Powerful businessman and ruling party MP for Igunga in Tabora, Rostam Aziz, is to be a beneficiary in the Dowans Tanzania award.
According to the proceedings from the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce also known as the International Commercial Court (ICC), which recently awarded Dowans Holdings S.A. and Dowans Tanzania $65 million as compensation for breach of contract by the Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco), Mr Aziz was appointed Dowans attorney-in-fact as far back as 2005 to manage the companys affairs outside the Republic of Costa Rica.
According to the resolutions of the Dowans Holdings board of directors, two directors of the company, Bernal Zamora Arce and Noemy del Carmen Cespedes Palma, granted in the name and on behalf of the company, a power of attorney in favour of Mr Aziz.