Oktoba 2014

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A LOCAL company, VIP Engineering and Marketing Limited, has maintained that all the money that was deposited in the escrow account at the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) belongs to Independent Power Tanzania Limited (IPTL). A Statement issued in Dar es Salaam by the International Independent Consultant with VIP Company, Mr James Rwegemalira, to a team of lawyers, doctors and other experts reads: “It is VIP’s strong view and understanding that the Escrow Account monies at the BoT, at all material times, belonged to IPTL. Mr Rwegemalira pointed out that VIP Company also believes that Standard Chartered Bank Group was not a creditor of IPTL while it has also caused a lot of damage not only to his company but to Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited (TANESCO) and to the government.
He advised that Tanesco and the government should take legal measures against Standard Chartered Bank for the recovery of the damages allegedly caused “as what VIP Company has done”.
The company has already commenced a civil suit at High Court against the bank, claiming not less than 490.09million US dollars (about 787bn/-). Mr Rwegemalira, therefore, called anybody who has claims against VIP to apply for leave of the High Court of Tanzania to make counter claims in the case.
One of the VIP Company lawyers, Dr Camilo Schutte from Amsterdam, Netherlands, asked the government of Tanzania to tell the public the truth on the position regarding monies that were in the escrow account.
“Leaving other people to speculate and going on giving misleading information about the money is not proper. Facts are available that clearly shows that the money in escrow account do not belong to the public. It is privately-owned money,” the lawyer insisted. He also advised members of the public to take keen interest by reading court records from the High Court of Tanzania and other records concerning the IPTL from other jurisdictions in United States and other parts of the world “to know the truth about the matter”.
Clarifying more on the matter, Mr Rwegemalira pointed out that VIP Company has been going to court since 2002, complaining against the non-registration of its payment in kind of 13.5 million US dollars for its 30 per cent equity in IPTL.
The company had also been complaining about fictitious debts, which Mechmar Corporation (Malaysia) Berhad was oppressively foisting upon IPTL. VIP requested the High Court to compulsorily appoint a Provisional Liquidator of IPTL to investigate the allegations.
The Liquidator of IPTL produced two interim reports, which allegedly prima facie confirmed VIP’s allegations. In 2005, Standard Chartered Bank purported to have bought debts of IPTL, from the original lenders of IPTL, whom VIP was accusing to be conspiring with Mechmar.
In 2006, VIP politely and diplomatically requested the government and Tanesco to continue buying IPTL power as per the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) but to deposit the monthly capacity charges of the disputed invoices of about 2.6 million US dollars into the Escrow Account.
Following such request, the government, IPTL and BoT established an IPTL Tegeta Escrow Account for the benefit of only IPTL and GoT and not creditors of IPTL, into which some of the IPTL disputed invoices were being deposited instead of being paid to IPTL.
In July 2013, the Standard Chartered Bank, through the government requested VIP to withdraw in the public interests the petition for the compulsory winding up of IPTL.
VIP agreed on conditions that it shall be entitled to continue with its claims for damages totalling more that 485million US dollars, which it had already commenced in the USA Supreme Court in New York against Standard Chartered Bank since June 10,2013.

Apparently, the negotiations between Standard Chartered Bank and VIP under the mediation of the Government failed. It was at that point when Pan Africa Power Solution (PAP) commenced negotiation and subsequently purchased VIP’s 30 per cent shares in IPTL.

The VIP agreed to withdraw the petition for winding up IPTL with conditions that PAP shall pay to VIP 75.0million US dollars to acquire its shares, commits before the High Court pay off all legitimate creditors of IPTL and expand the Power Plant Capacity from 100 MW to about 500MW as soon as possible.

PAP was also required to commit itself before High Court that IPTL shall charge Tanesco a tariff of between US Cent 6/kWh (TZS 100/unit) and US Cent 8/kWh (TZS 130/unit), making the capacity charges the cheapest in the country.

SOURCE: THE DAILY NEWS

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IPTL YATAKA WANANCHI WAMPUUZE

Na Mwandishi Wetu

KAMPUNI ya Pan Africa Power Solutions Tanzania Limited (PAP), ambayo ni mmiliki halali wa kampuni ya
IPTL imempuuza, kumshangaa na kumdharau mbunge wa Kigoma Kusini-NCCR Mageuzi, David Kafulila kwa
taarifa yake aliyoitoa kwa vyombo vya habari Oktoba 5, mwaka huu.

Taarifa iliyotolewa na kusainiwa na Katibu na Mshauri wa sheria IPTL/PAP, Joseph Makandege imesema
Kafulila anaweweseka na hii inatokana na umma kushindwa kukielewa anachokisimamia ndio maana
analazimisha masuala ya uongouongo yaaminiwe na umma.

