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Matokeo ya Kidato cha Sita yametangazwa rasmi na Baraza la Mitihani la Taifa (NECTA).

MATOKEO YA KIDATO CHA SITA

A LEVEL RESULTS 2015 ACSEE

ACSEE 2015 EXAMINATION RESULTS

Dar es Salaaam. Speaking at the State House yesterday after receiving a report from an eight-member team led by Professor Nehemiah Osoro, Dr Magufuli said he endorsed all its recommendations.
Mining saga in Tanzania
Prof. Nehemiah Osoro submit to President second team report 
“ I hereby direct intelligence and security officials to summon all the individuals who have been mentioned in this report and interrogate them, as a preamble to taking appropriate legal actions,’’ he said.

Ex-Minister's AGs and commissioners featured in the President's second probe team's report.

Among them are former cabinet ministers who entered into shoddy Mining Development Agreements (MDAs) with mining companies, occasioning loss to the country in taxes between 1998 and 2017.

Others are former Attorneys General (AGs), their deputies, former commissioners of minerals, directors of contracts departments, lawyers in the Ministry of Energy and Minerals and others who participated in the drafting of the agreements, as well as provision and renewal of mining licences.

Some of the individuals featuring in the report include former ministers for energy and minerals - Daniel Yona, Nazir Karamagi,Wiliam Ngeleja and Professor Sospeter Muhongo.
Others are former commissioners of minerals Paulo Masanja and Dr Dalali Kafumu, as well as Acting Commissioner of Minerals Ally Samaje. Featured too are former AGs (by virtue of which they were chief state legal advisors) Andrew Chenge and Johnson Mwanyika.

The list also includes former deputy AGs, Felix Mrema and Sazi Salula as well as the heads of the contracts department, Maria Kejo and Julius Malaba.
The Osoro-led committee also proposed that legal steps should be taken against workers and owners of the biggest mining companies, Freight Forwarders (T) Limited for contravening the country’s laws.

Dr Magufuli furthermore called for a review of the Mining Act, directing lawyers in the ministries of Energy and Minerals, as well as Justice and Constitutional Affairs to work together to make important amendments that will help the country to benefit from the natural resources.
The mining companies that signed vague agreements with the ministry of Energy and Minerals, according to the report, are Bulyanhulu Gold Mines Limited (Kahama Mine Corporation Limited), North Mara Gold Mine Limited and Pangea Gold Mine Limited - all of which are under the Acacia Gold Mine Plc as well as Geita Gold Mine Limited (AngloGold Ashanti Limited).

 “Our country is endowed with a lot of natural resources but our people are still languishing in abject poverty because of some people who subordinate individual gains to national interests,’’ he said. He blamed some officials who ignored potential investors who had shown interest to build smelters in the country.

The Head of State said the country needed investors who were ready for conducting business under win-win arrangements and not exploiters who had been siphoning the country’s resources. He asked the Speaker of the National Assembly, Mr Job Ndugai, to explore the possibility of squeezing amendments in the law within the ongoing parliamentary budget session.

“Even if this entails extension of the session for an extra week, I am ready to give you the go-ahead and give you full support, to enable us amend our legislation for the benefit of our country,’’ he added.

Mr Ndugai, who also attended the report’s handing over function, said the House was ready to overhaul the law, adding that he also intended to form a team for overseeing the country’s diamond business as he did relating to Tanzanite.

Mzee aliyechora nenmbo ya Taifa afariki dunia
Mzee Francis Maige Kanyasi alipolazwa Hospitali.
Dar es Salaam, Muhimbili. Hospitali ya Taifa ya Muhimbili imetoa taarifa kwa umma kuwa Mzee Francis Maige Kanyasu (86) “Mzee Ngosha” amefariki dunia jana tarehe 29 Mei, 2017 saa mbili na nusu usiku. Mzee Ngosha inaaminika ndiye aliyechora neno ya Taifa.

Dar es Salaam. Glory of Christ Tanzania Church Bishop Josephat Gwajima yesterday during the Sunday services reitarated his call for removal of Dar es Slaam Regional Commissioner Paul Makonda.

