UFISADI: $350 million stolen from Tanzanians in Vodacom scandal

[BONGOLALA]

I mostly agree with u.. That doesn't need a first class degree or MBA, Just being smart in a real world.. Lakini it happen u want to push something lakini hawa Indians wakiona hiyo kitu itabreak their chain watafanya kila kitu wakizuie. Hakuna dili lolote kubwa ambalo a humble Tanzanian utafanya pasipo muhindi nyuma yake as unaona kila kashfa ya ufisadi hapa nchini wahindi wako nyuma ya hizo ishu.

Siwezi zuia watu kuwa ma'mastermind na kupiga pesa hivyo lakini why lazima kuwe na muhindi nyuma ya kila kitu?? Ni kama vile tunatawaliwa na wahindi bila kujijua ndio maana mpaka rais wanatuwekea wao, au ni kwamba hatuko smart kuzifanya hizo ishu wenyewe bila wao??

Hii ya TRL mabehewa feki Yusuf Manji katupiga 200bn

 

[mgt software]

Kundi hili amekosa nyoka wa Makengeza tu kukamilisha list ya wanaojua kuilangua Tanzania

 

[Nakapanya]

Maninaaa... yani tunapigwa pande zote, Tatizo ni kwamba wapiga kura walio wengi haya wala hawayaelewi.. wangejua khanga na vitumbua wanavyohongwa na maCCM zinatoka wapi wangejinyonga aisee!!

Watu bwana,yani kila kitu CCM,hivi CCM ndio inamiliki vodacom?muda mwingine tuwe tunaficha stress zetu .

 

[Tuko]

Tatizo hii nchi inaendeshwa na watendaji waliopata nafasi zao kupitia matambiko ya waganga... sio uwezo wao

 

[BONGOLALA]

Ndiyo maana mpaka leo rais kaikalia ikulu ile sheria ya makampuni ya simu kuwa registered DSE

 

[Steph Curry]

Hii ya TRL mabehewa feki Yusuf Manji katupiga 200bn

Asee hawa jamaa tutaanza kuwa xenophobia sasa.. teh teh teh wanatufanya sie kama bibi yao..

 

[ILAN RAMON]

NDIO maana situmii voda ili nisichangie kuneemesha wahujumu uchumi

 

[Larusai Mux]

Hatimaye elii achafuka

 

[Menyainganyi]

tusiwe watu wenye akili ndogo, na wenye uvivu wa kufikiri na kufanya utafiti kabla ya kuropoka.

1. Kashfa yoyote itokeapo, utaona cha kwanza watakacho kimbilia ni kuishutumu ccm na rais, lakini hatuangalii ni wapi tatizo lilipo. Japo maneno yao hayakosi kaa ukweli kuwa serekali inapaswa kuwa macho na kuhakikisha mambo kama hayo hayatokei.

2. Serekali inajitahidi kuwaletea ajira wananchi wake, ni watu kama mimi na wewe tunaopewa majukumu, ndani ya idara zote husika kuchunguza, kulinda na kusimamia utekelezaji mzuri wa majukumu tuliyopewa, lakini utaona tumekuwa na mila ya kutafuta urahisishaji wa mbinu za ufujaji na kutafuta rushwa kwa nguvu, we dont look for employement to build a carrer, but we look for opportunity to earn wealth corruptly.

huu ndio wakati muhimu kujihami na tuambiane ukweli, kwa hii tabia tuliyonayo hivi sasa, hata aje nani (yesu/muhamad) hatuwezi kuwa rai watiifu au watendaji wazuri, kwani sisi tuliopo hapa jukwani tuko corrupt, na corruption inaanza na kutokuwa mkweli, mwenye kupendelea bila kuangalia haki, mwenye kutupa lawama mbali ili hali haikugisi wewe na uwapendae.