Makandege alisema Kafulila anajua fika kwamba IPTL ni mali ya PAP, baada ya VIP na MECHMAR kuuza hisa
zao kwa PAP na hili jambo sio siri na limeripotiwa katika vyombo vyote vya habari Tanzania anaweza
akarejea taarifa ya aliyekuwa mmiliki wa VIP, James Rugemalira aliyeitoa Agosti 29, 2013.

Katika taarifa ya Rugemalira, Makandege alisema mmiliki huyo wa VIP alieleza namna ya mchakato wa
manunuzi ulivyokwenda baina ya PAP na VIP, hivyo Kafulila aache kuota ndoto za alinacha kwa kuwa kila
mwenye akili timamu anafahamu kwamba IPTL/PAP inauzia umeme TANESCO tangu mwaka 2002 na mwaka 2006,

VIP na MECHMAR iliingia katika mgogoro wa kimaslahi na kupelekea kusainiwa kwa makubaliano ya kisheria
ya ESCROW na hatimaye na kufunguliwa kwa akaunti ya ESCROW, ambayo BoT alikuwa wakala wa ESCROW na si
mmiliki wa fedha za ESCROW.

"Kafulila amefulia, hivi jiulize ukiwa wakala wa M Pesa au TIGO, unakuwa mmiliki wa M PESA au TIGO
PESA hiyo, Kwa hiyo BoT alikuwa wakala wa fedha za ESCROW na sio mmiliko wa fedha za ESCROW,''ilisema
taarifa hiyo.

Makandege alisema Kafulila anafahamu fika kuanzia tangu kusaniwa kwa makubaliano ya ESCROW Julai 5,
2006, TANESCO walikuwa wanaendelea kupatiwa umeme kila siku, kwa kiasi kilekile wanachokihitaji wao mpaka leo hii na anajua kwamba, TANESCO walikuwa hawailipi IPTL na badala yake fedha walikuwa wanaziweka katika akaunti ya ESCROW, Je Kafulila alitaka tuwape umeme bure TANESCO. Je yeye anapofanya kazi bungeni halipwi?, Anapokaa katika vikao vyake hapewi posho au wanaomtuma kueneza uongo
hawamlipi?. Kafulile aache kutumika vibaya.

"Dunia nzima inafahamu sasa kwamba PAP/IPTL imepewa dhamana ya kuzalisha megawati 2000 nchini Kenya na
hilo inathibitika katika barua kutoka serikali ya Kenya iliyosainiwa na Katibu Mkuu wa Wizara ya Nishati na Petroli, Injinia Joseph .K. Njoroge Agosti 19, 2014 kwenda kwa Mwenyekiti Mtendaji wa PAP, Harbinder Sing Sethi.,''ilisema.

Taarifa hiyo, ilieleza barua ya Kenya kumtaka Singasinga Seth azalishe umeme Kenya ilikuwa ina kumbukumbu namba ME&D/CONF/3/2/73A iliyokuwa na kichwa cha habari ''Expression of interest for IPP for 2000MV power generations and supply to Kenya and Tanzania''.

Makandege alisema Kafulila anaposema Singasinga Seth haruhusiwi kufanya biashara Kenya, wakati Singasinga huyo huyo, ameshapewa kibali cha kuzalisha umeme na kuuza Kenya ikiwa ni mara 20 zaidi anayozalisha Tanzania, Hivyo ni kichaa pekee anayeweza kuamini upuuzi huu wa Kafulila.

''Tunapenda kuwasisitizia watanzania waendelee kumpuuza mtu huyu kwani kwa sasa amevurugwa ndio maana anahamishahamisha mijadala na kiasi cha kumhusisha Waziri Mkuu, Baraza la Mawaziri huku akijua ESCROW ni jambo la kisheria na si la kisiasa na yalikuwa malipo halali kwa IPTL/PAP na huo ndio ukweli na utaendelea kuwa hivyo, na ningemshauri Kafulila ajifunze nini maana ya ESCROW hata kwa njia ya mtandao

ili siku nyingine asiendelee kulishwa ujinga wa namna hii bila kujua ukweli wa ndani kufanya hivyo ni kufedhehesha watanzania kwamba wanawachagua wabunge wenye uelewa mdogo kama Kafulila''. ilisema taarifa hiyo.

