The controversy persists, because simultaneous to telling journalists at a briefing session in the city that doctors at Apollo Hospital in India had diagnosed ‘popular scleroderma’ as the ailment that was troubling him, he called on the government team investigating the issue to speed it up. Medical doctors who spoke to The Citizen yesterday confirmed that the disease was fairly common in the country, but noted that its effects spread slowly.
“Niliiboresha taasisi hiyo ili iweze kufanya kazi vizuri na uwazi mnaouona hivi sasa wa wabunge kuijadili ripoti ya CAG ni mambo ambayo niliyaanzisha mwenyewe,” alisema Rais Kikwete. Alisema kuanzia sasa, Serikali inaanzisha utaratibu mpya wa kuangalia matumizi fedha zote zinazotolewa kwa ajili ya miradi ya maendeleo kwa wananchi kuanzia ngazi ya kijiji. Alizitaja sekta hizo kuwa ni elimu, afya na maji: “Wanakijiji wakifahamu wamepewa kiasi gani na Serikali kwa ajili ya ujenzi wa daraja, lisipojengwa watakuwa na uwezo wa kuhoji fedha hizo zimekwenda wapi.”