3. Jee hii scandal amboyo ni kutokea 2008, hivyo wabunge wote hayo hawakuyaona.

4. We need self education on the evilness of corruption, before we start pointing fingers. Ask yourself are you free of corruption, do you fight it, do you preach against it.

kwa hili la vodacom, justice has to take place

Ndugu yangu Mkirindi..,
Hakuna mtumishi/mfanyakazi yeyote anayeweza kukataa vijisenti vya hawa majambazi tajwa..., sababu..
1. Wameiweka Serikali mfukoni... (ushahidi tafuta mwenyewe)
2. Wana mamlaka (ya kishetani, KUUA! ) juu ya maisha ya mtumishi yeyote atakaye toa habari juu ya wizi wao..
3. Wanashirikiana vyema kabisa na chama chetu matumboni... Ndio wanatuchagulia na Raisi wa nchi.... HATAREEEE...!

Ndio maana taarifa zinatoka nyakati hizi..., kwa vyanzo toka mbaaaali....
Sasa wamemgusa EL and the Group ...., tegemea list ya waliobeba fedha kwa magunia,mifuko ya Sandarusi... ESCROW Stanbic ipo njiani...
Mpaka October tutachakaa kwa habari za kweli na uwongo..., safi na CHAFU.... !

 

[samora10]

Watu bwana,yani kila kitu CCM,hivi CCM ndio inamiliki vodacom?muda mwingine tuwe tunaficha stress zetu .

Tulia wewe hapo shida ni CCM, CCM CCM, CCM...! Unafikiri hiyo scandal imepita hivihivi bila mikono michafu ya CCM na serikali yake? Rostam Alikua mweka hazina huko Magambani na shareholder mkubwa Vodacom, Tanil somaiya amehusishwa na deal nyingi zinazoitesa hii nchi ikiwemo RADAR... CCM wamo humo, Huyo Mwanasheria wake alishatimuliwa Uingereza Kufanya sheria kaja Tanzania hii ya Majizi ya CCM karuhusiwa Kupractice...Yes karuhusiwa kwa sababu maCCM yameamua kuifanya hii nchi corrupt kila mahali,....unajua Management board huko Vodacom ni kina nani? Fanya homework yako kisha urudi hapa kwanza hii muvie ndio imeanza... kaa mkao wa kula

 

[BAK]

Ahsante sana Mkuu Bulldog kwa kunitag kwenye huu uzi, huyu Tana Somaiya ni Tajiri mkubwa sana Tanzania na ameshiriki katika wizi mkubwa sana wa mabilioni nchini hata kwenye EPA alikuwemo lakini kama ujauvyo sheria za nchi yetu wezi wa kuku na vibaka wadodo wadogo ndiyo wanaoona cha moto na hizi sheria za nchi lakini wezi wa matrlioni/mabilioni wanaachwa wapete tu. Yule Rostam si ajabu kishakimbia nchi na wale jamaa zetu waliiomba milioni 700 ndiyo sababu labda hatuwasikii tena maana mrija umekatika ghafla. "Najivunia rekodi yangu" rekodi ya kutunza wezi, wauza unga, majangili, mafisadi, wapokea rushwa mpaka ndani ya Ikulu na magaidi.

Sangarara BAK MTAZAMO EMT mmepita hapa?

 

[Nyamgluu]

Hiyo ni pesa ya wananchi ndugu, hao walaghai wametumia mgongo wa Voda kulaghai wananchi na kuchukua pesa ya dhuluma. Hujui kuwa kuna wananchi ni stakeholder wa Voda pia.

Ndugu wapi wameibiwa zaidi ya ukwepaji kodi? Mimi hata sijaelewa kuwa kama shivacom imetengeneza vocha feki za jelo sasa zimetumikeje wakati mtu akiingiza vocha isipofanya kazi anarudisha apewe ingine. Mwananchi kaibiweje zaidi ya kodi?

 

[BAK]

Mkuu hakuna usalama wa Taifa nchini, nchi yenye usalama wa Taifa haiwezekani kamwe madudu kama haya yakawa yanatokea miaka nenda miaka rudi na hakuna hata mmoja anayepandishwa kizimbani. Kuna usalama wa mafisadi, wezi, wapokea rushwa, watoa rushwa, magaidi, majangili ndiyo sababu wote hawa wanakuwa na kiburi cha hali ya juu. Kumbuka kauli za, "Nilitoa milioni 10 pesa za mboga", "Mifuko yangu yote imejaa pesa hii pesa ndogo sana kwangu" na "Mie ni sawa na joka lenye makengeza, silazi damu mahali panapokuwa na opportunity ya kutengeneza pesa" Wote hawa na wengineo chungu nzima ndani ya Serikali hii dhalimu walitakiwa wawe lupango saa hizi ila usalama wa mafisadi umewakingia vifua hivyo wanaendelea kutesa uraiani kwa raha zao.

