UK envoy speaks out on IPTL $122m controversy

After months of propaganda aimed at diverting public attention from the case of the $122 million paid to Harbinder Singh Sethi from the escrow account at the Bank of Tanzania (B0T), we can finally see light at the end of the tunnel.

The $122million (Sh201 billion) Escrow account saga has taken a new twist after the Public Account Committee (PAC) summoned the Controller and Auditor General (CAG) to appear before the Parliamentary watchdog tomorrow to discuss how the multibillion shillings deal was transacted.

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Tanzania gets $122m W/Bank education project
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Tanzania's “Big Results Now in Education” program, which aims to raise the quality of education in the country's primary and secondary schools, will receive a $122 million credit over the coming four years, the World Bank said on Friday.Commenting on the ...
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>The $122 million (Sh207 billion) Tegeta escrow account saga rocked Parliament yesterday as legislators from both the opposition and the ruling party demanded a parliamentary probe.

For the first time in the history and development of Constitutions in Tanzania, a final Draft Constitution has included in it the death penalty and how it can be executed by the Head of State. All Constitutions before and after independence have never included in their Articles a crime of murder or any other crime, whose penalty is death.

 Parliament is a House divided over a report in a British newspaper that accuses President Jakaya Kikwete’s government of poaching.

Ugandan row over crackdown on hotels for affairs

The government has denied reports that MPs will receive Sh160 million each in send-off allowances in 2015. Cabinet Minister William Lukuvi yesterday described the reports as baseless and misinformed.

Controversy over identity cards continues
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MEMBERS of the Zanzibar House of Representatives from the Civic United Front (CUF) are complaining over the difficulties facing their party members in obtaining the national identity card. Mr Saleh Nassor Juma (CUF-Wawi) said people, particularly those ...