, he was relieved of his duties as a land minister because of allegations of corruption - a scandal that reportedly infuriated Julius Nyerere, Tanzania's respected independence leader.

Chanzo BBC

 

[Kingugwe]

Tanzanian PM to resign over graft

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Mr Lowassa told MPs his decision had not been an easy one
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Tanzania's Prime Minister Edward Lowassa has tendered his resignation after being implicated in an energy deal corruption scandal. He has denied that his office was involved in improperly awarding a contract to US-based electricity company Richmond Development in 2006.
The firm failed to provide emergency power during a power crisis in 2006.
Following Mr Lowassa's announcement to parliament, two other ministers linked to the scandal resigned.
The BBC's Africa analyst Mary Harper says the offer of resignation from such a senior member of government for alleged links with corruption is unprecedented in Tanzania, and unusual in Africa.
But Tanzania has been getting more serious about corruption since President Jakaya Kikwete was elected in 2005.
Just last month, the governor of the central bank was sacked following the disappearance of public funds from the bank.
'Lacked expertise'
The BBC's Vicky Ntetema in Dar es Salaam says Richmond was contracted to bring in generators to provide 100 megawatts of electricity each day after a drought early in 2006 left low water levels in dams leading to severe power cuts.

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I've offered my resignation... to register my disagreement with the manner in which the committee misled parliament

Edward Lowassa
Tanzanian prime minister
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But a parliamentary inquiry, launched in November, found that the generators failed to arrive on time and when they did, they did not work as required.
By the time the company was ready to start operations, Tanzania's power problems had been resolved.
Despite these failings, the government was contracted to pay Richmond more than $100,000 a day.
Mr Lowassa's office later influenced the government's decision to extend Richmond's contract despite advice to the contrary from the state-run energy company Tanesco, the inquiry alleges.
Richmond "lacked experience, expertise and was financially incapacitated", ruling party MP Harrison Mwakyembe, who headed the investigation, is quoted by Tanzania's Guardian newspaper as telling parliament on Wednesday.
Richmond transferred its tender to another company, Dowans, last year.
Emotion
Mr Lowassa, who has denied any links to the scandal, has suggested the parliamentary committee investigating the energy deal was given the wrong information.
"I've thought long and hard about this issue. I've offered my resignation without any ill motive," he said in an emotional speech to parliament on Thursday morning.
"I've done it to as a sign of my responsibility and to register my disagreement with the manner in which the committee misled parliament."
Energy and Minerals Minister Nazir Karamagi and Ibrahim Msabaha - a former energy minister and now in the East African Community ministry - resigned on Thursday afternoon.
Our correspondent says Mr Lowassa, who entered politics in the 1980s, is a very close ally of President Kikwete.
But the president is likely to accept his resignation in light of public anger over the scandal, she says.
This is not Mr Lowassa's first brush with controversy.
Under President Ali Mwinyi, he was relieved of his duties as a land minister because of allegations of corruption - a scandal that reportedly infuriated Julius Nyerere, Tanzania's respected independence leader.

Chanzo BBC

Go n sue refer BBC as your evidence.... Damn

 

[Chakaza]

Hii sasa aibu! Badala ya kum challenge Lowasa na changamoto za Maendeleo huko mbele mmekazana na drama za hapo zamani za kale.
Mbaya zaidi hizo zama msemazo alikuwa nanyi na mkamkumbatia kwa mahaba makubwa bila kuchukua hatua, jambo linaloonyesha ni fitina na wivu tuu au setikali ilikuwa imeoza na dhaifu kupita maelezo

 

[Awsom]

Hii sasa aibu! Badala ya kum challenge Lowasa na changamoto za Maendeleo huko mbele mmekazana na drama za hapo zamani za kale.
Mbaya zaidi hizo zama msemazo alikuwa nanyi na mkamkumbatia kwa mahaba makubwa bila kuchukua hatua, jambo linaloonyesha ni fitina na wivu tuu au setikali ilikuwa imeoza na dhaifu kupita maelezo

CCM HAWANA SERA MKUU, sasahv sera yao ni vijembe,mipasho na matusi...wamejaa ahadi hewa na ulaji wa mali za umma. WATANZANIA TUTAMPIGIA KURA HUYUHUYU LOWASA NA WAGOMBEA WA UKAWA.

 

[Awsom]

CCM sasahivi mmebaki tu kuzusha habari za uongo na zisizo na tija badala muwajibu wananchi kuwa:-

-kwanini Tanzania ni masikini

-kwanini thamani ya hela imeshuka haswa

-kwanini wanafunzi wanasomea chini ya miti mpaka leo

-kwanini hatuna umeme wa uhakika n.k

Nyie ni mipasho na matusi tu,october 25 imekaribia.

 

[Awsom]

Ndio maana wanawaahidi walimu laptop wakati hata hela stahili za kwenda likizo, mapunjo ya mishahara na matibabu wanashindwa kuwalipa miaka nenda miaka rudi.
Na walimu hata wale waliokuwa wanaiunga mkono ccm wameshtuka kuwa wanaonwa mafala

October 25 itakuwa mwisho wao,wamekuwa wakiwaahidi waalimu kama watoto wadogo.