Hivi usalama wa Taifa wanafanya nini?

Ni bora usalama wa taifa wakawa wanawajibika kwa bunge kwa baadhi ya mambo yasiohitaji usiri kama vile wizi na ufisadi.

 

[We Know Next]

Du hao ndio the "the best emloyer of the year 2014" as per ate. Ate mpo? Credibility ya mambo yenu ipo hatarini kwa mambo kama haya, jiangalieni upya.

$350 million (675 billion shillings) stolen from tanzanians in vodacom scandal
posted on april 27, 2015

• tycoons tanil somaiya & rostam aziz implicated in the scam

• vodacom tanzania md rene meza receives $5 million bribe to keep silent

• tax worth over 121.5 billion/- evaded in the deal

• pccb, tcra, tra caught napping in massive fraud bigger than epa and escrow combined

a staggering $350 million (over 675 billion shillings) was stolen from tanzanians in a massive scandal involving the sale of pirated electronic recharge vouchers from vodacom tanzania to customers.

The scam, which is bigger than the bank of tanzania’s infamous external payment arrears (epa) and iptl tegeta escrow account scandals combined, involves tanil somaiya, a business tycoon behind several dubious deals in tanzania, including the military radar transaction with britain’s bae systems.

The production of the electronic recharge vouchers followed the signing of a contract between vodacom tanzania and tanil’s shivacom group in 2007/08. This means that shivacom acted both as a vodacom super dealer and printer and supplier of electronic recharge vouchers, an obvious conflict of interest.

In the elaborate scandal, tanil’s company, shivacom group, printed millions of pirated 500 shillings electronic recharge vouchers (jero jero) between 2008 and 2012 and colluded with other companies owned by fred lowassa (alphatel) and tib development bank managing director peter noni (planetel) to distribute the vouchers across tanzania.

Fred lowassa is the director of alphatel, a vodacom super dealer, while noni, a former senior bank of tanzania (bot) official, also owns another vodacom super dealer, planetel.

Together, shivacom colluded with alphatel and planetel to carry out the massive fraud involving the production, distribution and sale of pirate electronic recharge vouchers worth over 675 billion shillings without vodacom’s knowledge until the scam was unearthed in 2012.

There was also rampant tax evasion in the scandal with value added tax (vat) worth more than 121 billion shillings evaded by shivacom and its conspirators, which is a serious criminal offence.

Senior officials at tanzania government regulatory and watchdog agencies such as the tanzania revenue authority (tra), the tanzania communications regulatory authority (tcra) and the prevention and combating of corruption bureau (pccb) were either complicit in the scandal or were caught napping.

Shivacom alone distributed more than half of the fake recharge vouchers, while the other pirate vouchers were distributed by its conspirators — alphatel and planetel.

The “jero jero” vouchers are the most fast-moving electronic recharge vouchers in tanzania, with shivacom printing hundreds of millions of fake vouchers using pins provided by vodacom tanzania.

The scandal not only caused vodacom tanzania huge financial loss, it also resulted in the detrimental loss of customer confidence. This is partly attributed to vodacom tanzania losing its dominance in tanzania’s mobile phone industry, with airtel and tigo now threatening to wrestle away the company’s market share.

Insiders say vodacom tanzania’s md, rene meza, found out about the scandal after just arriving in tanzania from kenya to take up the position of vodacom tanzania managing director.

“rene meza confronted tanil about the scandal and demanded a $10 million kickback to keep quiet. Tanil arrogantly told him to piss off, so rene retaliated by instructing vodacom’s legal counsel to write a letter to shivacom to terminate the electronic recharge voucher agreement for breach of contract,” said a well-placed source.

