Parliament now orders probe into IPTL saga

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Court bars IPTL saga debate in Parliament
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The National Assembly may likely no longer debate the protracted saga over the controversial Tegeta escrow account scandal reports this week, after all. The lawmaking body had planned to deliberate on the much-talked-about issue for three days running ...
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he stage is finally set for the investigation into the controversial sale of Independent Power Tanzania Ltd (IPTL) following the release of 13 key audit queries as handed to the Controller and Auditor General (CAG).

>What was initially viewed as a clean deal before it was exposed by The Citizen as a transaction with too many unanswered questions surfaced in Parliament yesterday, with MPs demanding a thorough investigation into the $122 million (Sh201 billion) scheme.

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How IPTL saga frustrates govt
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Tanzania has told the World Bank that development partners (donors) have instituted stringent conditions that were holding back the country's budget implementation. The Permanent Secretary Ministry of Finance Dr Servacius Likwelile said in Washington ...
Donors delay some aid to Tanzania over graft claimsTrustLaw (blog)

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MPs ready for debate on IPTL saga
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It's now official that the eagerly awaited debate on the raging controversy over the Tegeta escrow account scandal reports will run for three consecutive days in the National Assembly starting tomorrow. The decision came after a dramatic back and forth ...
MPs decry 'Escrow' report spillDaily News

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Bunge to dcuss IPTL saga for two days
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TIME for leglators to dcuss the Controller and Auditor General's (CAG) report on the Independent Power Tanzania Limited (IPTL) Tegeta escrow account matter has been increased from one to two days. Sources from among various Parliamentary Committees ...
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Tanzania orders probe into "ghost" government workers
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Dare es Salaam - Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete has ordered a probe into "ghost workers" on the public sector payroll after a new audit revealed the government paid about $76.6m to fake workers over the past year. "Where there is clear evidence, the ...
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>CAG lists the following nine court cases involving IPTL’s shareholders and/or creditors and informs us that it only focused on the first 2: Misc Civil Case No 49 of 2002 pitting VIP against IPTL and Mechmar Corporation in the High Court of Tanzania, Misc Civil Case No 254 of 2003 pitting VIP against IPTL, Mechmar and the Administrator General in the High Court of Tanzania and Civil Application No163 of 2004 pitting VIP against Mechmar in the Court of Appeal.

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Drama as MPs demand IPTL saga debate
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THERE was drama in the mid morning session in Parliament on Wednesday as Members of Parliament attempted to compel the Chair person of the National Assembly Mussa Azan Zungu to table the Controller and Auditor General's report on the IPTL-Escrow ...