 

[alphagotta]

Mimi nadhani tusipoteze muda kujadili historia za watu... Tufikirie namna gani ya kufanya maamuzi bora kwa muda huu ili kupata mafanikio stahiki kwa siku zilizobakia..... Acheni kushabikia mapungufu ya mtu, kwani siku zote unavyonyoosha kidole kwa mwenzio vitatu vyote vinakutizama... Kila mmoja ana mapungufu cha msingi mtu anapofanya kizuri hatuna budi kumpongeza na kuungana nae....

 

[Barbarosa]

CCM sasahivi mmebaki tu kuzusha habari za uongo na zisizo na tija badala muwajibu wananchi kuwa:-

-kwanini Tanzania ni masikini

-kwanini thamani ya hela imeshuka haswa

-kwanini wanafunzi wanasomea chini ya miti mpaka leo

-kwanini hatuna umeme wa uhakika n.k

Nyie ni mipasho na matusi tu,october 25 imekaribia.

Majibu mbona yameshatolewa na wananchi wanayafahamu ndiyo maana unaona nyomi za nguvu kila Magufuli anakokwenda kuanzia Dar-Katavi-Tunduru mpaka Mbeya huko kote ni hatari!
Wale waliokuwa wanafisadi nchi na kuifanya iwe masikini wameshatolewa kwenye Uongozi akiongozwa na kinara wao fisadi Lowasa hivyo sasa hivi wananchi wameridhika na bado baada ya oktoba 25 watashughulikiwa na Mahakama aliyoiahidi Raisi Magufuli!

 

[Ninaweza]

Mimi nadhani tusipoteze muda kujadili historia za watu... Tufikirie namna gani ya kufanya maamuzi bora kwa muda huu ili kupata mafanikio stahiki kwa siku zilizobakia..... Acheni kushabikia mapungufu ya mtu, kwani siku zote unavyonyoosha kidole kwa mwenzio vitatu vyote vinakutizama... Kila mmoja ana mapungufu cha msingi mtu anapofanya kizuri hatuna budi kumpongeza na kuungana nae....

Ni ngumu sana kujadili ufisadi wa Lowasa bila kuigusa ccm. Sana sana atatajwa bila kujadili

 

[gnassingbe]

CCM sasahivi mmebaki tu kuzusha habari za uongo na zisizo na tija badala muwajibu wananchi kuwa:-

-kwanini Tanzania ni masikini

-kwanini thamani ya hela imeshuka haswa

-kwanini wanafunzi wanasomea chini ya miti mpaka leo

-kwanini hatuna umeme wa uhakika n.k

Nyie ni mipasho na matusi tu,october 25 imekaribia.

Hii nchi bana ni ya kuhama manake watu bado wanaipigia CCM debe kweli after all these nightmares!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Barbarosa]

Hii nchi bana ni ya kuhama manake watu bado wanaipigia CCM debe kweli after all these nightmares!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Aisee kama ulikuwa mategemeo ya kwamba fisadi lowasa atashinda Uraisi TanZania basi ningekushauri uhame nchi kama ulivyosema mwenyewe kwa maana haitatokea!

 

[Nicholas]

Akina Vick ndio wazungu?

 

[Barbarosa]

Mimi nadhani tusipoteze muda kujadili historia za watu... Tufikirie namna gani ya kufanya maamuzi bora kwa muda huu ili kupata mafanikio stahiki kwa siku zilizobakia..... Acheni kushabikia mapungufu ya mtu, kwani siku zote unavyonyoosha kidole kwa mwenzio vitatu vyote vinakutizama... Kila mmoja ana mapungufu cha msingi mtu anapofanya kizuri hatuna budi kumpongeza na kuungana nae....

Hapa tunatafuta Raisi wa nchi na hatutafuti kiongozi wa Kamati ya harusi, hivyo ni lazima tujue hata ikiwezekana kuanzia utoto wa raisi yetu mtarajiwa, huwezi kuniambia mtu ambaye amekuwa Kiongozi kwa miaka zaidi ya 30 halafu akajiondoa/akaondolewa kwa wizi tena siyo mara moja kulingana na hiyo taarifa ya Wazungu ambao ndio fisadi Lowasa anawategemea wamsikilize alishafukuzwa kazi pia kwa tuhuma hizo hizo za ufisadi na Raisi Mwinyi alivyokuwa W.Ardhi eti tusiyaangalie yote kwa kuwa yamepita, ni nani alikwambia Binadamu hubadili tabia, Lowasa ni fisadi na popote atapoenda atafisadi tu hata huko chadema iko siku atawafisadi tu!

Na Dunia nzima hufanya hivi huwezi kutaka kugombea uraisi halafu watu wasitake kujua wewe ni nani!

