Up to now no one knows the 50% of PAP under Simba Trust is whose property….” It won’t be an act of betrayal for our heroic whistleblowers to acknowledge that the British – like the Americans in the case of Ubungo – have/had their own financial interests on the Tegeta matter and thus, wittingly and/or unwittingly, assisted us in knowing, albeit partially the story behind Escrow. Who said budgetary aid does not have strings attached to it? International Relations (IR) as far as Africa is concerned is all about: (1) aid; (2); debt (3) trade.
Hapa inabidi tuweke tuo na kurejea maneno haya ya mwandishi mkongwe, Nizar Visram, katika makala yake ya IPTL haina jipya, tulipaswa kuwa wakali tangu 1994 ya kwenye gazeti la Raia Mwema: “Mnamo…1994 mkataba wa maelewano (MoU) ulifikiwa na kuthibitishwa na mwanasheria mkuu wa nchi, kuwa ulikuwa mzuri na wa manufaa kwa nchi. Hatukujali tahadhari iliyotolewa na washauri wa TANESCO (kampuni za Acres kutoka Canada na Hunton and Williams kutoka Uingereza) kuwa uwekezaji huo ulikuwa ni kitanzi kwa sekta ya umeme na kwa uchumi wa nchi yetu.”