In a post on Donors and Dodoma: The International Challenge to Tanzania’s Parliament his interviewer writes: “Following allegations that Tanzanian government officials authorised fraudulent payments worth US$124m to private energy company IPTL, a group of 12 donors suspended a total of US$493m of general budget support.Assurances from donor representatives that the funds will be released as soon as the Government of Tanzania has responded to the recommendations of the Controller and Auditor General (CAG) did little [to] assuage the doubts of parliamentarians regarding the legitimacy of the funding freeze.
Hapa uchambuzi wa mwachano/mpishano wa tarehe nao ni muhimu sana. Ukurasa wa 14 wa Taarifa ya CAG ambao inasemekana ni miongoni mwa kurasa zilizonyofolewa wakati kulipokuwa na jaribio la kuivujisha Bungeni Dodoma unamalizia na aya hii: “Kwa mujibu wa makubaliano ya kuhamisha fedha za Escrow yaliyoingiwa baina ya IPTL na Wizara ya Nishati na Madini tarehe 21 Oktoba, 2013 ilikubalika kuwa malipo yafanyike kupitia akaunti iliyoanishwa katika makubaliano hayo kama ifuatavyo:” Kisha kabla ya kueleza jina la benki – “UBL Bank (Tanzania) Ltd” – na nambari mbili za akaunti, ukurasa unaofuatia unamtaja “Mlipwaji” kuwa ni “Independent Power Tanzania Limited (IPTL) C/o Pan Africa Power Solutions (T) Limited.”