"President (Kikwete) has asked the Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, to see how this matter can be resolved," Tanzanian Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda said in parliament when asked about how the government was dealing with the Rwandan issue. Museveni, one of Africa's longest-serving leaders, now heads the East African Community trade block comprising Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda. Pinda said Rwanda had over-reacted to Kikwete's comments. Relations between the two countries could be further strained by Tanzania's role in a new, robustly-mandated peacekeeping mission in eastern Congo.
Alisema majambazi hayo ambayo wawili kati yao yalikuwa na asili ya Kiasia yakisindikizwa na askari polisi aliyevaa sare,yalifika katika benki hiyo yakijifanya ni wateja lakini baada ya muda mfupi tu yalimwamuru Meneja wa benki hiyo, Daniel Matemba (55) na wasaidizi wake wayape ufunguo wa chumba maalumu cha kuhifadhia fedha (Strong Room), na hapo ndipo yalipofanikiwa kuchukua Sh milioni 792 za Kitanzania na dola za Marekani 181, 885 ambapo jumla ya fedha zote ni zaidi ya Sh. bilioni moja.