Ilisema uelewa finyu huu wa Kafulila unamsababisha ashindwe kutofautisha kati ya mali ya umma na mali binafsi, fedha za umma zilizopo BoT na uwakala wa ESCROW wa BoT, kazi za serikali na kazi za mbunge kazi za IPTL/PAP na kazi za TANESCO tunasisitiza IPTL/PAP sio shirika la Umma wala mali ya serikali,

Kafulila na wenzake waelekeze nguvu katika mashirika ya umma yanayofilisika kila kukicha huku na yeye akiwa sehemu ya ufilisi huo, Watanzania tuwapuuze wabunge vibiriti fitini kama Kafulila na wenzake waliokubali kuweka pembeni uelewa wao na kutumika na makampuni shindani dhidi yetu pamoja Standard Chartered, vinginevyo ajiseme hadharani yeye ni mbia wa Standard Chartered.

Hivyo, tunawahakikishia watanzania tutaendelea kuzalisha na kuwauzia umeme wa uhakika na kwa bei nafuu na mchakato wetu wa kushusha bei ya umeme kutoka 450 ya sasa kwa uniti mpaka sh. 80 uko mbioni kukamilika ili watanzania wafurahie huduma ya umeme na wachagize maendeleo yao japo kina Kafulila na wapinzani wetu wa kibiashara hawapendi watanzania wafaidi matunda yao.

SOURCE: GAZETI LA MAJIRA 8th October 2014

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Dar es Salaam. The executive chairman of Pan Africa Power Solutions Ltd (PAP), Mr Harbinder Singh Sethi, has finally come out this week to defend the way his company acquired Independent Power Tanzania Limited (IPTL).

Mr Sethi termed the deal ‘a clean transaction’, denying any wrongdoing in the business acquisition on Tuesday. He claimed that his company followed all the legal and regulatory procedures to acquire IPTL.

“I followed all the procedures....I did not come to Tanzania to make money....I want to help Tanzania to get sufficient electricity that is vital for economic development,” he told a section of journalists in Dar es Salaam from office premises of his company.

His response comes almost a week since The Citizen started to comprehensively report on how the deal involving IPTL and PAP was planned, funded and executed.

On Monday, The Citizen reported that the $122 million (Sh201 billion), which was in the escrow account held at the Bank of Tanzania (BoT), was transferred to PAP account between November 28 and December 8, last year.

Escrow account is a financial instrument held by a third party on behalf of the other two parties in a transaction. The funds are held by the escrow service until it receives the appropriate written or oral instructions or until obligations have been fulfilled.

However, Mr Sethi puts the amount that was/is in the escrow account at about Sh150 billion, noting, however, that there was nothing wrong with his company transferring the assets for IPTL -- including money -- to PAP since the latter is the legally-accredited holding company for IPTL. Before being acquired by PAP, IPTL was jointly owned by a Malaysian firm, Mechmar Corporation, and Tanzania’s VIP Engineering and Marketing Company Limited, with the former controlling a 70 per cent stake.

The company, according to its secretary and chief counsel, Mr Joseph Makandege, operated peacefully for just about five years before the unending wrangles erupted between the two shareholders --prompting money to be sent to the escrow account held at the BoT.

“With squabbles between shareholders, VIP Engineering and Marketing Company Limited became suspicious that the money would be defrauded so the proprietor sought a court order -- demanding that money, paid by Tanesco [the Tanzania Electric Company Limited] to IPTL, should be deposited in the escrow account at the BoT,” he explained.

In 2010, Mr Sethi brought all the documents -- which, however, were not handed to The Citizen for verification -- confirming that he has been duly chosen as the custodian for all of Mechmar assets in Tanzania.

The court cases notwithstanding, Mr Sethi went ahead to buy all the shares that Mechmar had earlier sold to Piperlink and transferred them to PAP. This, in essence, meant that Mr Sethi – through PAP - now owned 70 per cent of shares in IPTL, with VIP owning the remaining 30 per cent.

He later engaged VIP so he could buy the latter’s 30 per cent stake. “VIP agreed and was paid $7.51 million as down payment for a deal totalling $75 million,” explained Makandege, noting that the remainder was covered later. Having settled the deal, VIP went to court requesting the judge to drop all the cases involving VIP and Mechmar.

The court ruled -- on September 5, 2013 -- in favour of VIP and all the cases were dropped. PAP was thus granted the ownership of all of IPTL assets -- including money in the escrow account. PAP also agreed to pay all IPTL creditors. The duty of the provisional liquidator ended there.

The new company, according to Mr Makandege, then embarked on a duty of searching for wherever IPTL assets were. It arranged a meeting with Tanesco where they arrived at the right amount that the state-owned utility firm owed IPTL. “In fact, Tanesco board directed the management to inform key stakeholders that there were no more disputes between the state power company and IPTL – resulting in an official end of depositing IPTL money into the escrow account,” he said.

The duty ahead of PAP remained that of making sure that money from the escrow account was transferred into the PAP account.