“tanil went to vodacom south africa’s group ceo, shameel, and gave him a bribe of $400,000. shameel then instructed vodacom tanzania to settle the matter with shivacom. Rene meza finally settled for a $5 million bribe from tanil and vodacom paid tanil hefty compensation for termination of the contract despite the obvious fraud.”

vodacom tanzania’s lawyers gave legal advice that the contract should be terminated and shivacom should pay compensation to vodacom for the fraud. However, after bribes exchanged hands, shivacom ended being paid a hefty compensation by vodacom despite perpetrating the massive fraud.

In all this scandal, tanil used a dar es salaam-based lawyer, dilip kesaria, to respond to legal queries from vodacom.

Kesaria, who was disbarred in the united kingdom for malpractices but fraudulently allowed to operate as a lawyer in tanzania, is the principal at kesaria & company advocates.

The following is a chronology of key events in the massive 675 billion shillings fraud involving vodacom tanzania’s jero jero electronic recharge vouchers:
Key facts and figures

• 2008. a 10-year agreement comes into effect for shivacom tanzania limited to provide electronic recharge vouchers (evd) to vodacom tanzania limited. This means that shivacom effectively played a dual role of being a vodacom super dealer and evd supplier in separate agreements.

• 2008-2012. The massive fraud committed by shivacom over the 5-year period is worth more than $350 million (675 billion tanzanian shillings), which is bigger than the bank of tanzania epa and tegeta escrow account scandals combined. This fraud was done by shivacom printing tzs 500 electronic recharge vouchers (jero jero) fraudulently and distributing them into the market without vodacom’s knowledge.

Other vodacom super dealers, including alphatel and planetel are also implicated in directly colluding with shivacom to distribute pirate recharge vouchers.

• 31 july 2012. vodacom tanzania ltd’s chief legal & regulatory officer writes a letter to shivacom tanzania ltd to formally notify the company about breach of contract. This comes after vodacom tanzania ltd discovered that shivacom has been engaged in massive fraud over the past 5 years (2008-2012) by printing and distributing pirate electronic recharge vouchers using pin numbers provided by vodacom. This letter effectively terminated the evd contract between vodacom tanzania ltd and shivacom ltd.

• 3 august 2012. shivacom responds to vodacom’s letter, disputing the decision to terminate the evd contract under advice from kesaria.

• 3 september 2012. shivacom group’s managing director, tanil somaiya, writes a letter to vodacom’s group ceo in south africa, shameel aziz joosub, requesting a meeting to discuss the evd contract termination. Tanil succeeds in meeting with shameeel, who is compromised and orders vodacom tanzania to settle the matter with shivacom and pay compensation to the company for contract termination despite the fraud. The meeting between tanil and shameel with other senior vodacom officials took place on 1 november 2012.

Vodacom tanzania md, rene meza, receives a bribe of $5 million from tanil somaiya to resolve the matter.

• 9 november 2012. tanil writes a letter to shameel, saying he was offering his shivacom superdealership subscriber base for sale. Shivacom gave vodacom the right of first refusal and asked for consent to scout around for alternative buyers if vodacom was not interested in buying the dealership.

• 14 november 2012. Vodacom tanzania ltd’s chief legal & regulatory officer writes a letter to shivacom offering compensation payment for termination of the contract. This is despite the fact that vodacom’s lawyers gave legal advice to the firm to terminate the contract with shivacom given the fact that shivacom have breached the contract by duplicating tzs 500 vouchers.

• 29 november 2012. tanil writes a letter to shameel rejecting vodacom’s “paltry” compensation offer. Tanil demands hefty compensation for loss of profit, cost of hardware and software of the voucher production equipment and cost of unutilized stock of raw materials.

• 2012-2015. Vodacom settles with shivacom by paying the company a multi-million u.s. Dollar compensation despite the company committing the massive fraud.

To be continued…

source: wordpres

 

[Menyainganyi]

Maninaaa... yani tunapigwa pande zote, Tatizo ni kwamba wapiga kura walio wengi haya wala hawayaelewi.. wangejua khanga na vitumbua wanavyohongwa na maCCM zinatoka wapi wangejinyonga aisee!!