 

[alphagotta]

Kinachokufanya wewe unamini sana hiyo BBC ni nini? Kwani hiyo taarifa iliyoandikwa na BBC iliandikwa na malaika? Kwani BBC hakuna wafanyakazi watanzania? Ndio maana mwisho wa siku mkibisha sana mnaambiwa nenda mahakamani ukafungue kesi. Waliohusika na sakata la escrol bado wanagombea na bado wapo CCM... Kama kweli CCM ni chama cha mapinduzi kwa nini msiwafukuze uanachama hao watu? Ufisadi ulitokea na pesa kweli ilipotea na wahusika au wazembe walijulikana, kwani CCM kama chama hamjachukua hatua? Kama BBC kweli ni watu wawazi, kuna scandal nyingi za uchumi zimetokea tanzania na wahusika bado wapo kwenye system. Kwa nn isiwahusishe? Kwani lengo lao ni nn kama sio kuwasaidia watanzania?

 

[DuppyConqueror]

Lowassa ni man-made dizasta

 

[gnassingbe]

Aisee kama ulikuwa mategemeo ya kwamba fisadi lowasa atashinda Uraisi TanZania basi ningekushauri uhame nchi kama ulivyosema mwenyewe kwa maana haitatokea!

Haya umejileta mwenyewe nipe msaada something is troubling me HUU MGAO WA UMEME UNAISHA LINI?.Myself i do not care who is robbing who or who is the next president Nipe msaada tafadhali im very angry at CCM because of the current economic and social situations in our country.

 

[Barbarosa]

Kinachokufanya wewe unamini sana hiyo BBC ni nini? Kwani hiyo taarifa iliyoandikwa na BBC iliandikwa na malaika? Kwani BBC hakuna wafanyakazi watanzania? Ndio maana mwisho wa siku mkibisha sana mnaambiwa nenda mahakamani ukafungue kesi. Waliohusika na sakata la escrol bado wanagombea na bado wapo CCM... Kama kweli CCM ni chama cha mapinduzi kwa nini msiwafukuze uanachama hao watu? Ufisadi ulitokea na pesa kweli ilipotea na wahusika au wazembe walijulikana, kwani CCM kama chama hamjachukua hatua? Kama BBC kweli ni watu wawazi, kuna scandal nyingi za uchumi zimetokea tanzania na wahusika bado wapo kwenye system. Kwa nn isiwahusishe? Kwani lengo lao ni nn kama sio kuwasaidia watanzania?

Kilichonifanya nilete taarifa ktk BBC ndiyo kile kile ambacho fisadi Lowasa na genge lake walichokifanya kwenda kuisema nchi yetu kwa Wazungu wa ICC kwamba nchini kwetu wapinzani wananyanyaswa wakati hakuna nchi ya Afrika ambayo wapinzani wana uhuru wa kufanya wanavyotaka kama hapa kwetu, hivyo kwa kuwa fisadi Lowasa na genge lake wanawaamini Wazungu basi nikaona nilete pia upande wa pili wa Wazungu hao hao jinsi wanavyomfahamu fisadi Lowasa na genge lake, hawamfahamu kwa mazuri!

 

[Gamba la Nyoka]

Hii Kashfa ya Ardhi ilikuwaje, Mwenye kufahamu atujuze

 

[Barbarosa]

Haya umejileta mwenyewe nipe msaada something is troubling me HUU MGAO WA UMEME UNAISHA LINI?.Myself i do not care who is robbing who or who is the next president Nipe msaada tafadhali im very angry at CCM because of the current economic and social situations in our country.

Utaisha pale madudu aliyoyasababisha fisadi Lowasa na Genge lake yatakapokuwa cleared, Kumbuka Mgao wa Umeme unatokana na kwamba Tanesco imefilisika kabisa kwa sababu za kulipa madeni ya kampuni hewa iliyoletwa na fisadi Lowasa na Genge lake, hivyo hakuna fedha tena za kuwekeza kwenye Umeme na tunalipa madeni tu sasa hivi na ndiyo maana mtu kama fisadi Lowasa na genge lake walipaswa wawe shot at close range kwa maana kwa matendo yao watu wengi wamekuwa masikini, wamepoteza maisha, wengine wanashindwa kusoma, wawekezaji wanaondoka kwa sababu hatuna umeme, kujibu jibu lako ni kwamba hali hii tutaendela nayo kwa muda mrefu tu ujao na hayo ndiyo madhara ya ambayo fisadi Lowasa na Genge lake wameifanyia nchi hii achilia mbali wizi wa dhahabu zote ambazo Rostam ambaye ni genge la Lowasa wameiba mgodi wote wa Buzwagi wafaidika ni fisadi Lowasa na genge lake na wananchi wa Kahama wanaambulia saratani tu kutokana na vumbi kwa sababu ile ni open pit mining!

Hivyo tutachukuwaa muda mrefu ku-recover!

 

[brasy coco]

Our correspondent says Mr Lowassa, who entered politics in the 1980s, is a very close ally of President Kikwete.
But the president is likely to accept his resignation in light of public anger over the scandal, she says.
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