Preaching during the service, Bishop Gwajima, who was released by the police on Saaturday, suggested that Mr Makonda would probably best serve as a police officer after attending training.

“Mr Makonda is an unguided missile that can land at any destination. Such a missile is very dangerous, that is why I am not ready to see him continue as RC,” he said.

Bishop Gwajima claimed that Mr Makonda’s statement that he was ready to die for the crusade was contradictory. 

Explaining his ordeal, he claimed that he was taken on Thursday to the Chief Government Chemist where different samples were taken from him before they were examined under officers from the President's Office. He revealed further that he was then taken to his home where the entire building was thoroughly inspected in an exercise that lasted up to 2 a.m and nothing was found on him. He claimed.

According to him, the police even inspected all his accounts to establish whether he was involved in money laundering.

President John Magufuli of Tanzania has revoked appointment of Home Affair Minister Charles Kitwanga for getting in the National Assembly when he was allegedly drunk.
Charles Kitwanga
According to a statement issued by the Tanzania's State House's communication unit on Friday evening, the fired minister got into the Parliament and responded to question concerning his ministry, when he was drunk.

In the statement, Tanzanian State House didn't specify the date in which the suspended minister got into the National Assembly when he was drunk.

When asked by some Tanzania's media outlets on Wednesday, Kitwanga insisted that he want resign from the ministerial position due to what he called baseless allegations against him.

WHY KITWANGA SACKED?

For some weeks now, the fired minister was under pressure from members of opposition camp in the National Assembly sitting in Tanzania's capital Dodoma.

MPs from the opposition wanted the minister to step-down voluntarily for allegedly to have been deeply involved in a dubiously-implemented 16.89 million dollars contract between Tanzania Police Force and the privately-owned Lugumi Enterprises Limited Company for supply of finger print scanners to police stations across the country.

MPs from the main opposition Chadema party have lately been at the forefront of growing calls for the minister to step down over implied conflict of interest factor in a deal which has become smeared by allegations of high level impropriety.

This is the first minister to be suspended since President John Magufuli got into power six months ago.

China has pledged to finance the Tanzania-Zambia Railways (Tazara) and extend it to four other countries.
Official from the three governments — China, Tanzania and Zambia —  are meeting in Dar es Salaam to put together details of the plan whose proposal include reducing the bloated Tazara workforce, The East African reported.
The plan will include renovating the 1,860 kilometers track and linking Tazara to Tanzania’s new Bagamoyo port and to Malawi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Burundi.

The plan is part of the China-Africa co-operation agenda discussed at the Forum On China-Africa Co-operation in Johannesburg in December 2015, Rowland Msiska, secretary to the Zambia Cabinet said.

“Rwanda, Burundi and Eastern DR Congo will be linked through the Seleka-Mpulungu section of Tazara in Zambia, where the construction study has already been completed and is only awaiting financing,” Bruno Ching’andu, Tazara CEO, told the East African.
The Citizen reported that China will take over the management and operation of the railway line in a privatization arrangement that has been termed by the Tanzanian government as turn-around strategy.

Tanzania and Zambia would also review their domestic laws to provide for preferential provisions in the running of Tazara, with a view to attracting more private players.
It is the only railway line in Africa that links three economic blocs, including the East African Community, COMESA and SADC, that serves more than 600 million people or half of the continent.

Volume of cargo transported on the line has bee dropping over the years despite increased throughput cargo at the Dar es Salaam port.

“The throughput cargo at Dar port increased from six million metric tonnes in 2006 to about 15 million metric tonnes in 2015 and yet the share of TAZARA has decreased from 601,229 metric tonnes in fiscal year 2005/2006 to just 87,860 tonnes in 2014/2015,” Tanzania’s Chief Secretary, Ambassador John Kijazi, told Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.

300 people in different job positions this year will be employed by the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) to strengthen its operations. TRA Commissioner General Alphayo Kidata said in Dar es Salaam yesterday that the authority had requested to employ 500 people this year but the government gave them the green light to employ 300 people.
Commissioner General Alphayo Kidata
“The 200 people who excelled in job interviews recently will today (yesterday) start the Graduate Training Programme (GTP),” said the TRA boss at an official launching of the second batch of the induction.