Hata wakielezwa hawaelewi ndugu yangu.., shule za kata ni moja ya 'Strategies' za kutawala milele....

 

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[h=2]$350 MILLION (675 BILLION SHILLINGS) STOLEN FROM TANZANIANS IN VODACOM SCANDAL[/h]Posted on April 28, 2015
• Tycoons Tanil Somaiya & Rostam Aziz implicated in the scam
• Vodacom Tanzania MD Rene Meza receives $5 million bribe to keep silent
• Tax worth over 121.5 billion/- evaded in the deal
• Tanzania regulators, anti-graft bodies caught napping in massive fraud, which is bigger than EPA and Escrow scandals combined
A staggering $350 million (over 675 billion shillings) was stolen from Tanzanians in a massive scandal involving the sale of pirated electronic recharge vouchers from Vodacom Tanzania to customers.
The scam, which is bigger than the Bank of Tanzania’s infamous external payment arrears (EPA) and IPTL Tegeta escrow account scandals combined, involves Tanil Somaiya, a business tycoon behind several dubious deals in Tanzania, including the military radar transaction with Britain’s BAE Systems.
The production of the electronic recharge vouchers followed the signing of a contract between Vodacom Tanzania and Tanil’s Shivacom Group in 2007/08. This means that Shivacom acted both as a Vodacom super dealer and printer and supplier of electronic recharge vouchers, an obvious conflict of interest.
In the elaborate scandal, Tanil’s company, Shivacom Group, printed millions of pirated 500 shillings electronic recharge vouchers (Jero Jero) between 2008 and 2012 and colluded with other companies owned by Fred Lowassa (Alphatel) and TIB Development Bank Managing Director Peter Noni (Planetel) to distribute the vouchers across Tanzania.
Fred Lowassa is the director of Alphatel, a Vodacom super dealer, while Noni, a former senior Bank of Tanzania (BoT) official, also owns another Vodacom super dealer, Planetel.
Rostam Aziz, the biggest Tanzanian shareholder of Vodacom Tanzania, has also been implicated in the scandal due to his silence over the embezzlement of over 675 billion shillings.
Together, Shivacom colluded with Alphatel and Planetel to carry out the massive fraud involving the production, distribution and sale of pirate electronic recharge vouchers worth over 675 billion shillings without Vodacom’s knowledge until the scam was unearthed in 2012.
There was also rampant tax evasion in the scandal with Value Added Tax (VAT) worth more than 121 billion shillings evaded by Shivacom and its conspirators, which is a serious criminal offence.
Senior officials at Tanzania government regulatory and watchdog agencies such as the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA), the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) and the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) were either complicit in the scandal or were caught napping.
Shivacom alone distributed more than half of the fake recharge vouchers, while the other pirate vouchers were distributed by its conspirators — Alphatel and Planetel.
The “Jero Jero” vouchers are the most fast-moving electronic recharge vouchers in Tanzania, with Shivacom printing hundreds of millions of fake vouchers using pins provided by Vodacom Tanzania.
The scandal not only caused Vodacom Tanzania huge financial loss, it also resulted in the detrimental loss of customer confidence. This is partly attributed to Vodacom Tanzania losing its dominance in Tanzania’s mobile phone industry, with Airtel and Tigo now threatening to wrestle away the company’s market share.
Insiders say Vodacom Tanzania’s MD, Rene Meza, found out about the scandal after just arriving in Tanzania from Kenya to take up the position of Vodacom Tanzania managing director.
“Rene Meza confronted Tanil about the scandal and demanded a $10 million kickback to keep quiet. Tanil arrogantly told him to piss off, so Rene retaliated by instructing Vodacom’s legal counsel to write a letter to Shivacom to terminate the electronic recharge voucher agreement for breach of contract,” said a well-placed source.