“With that, an agreement had to be signed between IPTL and the government through the ministry of Energy and Minerals....it should be noted that money in the escrow account belonged to two of IPTL shareholders.....it was neither taxpayers’ money nor money for Standard Chartered Bank Hong Kong,” said Mr Makandege.

The government also required PAP to sign an Indemnity Agreement to the effect that whenever a new creditor comes, then PAP would be responsible. The government then wrote to BoT demanding that the money be released to the rightful and legally-accredited owner.

“That was how the money was released,” he explained.

On claims by Standard Chartered Bank Hong Kong, Mr Makandege said the financial entity was not legally recognised to be the project finance lender to IPTL. This, he said was because agreements that Mechmar and Standard Chartered Bank had gone outside Tanzania had not been domesticated. “So in short, Standard Chartered Bank is not one of the IPTL creditors that PAP legally inherited,” he said.

He, however, noted that they were aware that IPTL had, in 1995, sought a $105 million loan from Standard Chartered Bank Hong Kong.

The company ended up getting $84 million out of the $105 million that was approved. After completing the construction of IPTL plant, the company started repaying the loan in 2000 and by 2005, it had repaid a total of $38 million. After 2005, IPTL was placed under the provisional liquidator and according to Tanzania’s laws, a financial entity cannot charge interest on a company that is under liquidation.

Until 2007, IPTL had repaid another $20 million – bringing the total repaid amount to $58 million.

“This means that the total amount of Standard Chartered Bank Hong Kong’s loan to IPTL now stands at $26 million....this is the money that we may pay if they prove to us that they are one of the IPTL creditors in Tanzania,” he said.

On future plans for IPTL, Mr Sethi said he is determined to invest up to $1 billion and bring the company’s production capacity up to 500MW in the next few years.

Running on Heavy Furnace Oil (HFO), he said, since late last year, the company produces up to 90MW of electricity – up from about 30MW, thanks to the investment he had made in equipment.

According to Mr Sethi, the company’s capacity charges are the lowest compared to other independent producers that use HFO. This information, however, could not be independently verified by The Citizen

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NA MWANDISHI WETU.

Kampuni ya IPTL/PAP imewataka wanasiasa kuzingatia ukweli halisi kuhusiana na kampuni hiyo kuwa ni kampuni binafsi inayojishughulisha na uzalishaji na uuzaji wa umeme na si shirika la umma.

Pia, imesema kuendelea kujadili masuala ya ndani ya uendeshaji ikiwemo namna ya kuuza na kuzalisha umeme, umiliki na uhalali wa kampuni, uuzaji na ununuaji wa hisa za kampuni ni masuala binafsi ya kampuni .

Taarifa iliyotolewa kwa vyombo vya habari jana mjini Dar es saalam, Katibu na mshauri wa sheria wa kampuni hiyo Joseph Makandega ilisema IPTL/PAP ni wadau wa kuzalisha na kuuza umeme kwa shirika la umeme nchini(TANESCO).

Ilisema kinacho waunganisha IPTL na umma ni huduma wanayo itoa kwa TANESCO ya uuzaji wa umeme, hivyo kulazimisha umma kujadili mambo ya IPTLya sasa na ya zamani ni upuuzi unaopaswa kudharauliwa .

“Kulazimisha umma kujadili migogoro ya sasa nay a zamani kama mgogoro wa Mechmar na VIP ni sawa na kuwalazimisha watu wajadili migogoro mingine binafsi ya kampuni ambayo si ya umma,”ilisema sehemu ya taarifa hiyo. Taarifa hiyo iliongeza; “pia ni sawa na kulazimisha jamii fulani iache shughuli zao na kujadili mambo bimafsi ya mtu, jambo ambalo si haki na ni upuuzi na inapaswa kukemewa .

Ilisema kampuni binafsi na makini kama IPTL/PAP ina sera zake na misingi yake ya uendeshwaji , hivyo kuruhusu hisia binafsi za wanasiasa uchwara kutawala mjadala kuhusu uendeshwaji wa kampuni ni upuuzi wa kiwango kikubwa.

“Nawasihi wanasiasa hawa japo tunatambua ni wakina nani wanawatumia na kwa maslahi gani? kamwe wasichokoze moto wasioweza na muda si mrefu tutaweka wazi uozo wao wote ,”ilisisitiza taarifa hiyo.

Taarifa hiyo ya Makandege ilisema inawashauri wanasiasa waliokuwa mstari wa mbele kueleza uongo juu ya IPTL/PAP kuwekeza nguvu zao katika kutimiza ahadi zao walizozitoa kipindi cha uchaguzi ikiwemo kuinua uchumi wa wananchi wanao waongoza.

