EDITORIAL: Stop cheap propaganda on the Escrow scandal

>The tendency to use smallholder farmers as a propaganda tool is creating a drawback to agribusiness development in Tanzania, according to Mr Salum Shamte, managing director of sisal processing and marketing company Katani Ltd.

>Plans are reportedly underway to compel three officials to sacrifice their positions in order to save the government from crumbling under the weight of the Escrow scandal.

Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda could be the highest placed state official to pay the price of the Sh306 billion Tegeta escrow scandal that has captured national attention in recent months.

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Tanzania probes banks over escrow scandal
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The Tanzanian authorities are investigating banks linked to the fraudulent transfer of some $120 million of public funds to a private energy firm in a scandal known locally as the "Tegeta Escrow Account." "My agency is carrying out investigations as directed by ...

>Mwalimu Nyerere’s widow, Mama Maria Nyerere, yesterday urged Parliament to exhaustively debate the Tegeta escrow account  scandal.

News has been abound this week about the IPTL, an energy entity, and the escrow account and all the now scandalous paint it has showered on the country, but especially the government.

>Parliament was told yesterday that a State House official, Mr Prosper Mbena, wrote a letter to reinforce the decision to withdraw the Sh306 billion escrow funds from the Bank of Tanzania.

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Handing over Escrow scandal accounts to PM challenged
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Five non-parliamentary political parties have challenged the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB)'s decision to hand over to the National Assembly the investigation report on Sh300 billion Tegeta Escrow accounts scandal to Prime ...
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Tanzanian minister resigns over escrow scandal
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Tanzanian minister resigns after $120 million of public funds were transferred to a private energy firm. World Bulletin / News Desk. Tanzanian Minister for Energy and Minerals Sospeter Muhongo resigned from his post on Saturday over the fraudulent transfer ...
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Tanzania's Energy Minister Sospeter Muhongo quits over...