Pinda criticises donors’ aid cut over IPTL

Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda has termed “unfair” the decision by 12 key donor countries to suspend $558 million (Sh937 billion) aid in General Budget Support (GBS) for the 2014/15 financial year.

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

TheCitizen

06 Oct

Donors to cut funding over IPTL, claim MPs

>Donors, especially those in Europe, are withholding funds meant to support the 2014/15 Budget pending the release of the two probe reports on the $250 million in escrow monies, part of which was paid directly to Pan Africa Power Solutions Tanzania Ltd (PAP) after the company claimed it has bought 70 per cent shares in Independent Power Tanzania Limited (IPTL).

 

11 years ago

BBC

Donors pledge $600m in S Sudan aid

Donors including the US and the UK pledge more than $600m (£360m; 440m euros) in aid to South Sudan at a conference in Norway.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

08 Oct

Donors now confirm withhold of Sh1tr aid

>It is now official. Development partners (DPs) have not released even a single dollar out of the $558 million (Sh937 billion), that had been pledged to boost Tanzania’s 2014/15 Budget.

 

10 years ago

Daily Mail

11 Oct

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 ...

 

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

AllAfrica.Com

13 Jan

When Donors Keep Shifting Goal Posts in Unlocking Aid!

When Donors Keep Shifting Goal Posts in Unlocking Aid!
AllAfrica.com
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) last week expressed its satisfaction on Tanzania's economic performance, where growth was expected to be maintained at above 7.0 per cent levels and inflation tamed in mid-single digit. The latest report by the ...

 

10 years ago

IPPmedia

19 Oct

IPTL, donors stick to your guns please

IPTL, donors stick to your guns please
IPPmedia
No joke. Independent Power Tanzania Limited is fleecing boozers. Since its inception under Ruksa regime, this thing has become an ogre to boozers. Since it came into being, instead of solving power problems that's used as a pretext of its creation, it has ...

 

10 years ago

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

IPPmedia

23 Nov

Pros and cons of donors` move on IPTL scandal

Daily News
Pros and cons of donors` move on IPTL scandal
IPPmedia
One of local serious newspapers reserves a page weekly for readers to debate one of the burning issues of the day, so long as such themes have a social impact. The recent topic to comment on was the move by development partners to withhold some funds ...
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