THE long-drawn-out blame game between Tanzania Telecommunications Company Ltd (TTCL) and Bharti Airtel over shares has taken a new twist with the Telecommunication Services Workers' Union (TEWUTA), threatening to drag the company to the court of law should it fail to abide to the contract they had signed.
Bharti Airtel has 35 per cent shares in TTCL while the remaining 65 are owned by the government. TEWUTA also threatened to engage the general public to push Airtel to voluntarily pull out its shares, as it has alleged that company's failure to adhere to the terms of their contracts crippled TTCL's ability to compete.
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