Sakata la Kashfa ya Richmond: The Facts

[Nikifufukammekwisha]

Rais wetu majuzi kaagiza wananchi na wanasiasa waache kuwa wachunguzi na watoa hukumu, na kwa nguvu zake zote akatuagiza kuwa tuachie vyombo husika (PCCB ikiwemo) vifanye kazi zao.

Baada ya kusoma habari hii, ninahisi kwamba kwa kusikiliza ushauri wake ninaweza nikawa voluntarily ninajiweka katika situation ya kuruhusu kuendelea kudanganywa kifikra... Mimi binafsi nafikiri kufanya hivyo itakua ni kosa kubwa.

Kwa kutumia reference ya habari ya leo mimi nafikiri kwamba PCCB ni chombo cha kuendeleza propaganda za kuendeleza umaskini wa kifikra na kijamii kwa Wadanganyika... Ninafikiri kuna haja kubwa sana ya kuishitaki PCCB na mkuu wao (Hosea) kwa kudanganya serikali na wananchi. Yeye kama kiongozi wa PCCB, Mtanzania na mwanasheria wa kuheshimika hapaswi kukiuka maadili ya kiapo chake cha uanasheria, kiapo cha kuitumikia jamii kwa uaminifu, pamoja na kukiuka maadili na heshima ya utu wake. This is CRAP...

 

[omarilyas]

Na sasa bado tunaendelea kuumia na mgao usio rasmi...yaani hawatupi muda hata wa kufuturu...

Hivi ya mabilioni waliyokubaliana kuwapa RICHMONDULI a.k.a DOWANS yameshatolewa. Na kama yametolewa kwa mantki ya kuwezesha kuanza kutoa umeme iweje sasa kwa wiki ya pili mfulilizo sehemu kubwa ya jiji la Dar Es Salaam linakatiwa umeme kila mara na haswa nyakati za jioni na usiku?

Tanzanianjema

 

[Bill]

Nashindwa kuelewa hata pale wanaposema tuhuma za ufisadi zichunguzwe na PCCB, Police au Mahakama, haiwezekani hatuna Imani navyo na hawa ni Mawakala wa kuficha madhambi ya Govt. wewe unarioti kwa Rais and then uchunguze Govt yake kisha utoe ripoti kwake wapi na wapi?

PPRA wamedhihirisha huu ubadhirifu na kuto jibu tulilolingoja. Haiwezekani, Big Up PPRA.

 

[MC]

source: ThisDay

-Key contractual issues protecting TANESCO as the client were ignored
-TANESCO’s chief legal advisor didn’t know who drafted the contract or what was in it
-’Political influence’ was the overriding factor in the contract negotiations

THISDAY REPORTER
Dar es Salaam

THE highly-controversial Richmond power generation contract was signed at night and in strange circumstances, a new report by a government agency has asserted.

According to the report prepared by the state-run Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA), the Richmond deal signed last year not only contravened official government tendering procedures, but its apparent signing under the cover of darkness also raised eyebrows.

’’The contract between TANESCO (Tanzania Electric Supply Company) and Richmond Development Company was signed in strange circumstances at night and at the Ministry of Minerals and Energy, with some contractual issues protecting the client having been ignored,’’ says the PPRA report.

It now appears that TANESCO officials were literally bulldozed into signing a deal they had not even negotiated and without being given any room to review the draft contract before signing.

According to the PPRA’s 2007 report on procurement, contract and performance audit of the state-run public utility firm, not even TANESCO’s company secretary - as the company’s chief legal advisor � was aware of ’’who drafted the contract’’ with the US-registered Richmond Development Company.

Furthermore, the report notes that there was no performance bond attached with the contract, which it says is highly unusual for such types of contracts.

The report cites ’political influence’ and ’clear interference’ in the tendering process by ’higher authorities’ in government, but falls short of revealing the identity of the top government leader(s) involved.

’’Political influence forced TANESCO to waiver from principles of the contract’’ it asserts, noting that the public utility firm was ordered to sign the contract with Richmond for the supply of 100MW thermal plant electricity even after ’conclusively’ establishing the US company’s non-responsiveness to the bid requirements and inability to deliver the services required.

