Donors delay some aid to Tanzania over graft claims

Donors delay some aid to Tanzania over graft claims
Daily Mail
DAR ES SALAAM, Oct 11 (Reuters) - A group of 12 international donors have delayed budget support for Tanzania until findings of an investigation into charges of corruption in the energy sector are released and appropriate action taken, a leading donor said ...

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Vijimambo

14 Oct

UK and international donors suspend Tanzania aid after corruption claims Payments of $490m frozen following claims that high-ranking officials siphoned off funds from the country’s central bank.

Donors to Tanzania’s general budget support programme include the UK, Canada, Denmark, the European Commission, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Norway, Sweden and the World Bank. Photograph: Daniel Hayduk/AFPInternational donors have suspended nearly $500m (£311m) in budget support to Tanzania in response to claims that senior government officials siphoned off funds from the country’s central bank under the guise of energy contracts.
The chair of Tanzania’s public accounts committee, Zitto...

 

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Bongo5

14 Oct

UK and international donors suspend Tanzania aid after corruption claims

International donors have suspended nearly $500m (£311m) in budget support to Tanzania in response to claims that senior government officials siphoned off funds from the country’s central bank under the guise of energy contracts. The chair of Tanzania’s public accounts committee, Zitto Kabwe, said several high-ranking officials colluded with corrupt businessmen to transfer $122m from […]

 

10 years ago

Reuters

12 Mar

Donors agree to release $44 million of aid to Tanzania

Donors agree to release $44 million of aid to Tanzania
Reuters
DAR ES SALAAM, March 12 (Reuters) - Donors have agreed to release part of the $500 million of promised budget support to Tanzania that was withheld after an energy sector graft scandal that led to three cabinet ministers resigning. The donor group ...

 

10 years ago

Www.Worldbulletin.Net

28 Nov

Corruption claims delay Tanzania ratification of Nile deal

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Corruption claims delay Tanzania ratification of Nile deal
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Corruption allegations in the energy sector debated by the Tanzanian National Assembly (parliament) are likely to cause the delay of the ratification of the Nile Basin agreement by the legislature to next year, the parliament's clerk said Thursday. A controversy ...

 

10 years ago

Independent Online

17 Oct

Tanzania probes $250m graft claims

Independent Online
Tanzania probes $250m graft claims
Independent Online
Dar es Salaam - Tanzania said Friday it was investigating claims of a 250 million dollar financial scandal involving top public officials after donors withheld hundreds of millions in aid. Opposition lawmakers claimed in parliament that senior government ...

 

10 years ago

Reuters

27 Nov

Tanzania PM sidesteps calls to quit over graft claims

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Tanzania PM sidesteps calls to quit over graft claims
Reuters
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania's prime minister on Thursday sidestepped calls from a parliamentary committee to resign over accusations that he had approved illegal payments to a private power company. Tanzania has discovered massive gas ...
Tanzania PM Mizengo Pinda caught in corruption rowBBC News
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Daily Mail

23 Dec

Tanzania suspends senior energy official over graft claims

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Tanzania suspends senior energy official over graft claims
Daily Mail
DAR ES SALAAM, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Tanzanian President Jakaya Kiwete's office suspended a senior energy ministry official on Tuesday, the third political casualty of a corruption scandal that has rocked the east African nation. Tanzania is estimated to have ...
Senior Tanzanian official dismissed over corruptionPress TV
Kenyan Businessman Harbinder Sethi in $183m ScandalSikh24 News & Updates
Tanzania sacks another...

 

10 years ago

Swissinfo.Ch

16 Nov

Tanzania's parliament receives report on graft claims in energy

East African Business Week
Tanzania's parliament receives report on graft claims in energy
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DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania's parliament has received a report on the findings of an investigation into corruption allegations in the energy sector, officials said on Sunday, an issue that has led to donors delaying aid and weakened its currency.
Tanzania scales up rural power suppliesEast African Business Week

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9 years ago

Reuters Africa

18 Sep

US ties approval of $472.8 mln Tanzania aid to graft fight

US ties approval of $472.8 mln Tanzania aid to graft fight
Reuters Africa
DAR ES SALAAM, Sept 18 (Reuters) - The United States told Tanzania on Friday it must do more to fight corruption if it wants to receive a $472.8 million financial aid package next year. Tanzania has made big discoveries of natural gas and hopes to ...

 

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