According to the TRA chief, the 200 new potential employees will undergo the one-year programme at the Institute of Tax Administration (ITA) after which all best performers will be employed.

“The programme’s participants will spendnine months in class and three months on practical attachment in different TRA departments. Those who will underperform poorly during the course will be left out,” said Mr Kidata, who was the guest of honour at the event. ITA Rector Professor Isaya Jairo said GTP was a mandatory course to all new TRA recruits who have graduated from various training institutions.

“This course is not only mandatory. Passing the examinations and other forms of assessment during Semester I, Semester II and during the practical attachment at the end of it all is prerequisite for being employed by TRA,” he said.

Prof Jairo pointed out the main goal of the GTP was to impart recruited graduate staff with appropriate customs and taxation knowledge, skills, attitude and capacity to perform their duties effectively and efficiently.

“The programme is developed to guide both instructors and learners in acquisition of intended knowledge, skills and attitudes,” said the ITA Rector. Prof Jairo said East African Community (EAC) has synchronised curricula for GTP, pointing out that the curricula was developed by ITA.

“ITA worked on the EAC curricula and submitted it to the Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU), who accredited the curricular,” he noted.
Acting TRA Director of Human Resources and Administration, Mr Victor Kimaro, said GTP was not only placing the course participants into perspective within revenue environment, but also equipping them sufficiently to effectively function as tax officers.

“The successful completion of the GTP programme will assure whether or not employment with TRA is confirmed,” he stressed.

6,000 villages will be connected with electricity through the Rural Energy Agency (REA) phase three, the government has said nearly.
Medard Kalemani
Dr Medard Kalemani
Deputy Minister for Energy and Minerals, Dr Medard Kalemani, told a parliamentary committee on Energy and Minerals when giving details of the implementation of REA budget in 2016/2017 fiscal year.

The deputy minister said the implementation of the third phase would kick off after the end of phase II at the end of June this year and that about 6,000 are expected to be connected with electricity.

“We expect to implement the third phase in three years and we expect to spend 1.5trillion/- in the project,’’ he noted.

According to Dr Kalemani the government is struggling to distribute electricity in rural and urnab areas in its bid to make sure that 85 percent the country’s population has access to electricity.

“Electricity distribution in rural areas has now reached 89 percent and all villages that were not covered during the second phase would be incorporated in the third phase which is final,’’ he added.

Mwanza. The Treasury has disbursed Tsh.999 million to finance free education in both primary and secondary public school in Mwanza Region.

Mwanza Regional education officer said “Schools with dormant accounts will have to activate them as quickly as possible so that money transacted in their accounts does reflect”

“This is implementations promised by the fifth face government to abolish school fees and other contributions in primary and secondary schools”

Dar es Salaam. Tanzania President John Magufuli announced his cabinet of only 18 ministries led by 19 ministers and 15 deputies.

However, the President has not named four ministers yet to lead ministries of Finance, Education, Natural Resources and Tourism and Works. Dr. Magufuli appointed seven personalities who served in the previous ministerial positions, noting that there would be no directive seminars to train the new appointees.

The appointees include Mr George Simbachawene and Ms Angela Kariuki who becomes the Minister of State, President’s Office,Regional Administration, Local Government, Civil Service and Good Governance. The Deputy Minister is Luhanga Mpina.

Mr William Lukuvi minister of Lands, Human Settlement Development assisted by Angelina Mabula.

Ms Jenista Mhagama minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Employment and the Disabled with two deputies, Posi Abdallah who is a Lecturer at University of Dodoma and Anthony Mavunde.

Mr Mwigulu Nchemba becomes the Minister for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries who is assisted by the deputy Mr William Nashe.

Dr Harisson Mwakyembe becomes the Minister of Constitutional and Legal Affairs.Dr Hussein Mwinyi retained his former portfolio as the minister of Defence and National Service.