A total of 26 companies initially approached the government for tender documents for the emergency supply of electricity early last year, but only eight actually tendered for the contract.

These were Real Energy (UK), Aggreko International (UAE), Richmond Development Company LLC (USA), REMCP SPA (Italy), APGUM Company Limited (Germany), Globeleq Limited (UK), GAPCO (Tanzania) Limited and QUANTUS of Germany.

The PPRA report says that after opening the original bids, TANESCO found all eight firms to be non-responsive to the terms of reference, and at the same time found that ’’the government was already interfering with the procedures.’’

This led TANESCO to cancel the tender altogether.

However, it is stated that ’higher authorities’ in government then recalled the bid documents submitted by all the eight bidders from TANESCO, and proceeded to effectively take over the bid processing exercise

The tender was eventually awarded to Richmond despite the fact that it had already been rejected by TANESCO.

To add more mystery to the whole affair, another company - Dowans Holdings S.A of the United Arab Emirates � was unexpectedly brought into the picture last December to inherit Richmond’s contract with TANESCO.

According to the PPRA report, this new arrangement between Richmond and Dowans appeared quite odd since ’’the contract between RDC (Richmond Development Company) and TANESCO did not provide for re-assignment of the contract to Dowans, but a subcontracting arrangement.’’

After conducting its own investigation in the face of a public outcry triggered by allegations of corruption in the whole Richmond deal, the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) surprisingly announced last May that the investigation had found no improprieties in the deal.

Making the announcement at a news conference in Dar es Salaam, PCCB director general Edward Hosea made no mention of any possible political interference in the contract negotiations and its ultimate signing.

All the PCCB boss said was that at one point, the government formed a three-man special committee comprising the permanent secretaries at the Treasury and the Ministry of Energy and Minerals, and the attorney-general, to oversee the contract negotiations and advise the government accordingly.

However, the revelations now emerging from the new PPRA report would appear to seriously discredit the results of the investigation conducted by the state-run anti-corruption watchdog.

 

[Majala Kimolo]

Du ukimcheki jamaa anavyoongea kwenye vyombo vya habari kujifwagilia kibarua chake utasema mtu si ndo huyu? mi nilifeli hesabu sasa hizo kalkulasheni ni kiboko ila hazifikii zile za EL+JK(EH*PCCB)= Kiini macho.
Si unaona hata anapobanwa na editors anwaaahidi kwa maneno tu! akifa leo maanake hakuna ushahidi. mwambieni mwanamtandao asisababishe vichwa vyetu vikajafukuliwa na kizazi kijacho kuuliza /kutafiti ubovu wa vichwa vyetu.

 

[BAK]

New report on Richmond deal says: Contract was signed in `strange` circumstances

-Key contractual issues protecting TANESCO as the client were ignored
-TANESCO’s chief legal advisor didn’t know who drafted the contract or what was in it
-’Political influence’ was the overriding factor in the contract negotiations

THISDAY REPORTER
Dar es Salaam

THE highly-controversial Richmond power generation contract was signed at night and in strange circumstances, a new report by a government agency has asserted.

According to the report prepared by the state-run Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA), the Richmond deal signed last year not only contravened official government tendering procedures, but its apparent signing under the cover of darkness also raised eyebrows.

’’The contract between TANESCO (Tanzania Electric Supply Company) and Richmond Development Company was signed in strange circumstances at night and at the Ministry of Minerals and Energy, with some contractual issues protecting the client having been ignored,’’ says the PPRA report.

It now appears that TANESCO officials were literally bulldozed into signing a deal they had not even negotiated and without being given any room to review the draft contract before signing.

According to the PPRA’s 2007 report on procurement, contract and performance audit of the state-run public utility firm, not even TANESCO’s company secretary - as the company’s chief legal advisor � was aware of ’’who drafted the contract’’ with the US-registered Richmond Development Company.

Furthermore, the report notes that there was no performance bond attached with the contract, which it says is highly unusual for such types of contracts.

The report cites ’political influence’ and ’clear interference’ in the tendering process by ’higher authorities’ in government, but falls short of revealing the identity of the top government leader(s) involved.

