Lowassa: Richmond was a clean deal; I’m fit as a fiddle

Former Prime Minister Edward Lowassa’s wife, Regina, yesterday spoke publicly about the health of her husband, saying the Ukawa-backed Chadema presidential candidate was fine and fit to run for the highest office in the land.

Mwakyembe Akihutibia UmatiAliyekuwa mwenyekiti wakamati teule ya bunge ya kuchunguza kashfa ya mkataba tata wa Richmond iliyomuondoa madarakani aliyekuwa waziri mkuu Mh Edward Lowassa, Mh Harrsion Mwakyembe amewahakikishia watanzania kuwa walijiridhisha pasipo shaka kuhusika kwa Edward Lowassa katika sakata la Richmond na kwamba hawakumsingizia kama anavyojitetea hivi sasa.Mwakyembe aliyasema hayo mbele ya maelfu waliojitokeza katika mkutano wa hadhara wa mgombea urais wa CCM, Dk John...

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).

MJUMBE wa timu ya kampeni ya CCM, Dk Harrison Mwakyembe, amesema sakata la kashfa ya Richmond, haliwezi kuachwa kuzungumzwa na wanaCCM kwa kuwa mgombea urais kupitia Chadema, Edward Lowassa ameanza kusingizia watu wengine kuhusika na kashfa hiyo, jambo ambalo alisema haliwezi kuachwa lipotee bila kujibiwa.

Dar es Salaam. On Monday this week, former Prime Minister Edward Lowassa opened what some analysts were quick to nickname “Pandora’s Box” after the Monduli lawmaker offered a well-crafted, rare version of his side of the story of the Richmond power scandal.

Waziri Mkuu mstaafu Edward Lowassa, kwa mara ya kwanza amemtaja Rais Jakaya Kikwete ndiye anayefahamu kwa kina mkataba wa Kampuni ya Richmond uliosababisha nchi kupata hasara ya mamilioni.Lowassa anasema, “mamlaka ya juu” ukiachilia mbali yeye aliyekuwa waziri mkuu wakati huo mkataba ukisainiwa ilikuwa inajua kila hatua na kwamba ndiye alikuwa akimaanisha Rais ambaye kwa sasa ni Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete.
Anayetafsiri mamlaka ya juu ni Mwanasheria wa Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema),...

Former CCM secretary-general Yusuf Makamba has claimed that Chadema presidential candidate Edward Lowassa is corrupt and not fit to be president of Tanzania.

Mgombea urais wa Ukawa, Edward Lowassa jana aliruhusu maswali kwenye mkutano wake wa kampeni, lakini akakataa kujibu swali lililomtaka aelezee kilichotokea kwenye sakata la Richmond, akisema swali hilo “halina maana”.