Summary ya majibu ya serikali.
Government rejected and revised five stringent demands made by Chinese investor because they were not beneficial to the country.
Once the Chinese firm agrees in principal with the government’s new conditions, the project can move to the next stage which is execution in collaboration with the Oman’s State General Reserve Fund (SGRF).
Tanzania Ports Authority chief executive Deusdedit Kakoko said the government rejected and revised five stringent demands made by the investor—Beijing-based China Merchants Holdings International—because they were not beneficial to the country.
1. The Chinese investor has now been offered a 33-year lease instead of the 99-year one asked for.
2. The investor has been informed that there will be no tax holiday and they will be subjected to all taxes designed by the Tanzania Revenue Authority.
3. That there would be no special status and they would be required to pay the market rate for water and electricity like any other investor.
4. They could not start and run any other business they deemed necessary within the port without government’s approval and were open to scrutiny and regulation by relevant agencies in line with law like any other investor.
5. They were informed that the government of Tanzania was free to develop other ports to be in direct competition with Bagamoyo.
Once the Chinese firm agrees in principal with the government’s new conditions, the project can move to the next stage which is execution in collaboration with the Oman’s State General Reserve Fund (SGRF).
Tanzania say conditions set by the investor were tantamount to selling Tanzania to China.
www.theeastafrican.co.ke
Serikali inapinga vigezo vitano (stringent demands)
1.Miaka 99 wamewapa 33, wapi duniani utapata mkataba wa miaka 99 kama ule wa wa kitapeli wa Hong Kong au Liberia na mpira. Jiulize kama China wanaweza kukupa mkataba kama huo.
2. Kigezo cha pili nafikiri serikali inaweza kuwa flexible hata kuwapa mwaka mmoja, wa Tax holiday, lakini kwa baadhi ya tax ambazo zinaweza kuchangia kukua kwa ajira, mapato ya serikali as a gesture of goodwill.
3. 100% ninakubaliana na serikali. Maji, Umeme , lazima yalipiwe ili hizo pesa zipelekwe kuwasaidia maskini vijijini na mijini.
4. Muhimu sana, otherwise hakuna, hatuna Serikali. Ni kama exactly Waingereza walivyowafanyia Wachina. Mkataba ule uliowaruhusu Waingereza kuuza madawa ya kulevywa China pia ulikuwa na kipengele kama hiki.
5. Nchi inawezaje kuitwa huru kama haiwezi kuendeleza bandari zake nyingine kama Mtwara, Tanga, Lindi, Dar. Kujua nini kinaingia na kutoka, faida yao na hasara?
Mkataba kama huo Lamu, Kenya wakiuchukua, imekula kwao ni vilio vingi huko mbeleni.
Tanzania iko sehemu nzuri sana strategically, hata kama hawa watakataa masharti wengine watakuja.
Tupo karibu na Malawi, Zambia, Congo DRC, Burundi na nyingine nyingi tu kwenye ukanda wetu Pia tuna mahusiano mazuri na nchi zote hizo zote za karibu.
Muhimu kusaini mkataba wenye tija, kuliko kukurupuka.
Kwa hiyo wewe Mr Zitto ungesaini na kukubali haya Masharti?