’’Political influence forced TANESCO to waiver from principles of the contract’’ it asserts, noting that the public utility firm was ordered to sign the contract with Richmond for the supply of 100MW thermal plant electricity even after ’conclusively’ establishing the US company’s non-responsiveness to the bid requirements and inability to deliver the services required.

A total of 26 companies initially approached the government for tender documents for the emergency supply of electricity early last year, but only eight actually tendered for the contract.

These were Real Energy (UK), Aggreko International (UAE), Richmond Development Company LLC (USA), REMCP SPA (Italy), APGUM Company Limited (Germany), Globeleq Limited (UK), GAPCO (Tanzania) Limited and QUANTUS of Germany.

The PPRA report says that after opening the original bids, TANESCO found all eight firms to be non-responsive to the terms of reference, and at the same time found that ’’the government was already interfering with the procedures.’’

This led TANESCO to cancel the tender altogether.

However, it is stated that ’higher authorities’ in government then recalled the bid documents submitted by all the eight bidders from TANESCO, and proceeded to effectively take over the bid processing exercise

The tender was eventually awarded to Richmond despite the fact that it had already been rejected by TANESCO.

To add more mystery to the whole affair, another company - Dowans Holdings S.A of the United Arab Emirates � was unexpectedly brought into the picture last December to inherit Richmond’s contract with TANESCO.

According to the PPRA report, this new arrangement between Richmond and Dowans appeared quite odd since ’’the contract between RDC (Richmond Development Company) and TANESCO did not provide for re-assignment of the contract to Dowans, but a subcontracting arrangement.’’

After conducting its own investigation in the face of a public outcry triggered by allegations of corruption in the whole Richmond deal, the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) surprisingly announced last May that the investigation had found no improprieties in the deal.

Making the announcement at a news conference in Dar es Salaam, PCCB director general Edward Hosea made no mention of any possible political interference in the contract negotiations and its ultimate signing.

All the PCCB boss said was that at one point, the government formed a three-man special committee comprising the permanent secretaries at the Treasury and the Ministry of Energy and Minerals, and the attorney-general, to oversee the contract negotiations and advise the government accordingly.

However, the revelations now emerging from the new PPRA report would appear to seriously discredit the results of the investigation conducted by the state-run anti-corruption watchdog.

 

[Mtaalam]

kesi ya Liji-Nyani, Ngedere atoe hukumu? what do u expect? PCCB hawana jipya kwa watanzania.... hizi transparent reports zitaendelea kuwasha moto na kufunua uozo uliotanda ktk utendaji mzima wa viongozi wetu ...

well done n keep on guys..

halafu na sie watanzania twakaa tukisubiri Ngedere aseme nyani ana kosa..hata akisema amekosa,twategemea tamhukumu???zaidi ya kushauriana wenyewe namna ya kuzidi kuruka ruka kwenye miti na enjoy them bananaz...
kwa viongozi wa sasa, Wa Tz tumeliwa

 

[BAK]

Vingunge watatufunua macho kuhusu uozo huu au wataendelea kukaa kimya? Maana hili bomu ni la awamu ya nne.

 

[KakindoMaster]

Itabidi watanzania tukomae mapema kama hawa jamaa wameingia ofisini miaka miwili tayari dili chafu halafu utetezi kibao kutoka kwa mkuu wao ina maana waliingia kugawana nchi.

Pia TAKUKURU nina wasiwasi inaanza kutumika kwa faida ya mafisadi kama hawakuona kitu lakini kuna harufu inasikika tuwaeleweje?

Je na wao walichota au ni fadhira kwa kupewa vyeo? Lakini nasikia TAKUKURU wana mipaka wakikuta una nguvu ndogo unalipuliwa. Kama nguvu yako ni kubwa (big boss) ripoti ni rushwa hakuna.

Hii serikali ikishinda zaidi ya 2010 tumekwisha! Watauza hata binadamu.