“Tanil went to Vodacom South Africa’s Group CEO, Shameel, and gave him a bribe of $400,000. Shameel then instructed Vodacom Tanzania to settle the matter with Shivacom. Rene Meza finally settled for a $5 million bribe from Tanil and Vodacom paid Tanil hefty compensation for termination of the contract despite the obvious fraud.”
Vodacom Tanzania’s lawyers gave legal advice that the contract should be terminated and Shivacom should pay compensation to Vodacom for the fraud. However, after bribes exchanged hands, Shivacom ended being paid a hefty compensation by Vodacom despite perpetrating the massive fraud.
In all this scandal, Tanil used a Dar es Salaam-based lawyer, Dilip Kesaria, to respond to legal queries from Vodacom.
Kesaria, who was disbarred in the United Kingdom for malpractices but fraudulently allowed to operate as a lawyer in Tanzania, is the Principal at Kesaria & Company advocates.
The following is a chronology of key events in the massive 675 billion shillings fraud involving Vodacom Tanzania’s Jero Jero electronic recharge vouchers:
Key Facts and Figures
• 2008. A 10-year agreement comes into effect for Shivacom Tanzania Limited to provide electronic recharge vouchers (EVD) to Vodacom Tanzania Limited. This means that Shivacom effectively played a dual role of being a Vodacom super dealer and EVD supplier in separate agreements.
• 2008-2012. The massive fraud committed by Shivacom over the 5-year period is worth more than $350 million (675 billion Tanzanian shillings), which is bigger than the Bank of Tanzania EPA and Tegeta Escrow account scandals combined. This fraud was done by Shivacom printing TZS 500 electronic recharge vouchers (Jero Jero) fraudulently and distributing them into the market without Vodacom’s knowledge.
Other Vodacom super dealers, including Alphatel and Planetel are also implicated in directly colluding with Shivacom to distribute pirate recharge vouchers.
• 31 July 2012. Vodacom Tanzania Ltd’s Chief Legal & Regulatory Officer writes a letter to Shivacom Tanzania Ltd to formally notify the company about breach of contract. This comes after Vodacom Tanzania Ltd discovered that Shivacom has been engaged in massive fraud over the past 5 years (2008-2012) by printing and distributing pirate electronic recharge vouchers using pin numbers provided by Vodacom. This letter effectively terminated the EVD contract between Vodacom Tanzania Ltd and Shivacom Ltd.
• 3 August 2012. Shivacom responds to Vodacom’s letter, disputing the decision to terminate the EVD contract under advice from Kesaria.
• 3 September 2012. Shivacom Group’s Managing Director, Tanil Somaiya, writes a letter to Vodacom’s Group CEO in South Africa, Shameel Aziz Joosub, requesting a meeting to discuss the EVD contract termination. Tanil succeeds in meeting with Shameeel, who is compromised and orders Vodacom Tanzania to settle the matter with Shivacom and pay compensation to the company for contract termination despite the fraud. The meeting between Tanil and Shameel with other senior Vodacom officials took place on 1 November 2012.
Vodacom Tanzania MD, Rene Meza, receives a bribe of $5 million from Tanil Somaiya to resolve the matter.
• 9 November 2012. Tanil writes a letter to Shameel, saying he was offering his Shivacom Superdealership subscriber base for sale. Shivacom gave Vodacom the right of first refusal and asked for consent to scout around for alternative buyers if Vodacom was not interested in buying the dealership.
• 14 November 2012. Vodacom Tanzania Ltd’s Chief Legal & Regulatory Officer writes a letter to Shivacom offering compensation payment for termination of the contract. This is despite the fact that Vodacom’s lawyers gave legal advice to the firm to terminate the contract with Shivacom given the fact that Shivacom have breached the contract by duplicating TZS 500 vouchers.
• 29 November 2012. Tanil writes a letter to Shameel rejecting Vodacom’s “paltry” compensation offer. Tanil demands hefty compensation for loss of profit, cost of hardware and software of the voucher production equipment and cost of unutilized stock of raw materials.
• 2012-2015. Vodacom settles with Shivacom by paying the company a multi-million U.S. dollar compensation despite the company committing the massive fraud.