Charles Kitwanga becomes Minister of Home Affairs.
Prof Sospeter Muhongo returns to the Minister of Energy and Minerals.
Charles Mwijage becomes the Minister for Trade and Industries.

Ummy Mwalimu the Minister for Health, Community Development and Social Welfare. She will be assisted by Dr Hamis Kigwangala.
Dr Augustino Mahiga, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation. Deputy Minister is to be assisted by Dr Suzan Kolimba.

Nape Nnauye becomes the Minister of Information, Culture, Arts and Sports. Deputy Minister is Anastazia Wambura.
Makame Mbarawa becomes the Minister for Water and Irrigation.
Eng Stella Manyana becomes the Deputy Minister of Education, Science and Vocational Training.


Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) Commissioner General Rished Bade suspended

President John Magufuli has suspended Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) Commissioner General Rished Bade and immediately appointed Dr Phillip Mpango to act and alongside five other top TRA officials. Dr Mpango, an economist, was the head of planning commission in the President’s Office.
PM Majaliwa when visited Tanzania Port Authority
The suspension follows Prime Minister, Mr Majaliwa Kassim Majaliwa, impromptu tour at Tanzania Port Authority (TPA), where he was welcomed by poor management that hinders the nation to get billion of shilling in revenues.
The PM found out some 350 containers were missing from TRA’s tax ledger but appeared on TPA books.

Bade is suspended alongside five other top TRA officials, including his deputy Lusekelo Mwaseba, as the state orders investigations into Tsh.80 Billion in Tax revenue that could not be accounted for the taxman. Tsh.80 Billion was Tax due from the importation of some 349 containers whose whereabouts could not however be explained by the suspended TRA Officials during a surprise visit to the Dar es Salaam port yesterday by the Prime Minister Majaliwa Kassim.

Top Five officials who were suspended by the Prime Minister

Cusoms Commissioner - Tiagi Masamaki
Head of Customer Service Centre – Habibu Mponezya
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) – Haruni Mpande
Internal Container Deport (ICD) in-charge – Eliachi Mrema
Mr Hamisi Ali Omari whose department was not mentioned.


Prime Minister Mr Majaliwa directed the Inspector General of Police Ernest Mangu to arrecst the TRA officials that he sent home including seizing their passport in the course of investigation.

The government of Tanzania yesterday banned printing and distributing festive season cards ahead of this year’s Christmas and New Year Celebration by using Government money.
President of Tanzania Magufuli(left) and Prime Minister Majaliwa(right)
In a statement issued to the media, Chief Secretary Ombeni Sefue asked anyone who would be interested in designing and printing this year’s festive season cards to dig into their own pockets.
Tanzania government this year banned Independence Day celebrations of December 9 and suggested the fund would be spent on a clean-up campaign to counter the Cholera epidemic.

President also ordered on Tuesday the cancellation of meeting and conferences in hotels for public servants. Instead telecommunications technologies would be deployed to allow for two-way video and audio conferencing.

Read: President cancelled exhibition of World AIDS Day 2015.
It is expected that president will cancel more than 20 government expenditure on celebration and so called unnecessary expenditure.

President of United Republic of Tanzania Dr. John Magufuli cancelled the climax of HIV and AIDS exhibition.

The exhibition week started from 24th November to 1st December, 2015 in Singida region at Pipozi ground. It was officially opened by Singida Regional Commissioner on 25th November, 2015.

Theme is getting to ZERO. “Zero New HIV infection, Zero Stigma and Discrimination and Zero AIDS related Death”.
Magufuli said funds meant for exhibition would instead be used to buy medicine. He also cancelled celebrations of Independence Day for Tanzania. Read more.

Dr. Fatma H. Mrisho excutive chairman of TACAIDS confirmed, she received letter from The Prime Minister’s Office.