 

[Mwafrika wa Kike]

halafu na sie watanzania twakaa tukisubiri Ngedere aseme nyani ana kosa..hata akisema amekosa,twategemea tamhukumu???zaidi ya kushauriana wenyewe namna ya kuzidi kuruka ruka kwenye miti na enjoy them bananaz...
kwa viongozi wa sasa, Wa Tz tumeliwa

Mtaalam,

issue ni pale serikali inapotaka kufanya the whole issue kuwa ya rushwa peke yake.... wanaweza kusaini mkataba mbovu bila hata kupokea rushwa..

wanaweza pia kutumbua mabilioni ya BOT bila kula rushwa.. sio kila issue ni rushwa tu...... hapa ndio kuna kazi zaidi!

 

[Mtaalam]

halafu kwanza hilo li richmond niliwahi kusikia kuwa ni ya mtoto wa EL,na vigogo wengine wakiwemo na ndio maana wakapewa tenda haraka!!!ama kweli serikali tunayo

 

[Semanao]

Controversial Richmond deal: I wasn`t involved, says PM Lowassa


THISDAY REPORTER
Dar es Salaam

THE Prime Minister, Edward Lowassa, has categorically denied personal involvement in the awarding of the highly-controversial power generation contract to Richmond Development Company last year.

In a written statement to THISDAY issued through his press secretary over the weekend, premier Lowassa said he did not have anything to do with the signing of the contract with the US-registered company, nor did he influence the process.

''The prime minister was never involved in the Richmond negotiations. All he did was to assume a general, overseeing role in government efforts to ensure the power shortage problems afflicting the country at the time were urgently addressed,'' press secretary Saidi Nguba said.

The weekend statement from the Prime Minister's Office in Dar es Salaam was in response to a report published in last Thursday's edition of THISDAY on fresh revelations of high-level government meddling in the process leading up to the tender award for Richmond to inject 100MW of thermal plant electricity into the national grid.

As the report stated, the revelations are contained in a new report prepared by the state-run Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA), which outlines the existence of significant 'political influence' and 'clear interference' by 'higher authorities' in the tendering process.

However, the THISDAY report did not in any way mention Lowassa as having been the influencing factor. It merely stated the fact that it was the premier who appointed the government task force that oversaw the negotiations leading up to the eventual contract award.

Members of the three-man task force were the then permanent secretaries in the Treasury and the Ministry of Energy and Minerals, Gray Mgonja and Patrick Rutabanzibwa respectively, as well as attorney-general Johnson Mwanyika.

According to the PPRA report, the Tanzania Electric Supply Company (TANESCO) was eventually ordered to enter into the deal with Richmond even though the power utility firm itself had already 'conclusively' established that Richmond was ''non-responsive to the bid requirements and unable to deliver the services required.''

The report cites 'higher authorities' as being behind the whole deal, but stops short of identifying any particular government leader(s) involved.

The PMO statement also censured THISDAY for 'reviving' the issue of corruption allegations related to the Richmond deal even after the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) has already declared it to have been clean and devoid of corruption, after conducting its own investigation in the face of a public outcry.

The PCCB declaration was made last May - three months before the PPRA report was prepared (August 2007).

 

[Mtanganyika]

I know the whole deal in US side, i don't know in Tanzania who does what.
In US the key player alikuwa aliyekuwa balozi wetu, and some other fox in Houston, Texas. However, Richmond owner get this deal through one of the TANESCO top leader. I believe EL didn't know this ex Tanzanian citizen who i know him personal. However i can't prove kwamba EL was part of the deal.

Richmond owner (once a houstonian Millioner) knows one of TANESCO top management leader, and he influance the deal to be assigned to Richmond. However, huyu meneja wa TANESCO aliweza kutumia influance ya mmoja wa watu wake wa karibu ambaye anajuana na JK personal, na maongezi ya kumshawishi JK kuwapa Richmond tender yalifanyika mwaka jana JK alipokuja US kwenye UN summit. I recently conect the dots and say shi*****t they get us.

 

[BAK]

Controversial Richmond deal: I wasn`t involved, says PM Lowassa


THISDAY REPORTER
Dar es Salaam

THE Prime Minister, Edward Lowassa, has categorically denied personal involvement in the awarding of the highly-controversial power generation contract to Richmond Development Company last year.