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Leave a comment[h=2]$350 MILLION (675 BILLION SHILLINGS) STOLEN FROM TANZANIANS IN VODACOM SCANDAL[/h]Posted on April 27, 2015
• Tycoons Tanil Somaiya & Rostam Aziz implicated in the scam
• Vodacom Tanzania MD Rene Meza receives $5 million bribe to keep silent
• Tax worth over 121.5 billion/- evaded in the deal
• PCCB, TCRA, TRA caught napping in massive fraud bigger than EPA and Escrow combined
A staggering $350 million (over 675 billion shillings) was stolen from Tanzanians in a massive scandal involving the sale of pirated electronic recharge vouchers from Vodacom Tanzania to customers.
The scam, which is bigger than the Bank of Tanzania’s infamous external payment arrears (EPA) and IPTL Tegeta escrow account scandals combined, involves Tanil Somaiya, a business tycoon behind several dubious deals in Tanzania, including the military radar transaction with Britain’s BAE Systems.
The production of the electronic recharge vouchers followed the signing of a contract between Vodacom Tanzania and Tanil’s Shivacom Group in 2007/08. This means that Shivacom acted both as a Vodacom super dealer and printer and supplier of electronic recharge vouchers, an obvious conflict of interest.
In the elaborate scandal, Tanil’s company, Shivacom Group, printed millions of pirated 500 shillings electronic recharge vouchers (Jero Jero) between 2008 and 2012 and colluded with other companies owned by Fred Lowassa (Alphatel) and TIB Development Bank Managing Director Peter Noni (Planetel) to distribute the vouchers across Tanzania.
Fred Lowassa is the director of Alphatel, a Vodacom super dealer, while Noni, a former senior Bank of Tanzania (BoT) official, also owns another Vodacom super dealer, Planetel.
Together, Shivacom colluded with Alphatel and Planetel to carry out the massive fraud involving the production, distribution and sale of pirate electronic recharge vouchers worth over 675 billion shillings without Vodacom’s knowledge until the scam was unearthed in 2012.
There was also rampant tax evasion in the scandal with Value Added Tax (VAT) worth more than 121 billion shillings evaded by Shivacom and its conspirators, which is a serious criminal offence.
Senior officials at Tanzania government regulatory and watchdog agencies such as the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA), the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) and the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) were either complicit in the scandal or were caught napping.
Shivacom alone distributed more than half of the fake recharge vouchers, while the other pirate vouchers were distributed by its conspirators — Alphatel and Planetel.
The “Jero Jero” vouchers are the most fast-moving electronic recharge vouchers in Tanzania, with Shivacom printing hundreds of millions of fake vouchers using pins provided by Vodacom Tanzania.
The scandal not only caused Vodacom Tanzania huge financial loss, it also resulted in the detrimental loss of customer confidence. This is partly attributed to Vodacom Tanzania losing its dominance in Tanzania’s mobile phone industry, with Airtel and Tigo now threatening to wrestle away the company’s market share.
Insiders say Vodacom Tanzania’s MD, Rene Meza, found out about the scandal after just arriving in Tanzania from Kenya to take up the position of Vodacom Tanzania managing director.
“Rene Meza confronted Tanil about the scandal and demanded a $10 million kickback to keep quiet. Tanil arrogantly told him to piss off, so Rene retaliated by instructing Vodacom’s legal counsel to write a letter to Shivacom to terminate the electronic recharge voucher agreement for breach of contract,” said a well-placed source.
“Tanil went to Vodacom South Africa’s Group CEO, Shameel, and gave him a bribe of $400,000. Shameel then instructed Vodacom Tanzania to settle the matter with Shivacom. Rene Meza finally settled for a $5 million bribe from Tanil and Vodacom paid Tanil hefty compensation for termination of the contract despite the obvious fraud.”
Vodacom Tanzania’s lawyers gave legal advice that the contract should be terminated and Shivacom should pay compensation to Vodacom for the fraud. However, after bribes exchanged hands, Shivacom ended being paid a hefty compensation by Vodacom despite perpetrating the massive fraud.
In all this scandal, Tanil used a Dar es Salaam-based lawyer, Dilip Kesaria, to respond to legal queries from Vodacom.
