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Hawa hapa wanadai waliwauzia zana za kivita ila mkawakaushia lilipokuja suala la malipo.........................
Dar es Salaam. The family of the late businessman Devram Purshotam Valambhia has summoned the government of Tanzania to court in the United States, demanding payment of claims amounting to $119.5 million (nearly Sh280 billion).
The plaintiffs are the widow and four children of Valambhia, who died in 2005 in the US. They are currently all US citizens and live in Houston, Texas.
The summons was submitted at the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in February, this, year by Ms Vipula D. Valambhia and Priscilla D. Valambhia, Bhavna D. Valambhia, Punita D. Valambhia and Krishnakant D. Valambhia.
They are seeking to be paid $55,099,171.66 as ordered by the High Court of Tanzania in 2003. The sum was supposed to be paid as of June 4, 2001, plus interest accruing at seven per cent per annum since then, amounting to $64,500,750.87 as of February 19, 2018.
Defendants in the case include the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) and the Ministry of Defence and National Service.
According to a court proceedings document obtained by The Citizen, Tanzania purchased military equipment in the 1980s that it never fully paid for, despite repeated rulings by the High Court of Tanzania.
The case arose from a contract to supply troop carriers, tanks and other military equipment, entered into between Tanzania, acting through its Ministry of Defence, and the supplier, Transport Equipment Ltd.
The case, which was first filed at the local court as Civil Case No. 210 of 1989, was decided nine times in both the High Court and Court of Appeal of Tanzania, mostly in favour of the businessman.
Valambhia family battles Tanzania government for Sh280bn payout
Dar es Salaam. The family of the late businessman Devram Purshotam Valambhia has summoned the government of Tanzania to court in the United States, demanding payment of claims amounting to $119.5 million (nearly Sh280 billion).
The plaintiffs are the widow and four children of Valambhia, who died in 2005 in the US. They are currently all US citizens and live in Houston, Texas.
The summons was submitted at the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in February, this, year by Ms Vipula D. Valambhia and Priscilla D. Valambhia, Bhavna D. Valambhia, Punita D. Valambhia and Krishnakant D. Valambhia.
They are seeking to be paid $55,099,171.66 as ordered by the High Court of Tanzania in 2003. The sum was supposed to be paid as of June 4, 2001, plus interest accruing at seven per cent per annum since then, amounting to $64,500,750.87 as of February 19, 2018.
Defendants in the case include the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) and the Ministry of Defence and National Service.
According to a court proceedings document obtained by The Citizen, Tanzania purchased military equipment in the 1980s that it never fully paid for, despite repeated rulings by the High Court of Tanzania.
The case arose from a contract to supply troop carriers, tanks and other military equipment, entered into between Tanzania, acting through its Ministry of Defence, and the supplier, Transport Equipment Ltd.
The case, which was first filed at the local court as Civil Case No. 210 of 1989, was decided nine times in both the High Court and Court of Appeal of Tanzania, mostly in favour of the businessman.
Valambhia family battles Tanzania government for Sh280bn payout