In a written statement to THISDAY issued through his press secretary over the weekend, premier Lowassa said he did not have anything to do with the signing of the contract with the US-registered company, nor did he influence the process.

’’The prime minister was never involved in the Richmond negotiations. All he did was to assume a general, overseeing role in government efforts to ensure the power shortage problems afflicting the country at the time were urgently addressed,’’ press secretary Saidi Nguba said.

The weekend statement from the Prime Minister’s Office in Dar es Salaam was in response to a report published in last Thursday’s edition of THISDAY on fresh revelations of high-level government meddling in the process leading up to the tender award for Richmond to inject 100MW of thermal plant electricity into the national grid.

As the report stated, the revelations are contained in a new report prepared by the state-run Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA), which outlines the existence of significant ’political influence’ and ’clear interference’ by ’higher authorities’ in the tendering process.

However, the THISDAY report did not in any way mention Lowassa as having been the influencing factor. It merely stated the fact that it was the premier who appointed the government task force that oversaw the negotiations leading up to the eventual contract award.

Members of the three-man task force were the then permanent secretaries in the Treasury and the Ministry of Energy and Minerals, Gray Mgonja and Patrick Rutabanzibwa respectively, as well as attorney-general Johnson Mwanyika.

According to the PPRA report, the Tanzania Electric Supply Company (TANESCO) was eventually ordered to enter into the deal with Richmond even though the power utility firm itself had already ’conclusively’ established that Richmond was ’’non-responsive to the bid requirements and unable to deliver the services required.’’

The report cites ’higher authorities’ as being behind the whole deal, but stops short of identifying any particular government leader(s) involved.

The PMO statement also censured THISDAY for ’reviving’ the issue of corruption allegations related to the Richmond deal even after the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) has already declared it to have been clean and devoid of corruption, after conducting its own investigation in the face of a public outcry.

The PCCB declaration was made last May - three months before the PPRA report was prepared (August 2007).

Who was involved then!? Please give us the facts.

 

[Bubu Msemaovyo]

Who was involved then!? Please give us the facts.

Yes Mr. Prime Minister Edward Lowassa you say you were not involved and because you deny this that means you have agreed that there is something not going well with Richmond. As one of the high figure I the satate you are automatically involved due to your Ministers Collective Responsibilities. Can you deny this again, saying you were never involved in this issue then your going against this code of conduct. Take responsibility in giving us the reality of the Richmond firm.

 

[Dua]

Je ni kweli JK anataka kufanya kweli au ni danganya toto ile ile tuliyoizoea? Ama kweli wajinga ndio waliwao.

 

[Zanaki]

Would he have said if he was involved?

 

[Idimi]

The report cites ’higher authorities’ as being behind the whole deal, but stops short of identifying any particular government leader(s) involved.

Ina maana katika hawa "higher authorities" hakuna jina la EL kweli?
Hebu waweke hii ripoti peupe tuone nani kahusika, kwa sababu jamaa EL aliwaziba sana mdomo wabunge waliotaka mkataba wa Richmond uende bungeni. Kama hakuwa na jina lake hapa ama maslahi yake binafsi kwa nini basi aliingilia mambo?
SHame on him!

 

[Mwafrika wa Kike]

Who was involved then!? Please give us the facts.

Huyu lowasa amehusika na Richmonduli na sasa ameona report imetoka ameanza kujihisi na kuwalaumu Thisday eti "kwa kufufua issue ya zamani?"

come on Lowasa...... mwaka huu utakimbia hadi kivuli chako..

Taarifa ya Thisday haijakutaja jina, wewe macho yamekutoka... ohh sio mimi!............. inabidi muda mwingine nicheke kuona hizi response zako esp baada ya article ya kupaa kwa ndege...

utajaribu kufaiti magazeti hadi lini?

sema tu ukweli kwani the truth will set you freeeeeeeeeeeee!

 

[Koba]

..ni incompetency ya viongozi wetu, rushwa na deal chafu kama hizi ndio zinaturudisha nyuma na kutuletea umaskini wa kutupwa sio ujamaa wala ubepari wa kulaumu hapoa.