Kesaria, who was disbarred in the United Kingdom for malpractices but fraudulently allowed to operate as a lawyer in Tanzania, is the Principal at Kesaria & Company advocates.
The following is a chronology of key events in the massive 675 billion shillings fraud involving Vodacom Tanzania’s Jero Jero electronic recharge vouchers:
Key Facts and Figures
• 2008. A 10-year agreement comes into effect for Shivacom Tanzania Limited to provide electronic recharge vouchers (EVD) to Vodacom Tanzania Limited. This means that Shivacom effectively played a dual role of being a Vodacom super dealer and EVD supplier in separate agreements.
• 2008-2012. The massive fraud committed by Shivacom over the 5-year period is worth more than $350 million (675 billion Tanzanian shillings), which is bigger than the Bank of Tanzania EPA and Tegeta Escrow account scandals combined. This fraud was done by Shivacom printing TZS 500 electronic recharge vouchers (Jero Jero) fraudulently and distributing them into the market without Vodacom’s knowledge.
Other Vodacom super dealers, including Alphatel and Planetel are also implicated in directly colluding with Shivacom to distribute pirate recharge vouchers.
• 31 July 2012. Vodacom Tanzania Ltd’s Chief Legal & Regulatory Officer writes a letter to Shivacom Tanzania Ltd to formally notify the company about breach of contract. This comes after Vodacom Tanzania Ltd discovered that Shivacom has been engaged in massive fraud over the past 5 years (2008-2012) by printing and distributing pirate electronic recharge vouchers using pin numbers provided by Vodacom. This letter effectively terminated the EVD contract between Vodacom Tanzania Ltd and Shivacom Ltd.
• 3 August 2012. Shivacom responds to Vodacom’s letter, disputing the decision to terminate the EVD contract under advice from Kesaria.
• 3 September 2012. Shivacom Group’s Managing Director, Tanil Somaiya, writes a letter to Vodacom’s Group CEO in South Africa, Shameel Aziz Joosub, requesting a meeting to discuss the EVD contract termination. Tanil succeeds in meeting with Shameeel, who is compromised and orders Vodacom Tanzania to settle the matter with Shivacom and pay compensation to the company for contract termination despite the fraud. The meeting between Tanil and Shameel with other senior Vodacom officials took place on 1 November 2012.
Vodacom Tanzania MD, Rene Meza, receives a bribe of $5 million from Tanil Somaiya to resolve the matter.
• 9 November 2012. Tanil writes a letter to Shameel, saying he was offering his Shivacom Superdealership subscriber base for sale. Shivacom gave Vodacom the right of first refusal and asked for consent to scout around for alternative buyers if Vodacom was not interested in buying the dealership.
• 14 November 2012. Vodacom Tanzania Ltd’s Chief Legal & Regulatory Officer writes a letter to Shivacom offering compensation payment for termination of the contract. This is despite the fact that Vodacom’s lawyers gave legal advice to the firm to terminate the contract with Shivacom given the fact that Shivacom have breached the contract by duplicating TZS 500 vouchers.
• 29 November 2012. Tanil writes a letter to Shameel rejecting Vodacom’s “paltry” compensation offer. Tanil demands hefty compensation for loss of profit, cost of hardware and software of the voucher production equipment and cost of unutilized stock of raw materials.
• 2012-2015. Vodacom settles with Shivacom by paying the company a multi-million U.S. dollar compensation despite the company committing the massive fraud.
To be continued…

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Where is Lowasa implicated in this scandal?

Are you mad...??
By the time these things were happening..., how old was ''Fred Lowassa '' ...???!
Think u ''mchumia tumbo '' ...!

 

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Attachment confirm kwamba wezi ni it experts na wanapiga kwenye budles za internet, wanapiga kwenye benki zetu ASA kwa transactions, exchange rates and fixed deposit accounts.. It is an ongoing scum for years and whoever unearthed it will realise he has just injected ccm with cancerous cells... Msingi mkuu was ccm survival ndio huo sasa wamejilipua

Kutumia shivacom ni sababu za chuki za kisiasa but its all within ccm circles regardless of who is in what camp

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