Following the final result that provided a climax to several days of announcement of results for the parliamentary and Union presidential elections. This year’s general election also witnessed a big number of women winning in MP’s both from CCM and CHADEMA as follows;

*5 WOMEN MP'S ELECTED FROM CHADEMA

*Halima Mdee (Kawe)

*Esther Bulaya (Bunda)

*Esther Matiko (Tarime Urban)

*Pauline Gekul (Babati Urban)

*Susan Kiwanga (Mlimba)

*Magdalena Sakaya (CUF - Kaliua)

New MP's from UKAWA click here

*WOMEN ELECTED MP'S FROM CCM

*Bona Kaluwa (CCM-Segerea)

*Angelina Mabula (CCM -Ilemela)


*Margareth Sitta (CCM -Urambo)

*Engineer Stella Manyanya (CCM -Nyasa)

*Mboni Mhita (CCM - Handeni Urban)

*Mary Chatanda (CCM -Korogwe Urban)

*Janeth Mbene (CCM-Ileje)

*Husna Mwilima (CCM - Kigoma North)


Surrendered seats from CCM to UKAWA click here


The Director of National Payment System at BoT, Mr Bernard Dadi, said the Central bank agreed to extend TISS working hours to 8pm on weekdays and from 9am to 2pm on weekends and public holidays to enable all stakeholders to pay their taxes without limitations.

TISS is an online system that facilitates real time and gross settlement of payment instructions between banks.
“We remind all banks to accept all TISS-related transactions beyond 1pm,” he said. The TRA Commissioner for Customs and Excise Duty, Mr Tiagi Kabisi, said the Authority welcomed the extension as a major milestone in improving government revenue collection. “TRA has also extended working hours for its customers to tie in with the new system,” he explained.

Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) has welcomed the extension of Tanzania Inter-bank Settlement System (TISS) working hours, saying the decision was a game-changer in efforts to decongest Dar es Salaam port.
Dar es Salaam Port Acting Manager, Mr Hebel Mhango, said in Dar es Salaam recently that the system was advantageous to the Authority and other stakeholders because it supported continuity of port operations under the new devised TPA working model.

“We urge them to now change with the port speed and discipline of work by going 24 hours too. We will continue to sensitize our stakeholders on the new system,” he noted.
Talking earlier, the Acting Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport, Mr Gabriel Migire, said the government through BoT has extended the working hours of the TISS to allow port users pay their taxes up to 8.00 pm.

He said that apart from improving port efficiency with a view to attaining targets under the Big Results Now (BRN) initiative in the transport sector, the new extension would enhance government revenue collection and money transfers as well as improve efficiency in cargo handling.

Over the last six months during its trial period, the system has recorded significant amounts of transactions. “Over the last six months during its trial period, a total of 7,727 transactions worth 382bn/- have been made as of June 30, 2015,” he said.

He noted that the government will continue to implement BRN initiatives directed at transforming the port as the hub to the central transport gateway for East and Central Africa. “I call upon all port users to effectively use this extension for smooth business operations in settlements of financial obligations,” he explained.

Waziri wa Mawasilaiano, Sayansi na Teknolojia, Profesa Makame Mbarawa(Mb), akiongea na waandishi wa habari. Kushoto ni Kaimu Katibu Mkuu wa Wizara hiyo Bwana John Mngodo.
Sheria ya Makosa Mtandao, 2015 ambayo ilitangazwa kwenye gazeti la Serikali la Tarehe 14/08/2015 na kupewa Na.328. Pia Sheria ya Miamala ya Kielektroniki, 2015 ambayo ilitangazwa kwenye Gazeti la Serikali la tarehe hiyo hiyo na kupewa Na.329.

Tamko la kuanza utekelezaji rasmi wa sheria hizo mbili yaani ya makosa ya mtandao ya mwaka 2015  na sheria ya miamala ya kielektroniki ya mwaka 2015  lilitolewa na Wizara ya Mawasilaiano, Sayansi na Teknolojia kupitia waziri wake, Profesa Makame Mbarawa. Sheria hizo zinaanza kutumika rasmi kuanzia Jumanne yaani Septemba mosi mwaka huu.

Profesa Makame Mbarawa, Serikali baada ya kujiridhisha kua maandalizi yote muhimu ikiwemo elimu kwa umma na kujenga uelewa kwa watekelezaji wa sheria hizi yamefanyika. Sasa, Sheria hizi zitaanza kutumika rasmi tarehe 01/09/2015.