Alisema miongoni mwa wanasiasa hao viherehere wameshindwa kutimiza ahadi zao na sasa wanatafuta umaarufu wakisiasa kupitia suala la IPTL na kuaminisha umma kuwa mali yao wakati sio kweli .

Hivyo, taarifa hiyo ilisema IPTL/PAP inajua ni namna gani hisa za VIP walivyozinunua. Vilevile inafahamu namna hisa za Mechmar zilivyo nunuliwa sisi ni wataalamu wa masuala ya biashara , uwekezaji, uzalishaji, na viwanda hii si siasa wafanye siasa yao bila kuingilia masuala ya kitaalamu. Kupoteza muda wa watanzania kuwajadilisha masuala binafsi tena kwa uongo wa hali ya juu ni jambo ambalo halivumiliki kuwakalia kimya wanasiasa kwahivyo ni kuutumia vibaya muda wa watanzania.

Makandege aliwakaribisha watanzania wote wanaotaka kufahamu maswala mbalimbali yanayohusiana na IPTL/PAP ikiwemo umiliki na uzalishaji wa umeme kutafuta taarifa sahihi kutoka kwenye vyanzo sahihi ambavyo ni wao na si wanasiasa.

Yapo masuala, taasisi na mashirika ambayo ni mali ya umma na watanzania wanaona namna ambavyo yanafujwa na mengineyo yanafujwa na wanasiasa haohao waliojivika usemaji wa IPTL,huku wakishinwa kuyatetea mashirika hayo na badalka yake wamekuwa sehemu ya ufujaji na wanaifanya IPTL kama kivhwa cha kujifichia tunaushahidi na vielelezo vyote na tutaweka wazi muda wowote ili watanzania wawapime malaika hao kama ni malaika au mashetani.

SOURCE: GAZETI LA MAJIRA

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Dodoma. Sasa ni wazi kwamba Mwenyekiti wa Bunge la Katiba, Samuel Sitta ameingia katika mgogoro na viongozi wa dini.

Wakati jana Sitta akirejea kauli yake aliyoitoa hivi karibuni kwamba waraka uliotolewa na viongozi wa Jukwaa la Wakristo Tanzania kuhusu mchakato wa Katiba kwamba “hauna utukufu wa Mungu na wa kipuuzi”, viongozi hao wamesema mwanasiasa huyo ahurumiwe kwa kuwa “ana msongo wa mawazo”.

Kauli ya Sitta

Sitta alisema nia ya baadhi ya viongozi hao wa dini ni kuliingiza Taifa katika machafuko, jambo ambalo alisema kama mtu mzima na mzee, hatalivumilia.

Waraka huo ulitolewa kwa pamoja na Baraza la Maaskofu Katoliki Tanzania (TEC), Jumuiya ya Kikristo Tanzania (CCT), Baraza la Makanisa ya Kipentekoste Tanzania (FPCT) na Kanisa la Waadventista Wasabato (SDA).

Sitta alilieleza Bunge hilo kuwa lugha iliyotumika kuandika waraka huo aliokuwa nao na kusoma baadhi ya vipengele vyake, haina staha na haifai hata kidogo kutolewa na watu ambao wanahubiri dini na amani.

“Moja ya vitu ambavyo watu wanatakiwa kuviona, hivi wanaposema kuwa rais asimamishe mchakato wa Katiba, wanakuwa na maana gani? Hivi ni Ukristo huo kweli unaotokana na utukufu wa Mungu?” alihoji Sitta huku akishangiliwa na wajumbe. Alikwenda mbali akiifananisha lugha iliyotumika kuandaa waraka huo na ile aliyozoea kuisikia kutoka kwa wajumbe wa Bunge la Katiba wanaounda Umoja wa Katiba ya Wananchi (Ukawa).

Akinukuu sehemu ya waraka huo iliyosema “mwenyekiti wa Bunge Maalumu la Katiba afanye kazi bila ya ubabe,” alisema huo ni uongo kwani anafanya kazi kwa weledi mkubwa.

“Jamani, mimi ni Mkristo na wala sina ubabe wala kiburi. Hivi hawa wanaotutukana kule nje hawawaoni? maneno mangapi yanasemwa juu yetu na watu wale, hivi hii siyo siasa jamani? Waraka huo wa maaskofu umesomwa kila mahali na makanisani, unawezaje kusema Rais aifufue Tume ya Mabadiliko ya Katiba wakati tayari tume hiyo ilishajifufua yenyewe kwa kujibizana na Bunge kila wakati?”

Sitta aliendelea kueleza kuwa akiwa mzee na mtu mzima, atasimamia jambo hilo na kuona nchi inakaa katika hali ya utulivu kwa kuwa nchi haina dini na itaendelea kuwa hivyo wakati wote.

