Sitta halts TRL wagon deal

NA SHABANI MATUTU, DAR ES SALAAM
WAZIRI wa Uchukuzi, Samuel Sitta, amemsimamisha kazi Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa Kampuni ya Reli Tanzania (TRL), Kipallo Kisamfu na wengine wanne ili kupisha uchunguzi wa kashfa ya uingizaji wa mabehewa feki ya mizigo yaliyoigharimu Serikali Sh bilioni 230.
Viongozi wengine waliosimamishwa ni Mkuu wa Mitandao, Ngosomwile Ngosomiles, Mhasibu Mkuu, Mbaraka Mchopa, Mkaguzi Mkuu wa Ndani, Jasper Kisiranga na Meneja Mkuu wa Manunuzi, Ferdinand Soka.
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NA MOHAMMED ISSA WAZIRI wa Uchukuzi, Samuel Sitta, ameipa siku sita Bodi ya Shirika la Reli Tanzania (TRL), kuwasilisha taarifa ya mabehewa ya mizigo yanayodaiwa kuanguka ili hatua ziweze kuchukuliwa mara moja. Samuel SittaPia ameitaka Bodi ya TRL, kueleza taratibu zilizotumika kununuliwa mabehewa hayo ambayo yanadaiwa si mapya. Alisema ni lazima watakaobainika kufanya uzembe katika mchakato wa manunuzi ya mabehewa hayo wawajibike. Mbali na hilo, Sitta aliagiza mabehewa 124, ambayo yako...

A deal to buy 299 freight wagons worth close to Sh60 billion from India was full of irregularities, according to an initial investigation report by the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA).

Waziri wa Uchukuzi, Samuel Sitta amemsimamisha kazi kwa muda mkurugenzi mtendaji wa Kampuni ya Reli (TRL), Kipallo Kisamfu na watumishi wengine wanne baada ya ripoti ya uchunguzi kuwahusisha na sakata la ununuzi wa mabehewa mabovu 274 na kulisababishia shirika hasara ya Sh230 bilioni.

Dodoma. Kigoma South MP David Kafulila has written to Speaker Anne Makinda calling for a report on the controversial purchase of the Sh238 billion wagons to be tabled in Parliament. He said at a press conference yesterday that he was concerned about tender irregularities, payments and vetting of the company, and the quality of the wagons.

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