Kwa hivyo, natoa rain a wito kwa wananchi wote kua tuzingatie “Matumizi Salama na Sahihi ya Huduma za Mawasiliano na Mtandao kwa manufaa ya kila mmoja na kwa maendeleo ya Taifa letu. Mitandao ikitumiwa vema ina faida kubwa sana katika jamii yetu.

Kamishna wa polisi kanda maalum ya Dar es salaam

SULEMAN KOVA akiwaonyesha wanahabari silaha bunduki 16 zilizokutwa zimefukiwa chini huko pwani mkuranga huku bunduki 14 zikiwa ni zile zilizoporwa katika shambulio la kuvamiwa kituo cha polisi stakishari jijini Dar es salaam
 Jeshi la polisi nchini Tanzania leo limetangaza kupata mafanikio makubwa katika operation maalum inayoendelea ya kuwasaka watu waliohusika katika shambulio la kuvamia kituo cha polisi cha stakshari jijini Dar es salaam na kuendesha mauaji ya askari wanne wa kituo hicho pamoja na raia waliokua katika kituo hicho huku wakipora kiasi kun]kubwa cha silaha na kutokomea kusikojulikana.


Akizungumza na wanahabari muda huu jijini Dare s salaam kamishna wa polisi wa kanda maalum ya Dar es salaam SULEMAN KOVA amesema kuwa jeshi la polisi kwa kushirikiana na wananchi wema wamefanukiwa kukamata bunduki 16 huku 14 zikiwa ni zile zilizoibiwa katika tukio la kituo cha staki shari na mbili zikiwa bado hazijulikani ziliporwa kwa watu gani.


Amesema kuwa zoezi la kuwasaka watuhumiwa hao lilianza mara baada ya kutokea kwa  tukio la stakishari ambapo ilipofika tarehe 17 mwezi huu majambazi hao walijipanga kufanya tukio myinginme maeneo ya mbagala jijini Dar es salaam ambapo wananchi walitoa taarifa kwa jeshi la polisi na wakajipanga tayari kuwakabili.


Hili ndio sanduku lililokua limehifadhi pesa taslimu million 170 na kufukiwa chini huko mkuranga
Amesema kuwa baada ya kufika eneo la Twangoma mbagala polisi walijipanga kuwakabili na baadae majambazi hao walitokea na kuanza kushambuliana na askari hao ambapo katika mapamano hayo majambazi watano walikamatwa ambapo watatu kati yao walikuwa tayari wameshakufa na wawili wapo hai hadi leo
Katika taarifa nyingine ambazo jeshi la polisi kanda maalum ya dare s salaam walizipata jana tarehe 19  ni kuwa kulikuwa na taarifa kutoka kwa wananchi kuwa kuna tetesi kuwa silaha zilizoibiwa kituo cha stakishari zilikuwa zimefichwa katika maeneo ya mkuranga.


Jeshi la polisi waliweka kambi katika maeneo hayo na kuanza msako maalum wa kuzisaka mahali ambapo silaha hizo zilikuwa zimefichwa  ambapo katika  tukio la kushangaza lilionekana eneo ambalo lilikuwa limewekwa kinyesi cha binadamu na polisi kupatilia mashaka na ndipo walipoamua kupachimba na kufanikiwa kupata silaha hizo.

Baada ya kuchimba maeneo hayo jeshi la polisi lilifanikiwa kukuta silaha aina ambazo ni bunduku aina ya 16 ambazo 14 ni za stakishari,na risasi 55  huku risasi 28 ni zile zilizoibiwa katika tukio la stakishari.
Pamoja na silaha hizo jeshi hilo lilikuta sanduku kubwa lililokuwa na hela kiasi cha shilingi million sabini ambazo hazikujulikana mara moja zilikuwa na lengo gani huku KOVA akisema kuwa uchunguzi zaidi unaendelea.