Aliwatuhumu maaskofu hao kukusanywa jijini Dar es Salaam na kundi la Ukawa ili kutoa waraka huo, kisha kubariki usomwe makanisani wakati hawajui kuwa ndani ya makanisa kuna makundi mbalimbali ya waumini, ambao baadhi yao ni wana-CCM.

Bila ya kumtaja, alimtuhumu mmoja wa maaskofu hao kuwa ameapa kwamba atawaelimisha wafuasi wake ili siku za usoni viongozi kama Sitta washughulikiwe, lakini akasema anamtaka aendelee na mpango wake huo kwa kuwa haogopi na kwamba kazi ya askofu si kuwatisha wanasiasa.

“Kama kazi ya uaskofu ni kuwatisha wanasiasa basi, aendelee maana ah, labda Kanisa limebadilika siku hizi.”

Majibu ya maaskofu

Askofu Msaidizi wa Jimbo Katoliki la Bukoba, Methodius Kilaini alisema kauli ya Sitta inaonyesha kuwa amechoshwa na mwenendo wa Bunge la Katiba. “Sikutarajia kiongozi kama huyo kutoa kauli mbaya kama hiyo kwa Taifa zima. Sikutegemea mheshimiwa kama huyo kusema maneno kama hayo… huenda ana stress (msongo wa mawazo). Hata ikiwa hivyo, hakupaswa kutoa kauli nzito kama hiyo. Anatakiwa kufahamu kuwa waraka huo umetoka kwa Wakristo wote hapa nchini,” alisema Askofu Kilaini.

“Hata kama anakinzana na yale yaliyoandikwa kwenye huo waraka, nadhani kuna namna ya kistaarabu ya kupingana nao. Aseme, siyo kudharau mawazo ya wengine. Kama anadharauliwa basi asifanye hivyo kwa wengine.”

Makamu wa rais wa TEC, Askofu Severine Niwemugizi alisema Sitta atahukumiwa na historia ya Tanzania kutokana na kauli hiyo aliyoiita ya kejeli na kupuuza maoni ya Watanzania.

Niwemugizi, ambaye pia ni askofu wa Jimbo la Rulenge-Ngara, alisema, “Nimesikitishwa sana na kauli zake, nilijua ni mstaarabu, msikivu wa kuzingatia ushauri, kwa hiyo nikamheshimu sana katika uongozi wake, lakini kumbe amepungukiwa na busara. Historia lazima itamhukumu tu siku zijazo.”

Alisema kauli ya Sitta pia inaonyesha “jinsi gani tulivyo na matumizi mabaya ya madaraka kwa viongozi wetu. Madaraka yanawafanya kuwa na kiburi na dharau, lakini hatushangai sana kwa sababu ya msingi wa chama chake.”

Mchungaji Kiongozi wa Kanisa la Maombezi (GRC), lililopo Ubungo Kibangu, Anthony Lusekelo maarufu kama ‘Mzee wa Upako’ alisema: “Sitta alijijengea heshima kubwa sana kwa Watanzania, hafanani na fikra ya kuzungumza kauli hizo. Nashangaa kwa nini ameamua kujitoa kafara. Hata kama kuna jambo limekosewa, siyo sahihi kwake kutoa kauli kama hizo. Kazi ya miezi mitatu inampotezea heshima yake ya miaka 30 kwenye uongozi wake. Inasikitisha sana.”

na lazima itamgharimu kwa sababu hana nafasi tena ya kusahihisha makosa.”

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Dar es Salaam. Umoja wa Katiba ya Wananchi (Ukawa) umeibua shutuma dhidi ya uongozi wa Bunge Maalumu la Katiba kwamba unawarubuni kwa fedha baadhi ya wajumbe wa umoja huo ili kuipigia kura Katiba inayopendekezwa.

Kamati ya Ufundi ya Ukawa, ilisema jana kuwa wajumbe wanaorubuniwa wapige kura ya ‘ndiyo’ kwa ahadi ya kupewa zaidi ya Sh500 milioni ni wa CUF na wengine wanne wa Chadema wanaotoka Zanzibar.

Hata hivyo, Katibu wa Bunge la Katiba, Yahya Khamis Hamad alikanusha madai hayo, akisema hajasikia kitu kama hicho na ndiyo kwanza alikuwa anasikia hilo kutoka kwa mwandishi wa habari hizi... “Hakuna kitu kama hicho, hilo jambo ndiyo nalisikia kutoka kwako.”

