"The move to have our agencies in the custom posts was aimed at ensuring that there is good supervision and verification of goods being imported, but it seems some officials have turned it into a money making opportunity," he said. The instituions in question include Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA), Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS), Tanzania Food and Drug Authority (TFDA), the Immigration and police. Mr Pinda noted that some officials from the said bodies have been bureaucratic unnecessarily as a way of forcing businessmen to give bribe.
Nia ya maandamano haya tunaelezwa sio kulaani kitendo hichi cha wizi tu, bali kuishinikiza serikali ya Muungano kuwataka wote waliolipwa hizi pesa haramu kuzirudisha, pamoja na kufukuzwa kazi kutoka serikalini na kwenye nyadhifa zozote zile, sio kwa Prof Muhongo, Maswi, Werema na Prof Tibaijuka tu, bali pia na Waziri Mkuu Pinda, Mzee Vijisenti, Mwambalaswa, Ngeleja, pamoja na wote wale waliopokea pesa hizi za haramu au kuzijua hizi njama za wizi kabla (Pinda).