Aidha kamishna kova amesema kuwa pamoja na mafanikio hayo yaliyopatikana katika operation hiyo bado jeshi la polisi kanda maalum ya Dar es salaam linaendelea na kazi kubwa ya kuwasaka wahalifu hao kwa kuwa bado kuna silaha nyingi ambazo ziliporwa katika tukio la  stakishari na  bado hazijapatikana.


Matokeo ya Kidato cha Sita yametangazwa rasmi na Baraza la Mitihani la Taifa (NECTA).

MATOKEO YA KIDATO CHA SITA

A LEVEL RESULTS 2015 ACSEE

ACSEE 2015 EXAMINATION RESULTS

Professor Mussa Assad
Professor Mussa Assad
NATIONAL Environmental Management Council (NEMC) has failed in its objectives to enforce environmental management control system, particularly inspections in all mining activities in the country, the Controller and Auditor General's (CAG) performance audit report has revealed.

"Strategies for enforcement of environmental control system were not clearly set out," the CAG, Professor Mussa Assad, said in his recently released performance audit report on enforcement of environmental control systems in the mining sector in Tanzania.
He said that those planning tools did not indicate clear strategies for environmental enforcement in mine operations and availed strategic plans and annual work plans did not address key risk factors which were associated with mining sector, as well as those factors that would require immediate NEMC intervention.

"Non availability of these enforcement parameters for guiding enforcement of environmental control systems in medium and small scale mines made it difficult for NEMC to assess its level of performance," the CAG said.
According to him, NEMC has not adequately used information from other actors such as local government authorities and ministries, departments and agencies in performing its compliance and enforcement activities.

The overall tasks of overseeing and enforcing the implementation of environmental control systems in mines to maintain environmental quality standards are falling under the purviews of the Vice-President's Office-Directorate of Environment and NEMC, respectively.

Their mandates are vested in them by Environmental Management Act No. 20 of 2004 and its Regulations of 2005. If the environment is left unmanaged and unregulated, then it may result into endangering human health, life, ecological balance as well as deterioration of other living things.
In his report, therefore, Prof. Assad recommended to NEMC to undertake proper monitoring or inspections in order to establish performance profile of those facilities whose enforcement is vital with the view of establishing the compliance level of each of the mining facilities.

The Vice-President's Office, the CAG recommends the Environment Directorate to ensure environmental enforcement activities done by NEMC, Sector Ministries and Local Government Authorities are properly coordinated, harmonized and all stakeholders establish a firm reporting line.
He recommended further that the Directorate should ensure that it monitors NEMC's performance on enforcement of the environmental control systems in the mining sector by regularly reviewing its performance as well as improving its capacity on human resource, financial and technology in meeting its overall enforcement objectives.

Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania dhidi ya:

Basili Mramba

Daniel Yona

Gray Mgonja

Mahakama ya hakimu mkazi kisutu leo imewahukumu kwenda jela miaka mitatu na faini ya shilingi milioni tano kila mmoja aliyekuwa Waziri wa fedha Basili Mramba na aliyekuwa Waziri wa nishati na Madini Daniel Yona na kumuachia huru aliyekuwa Katibu mkuu Wizara ya Fedha Gray Mgonja.

Washtakiwa hao walikuwa wakituhumiwa kwa pamoja kuisababishia serikali hasara ya shilingi bilioni 11.7 kwa kuisamehe Kodi Kampuni ya Alex Stewart ya Uingereza.
Akisoma hukumu hiyo iliyochukua muda mfupi kwa niaba ya jopo la mahakimu watatu, hakimu Sam Rumanyika amesema washtakiwa hao wametiwa hatiani pasipo shaka dhidi ya ushahidi wa kuthibitisha makosa yao kutoka upande wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania ambapo katika shitaka la kumi na moja la kusababisha hasara wamepewa adhabu hiyo ya shilingi milioni tano.

Hata hivyo baada ya hukumu hiyo mawakili wa utetezi wamedai kukata rufaa mahakama kuu baada ya kupata nakala ya hukumu.
Shauri hilo limedumu kwa takribani miaka saba tangu wafikishwe mahakamni hapo mwaka 2008.


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