Kutokana na madai hayo, Mwenyekiti wa Kamati ya Ukawa, John Mnyika alisema kamati hiyo ilianza kikao cha siku mbili kuanzia jana kujadili hali hiyo na kutoa mapendekezo kwa uongozi wa juu wa umoja huo.

Licha ya Mnyika kukataa kutaja majina ya wajumbe waliorubuniwa, wajumbe wa Chadema wanaotokea Zanzibar ni Zeudi Abdallah ambaye pia ni Makamu Mwenyekiti Baraza la Vijana Chadema (Bavicha), Maryam Msabaha, Mwanamrisho Abama na Raya Ibrahim. “Tumewataka wajumbe wetu wote kukusanya ushahidi na kuuwasilisha kwa viongozi wa Ukawa,” alisema Mnyika ambaye pia ni Mbunge wa Ubungo na Naibu Katibu Mkuu wa Chadema Bara.

Aliongeza, “Chadema ina wajumbe wanne, watatu ni wabunge wa kawaida na mmoja wa kuteuliwa na Rais (Kundi la 201). Tumepata taarifa kutoka kwa wajumbe hao kwamba wanapigiwa simu na uongozi wa Bunge ukiwataka wasaini karatasi za kupigia kura ili uongozi wa Bunge uchakachue kura.

“Tumeanza kikao kujadili suala hili ila tumeamua kwanza tuueleze umma kupitia vyombo vya habari juu ya ‘uharamia’ unaofanywa na Bunge la Katiba linaloongozwa na Sitta (Samuel) na Makamu wake Samia (Suluhu Hassan).”

Ukiukaji kanuni

Akinukuu Kifungu cha 36 (3) cha Kanuni za Bunge la Katiba, Mnyika alisema si sahihi Sitta kutaka wajumbe waliopiga kura ya ‘hapana’ kuitwa katika Kamati ya Mashauriano na uamuzi huo ni kinyume na kanuni...

“Ni kama kuwatisha tu wajumbe.”

Kanuni hiyo inasema; “Endapo baada ya ibara ya Rasimu ya Katiba iliyopendekezwa upya kupigiwa kura, theluthi mbili ya wajumbe wote kutoka Tanzania Bara na theluthi mbili ya wajumbe wote kutoka Tanzania Zanzibar haikufikiwa, basi ibara hiyo itapelekwa kwenye Kamati ya Mashauriano ili kupata mwafaka.”

Sitta awataje

Mjumbe mwingine wa kamati hiyo ambaye pia ni Mkurugenzi wa Fedha wa CUF, Joran Bashange alimtaka Sitta kutaja majina ya wajumbe wa CUF na Chadema waliopiga kura... “Tunamtaka awataje kwa majina maana ujanja wake na wenzake tumeshaujua na tuna ushahidi wote.”

Bashange alisema mpaka sasa hakuna mjumbe wa Bunge hilo ambaye ni mjumbe wa Ukawa aliyepiga kura kupitisha Katiba inayopendekezwa.

“Ndiyo maana walibadili kanuni ili kuruhusu wajumbe kupiga kura kwa faksi na baruapepe ili kufanya ‘uharamia’ wa kuiba kura,” alisema

SOURCE GAZETI MWANANCHI

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MAHAKAMA Kuu ya Tanzania, imeiamuru Benki ya Standard Chartered ya Hong Kong (SCBHK) na Shirika la Usambazaji Umeme Tanzania (Tanesco) kuacha kuingilia utulivu, umiliki, usimamizi na utawala wa mitambo ya ufuaji umeme ya Harbinder Singh Sethi iliyopo Tegeta, na kusubiri uamuzi wa mwisho wa kesi ya msingi.

Kampuni ya Independent Power Tanzania Limited (IPTL) na Pan African Power Solutions Limited (PAP) zilifungua kesi kwa kuhoji uhalali wa maamuzi ya Kituo cha Kimataifa cha Kutatua Migogoro ya Uwekezaji (ICSID) dhidi ya Benki ya Standard Chartered ya Hong Kong (SCB-HK) na Martha Renju (anayedaiwa kuwa msimamizi wa mali zake), iliyotolewa katika kesi ya ICSD namba ARB / 10/20.

Katika hukumu hiyo iliyoandikwa na Jaji Dk. Fauz Twaib na kusomwa kwa niaba yake na Jaji Amri Msumi Hamisi, Jaji Twaib aliamuru Tanesco kutofanya biashara yoyote na SCB-HK au Martha Renju kwa niaba ya IPTL / PAP bila ya idhini ya kimaandishi kutoka IPTL / PAP.

“Wadaiwa kwa pamoja wanazuiliwa kufanya utekelezaji wa maamuzi iliyotolewa katika chombo cha kimataifa ya ICSD yenye namba ARB / 10/20 na kusambazwa kwa wahusika Februari 12, 2014, kwa namna yoyote ile, na kusubiri uamuzi wa mwisho wa kesi yao ya mdai, ” ilisomeka sehemu ya hukumu hiyo.

Tanesco pia imezuiwa kutolipa kwa SCB-HK na Martha Renju malipo yoyote wanayostahili IPTL / PAP bila ya idhini ya maandishi kutoka kwa IPTL / PAP.

Mahakama pia imeizuia Tanesco kutotekeleza au kukubaliana na au kuyatekeleza maamuzi ya ICSID, na kusubiri uamuzi wa mwisho wa kesi yao ya msingi.

Pia mahakama hiyo ilitupilia mbali hoja ya mwanasheria wa SCB-HK, Charles Morrison, ambaye alisema Mahakama Kuu ya Tanzania haipaswi kusikiliza na kutoa maamuzi juu ya ombi hilo sababu Tanzania ni mwanachama wa ICSID ambayo pia inajulikana kama Washington Convention au ICSID .

Kwa mujibu wa Jaji Twaib, Wakili Morrison alionya kuwa kama Tanzania haitotii wajibu huo, itajiweka sehemu mbaya katika nyanja ya kimataifa.

SOURCE:TANZANIA DAIMA 02,OCTOBER,2014

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Dar es Salaam. Hofu imetanda kuwa endapo Serikali itapitisha mpango mpya kwa Shirika la Maendeleo ya Petroli (TPDC) kuleta mafuta ya akiba nchini, bei za mafuta zitafumuka na kuwaumiza Watanzania.

Hiyo inatokana na taarifa kuwa Waziri wa Nishati na Madini, Profesa Sospeter Muhongo, amepitisha kanuni zinazoruhusu TPDC kuanzisha kitengo cha kuagiza mafuta nje ya utaratibu wa Uingizaji wa Mafuta kwa Pamoja (BPS) na badala yake wataagiza mafuta kwa zabuni.

Mmoja wa wafanyabiashara wa mafuta ambaye hakutaka kutajwa gazetini alisema: “Kwa vyovyote iwavyo, TPDC hawawezi kuingiza mafuta kwa bei ya chini zaidi ya ile ya BPS, hivyo ikiingiza mafuta hayo kwa bei kubwa, itafanya bei za mafuta katika soko la ndani zipande.”

Mfumo huo wa kuleta mafuta ya akiba nchini, unataka mafuta yauzwe kila baada ya siku 30 na habari zaidi zinasema kuwa gharama za uendeshaji wa mfumo huo zitaingizwa kwenye bei za mafuta.

Kaimu Mkurugenzi wa TPDC, James Andilile alisema kuwa utaratibu wa kuwa na akiba hiyo ya mafuta kwa taifa upo katika nchi zote duniani na kwamba Serikali imeona huu ni wakati mwafaka kufanya hivyo.

“Mafuta haya yatakuwa ni kwa ajili ya nyakati za dharura na kuliwezesha taifa kuendelea na uzalishaji kama kawaida bila kuathirika na mabadiliko ya haraka yanayoweza kuwapo kama mgomo wa nchi wazalishaji au ajali ya meli za mafuta,”alisema Andilile na kuongeza:

“Kwa kuwa mafuta hupungua kadiri yakaavyo, tutakuwa tunayatoa baada ya muda ili kuepuka yasipotee kabisa. Yatauzwa na Mamlaka ya Udhibiti wa Huduma za Nishati na Maji (Ewura) kwa bei ya soko itakayopangwa na wao kwani ndiyo wenye wanadhamana hiyo.”

Alipoulizwa kuwapo kwa mpango wa TPDC kuanza kuagiza mafuta, Meneja wa Mawasiliano na Uhusiano wa Ewura, Titus Kaguo alikiri na kusema tayari Bodi ya Wakurugenzi imeruhusu kuanza mchakato ili kupata maoni kutoka kwa wadau mbalimbali ya namna ya kukokotoa bei ya mafuta hapa nchini kwa kuhusisha gharama za mafuta yatakayoletwa chini ya mfumo wa BPS na yale ya TPDC.

Kaguo alisema kuwa kwa kuanzia, TPDC itaingiza mafuta kiasi tani 30,000 za petroli, tani 14,000 za dizeli na tani 7,000 za mafuta ya ndege. Kuhusu gharama za utunzaji TPDC imefafanua kuwa hapatakuwa na mabadiliko kwa maelezo kuwa hata kampuni zinazochelewa kutoa mafuta yao bandarini hutunzwa na TIPER lakini hakuna mabadiliko yanayotokea pindi yaingizwapo sokoni.

SOURCE MWANANCHI

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