Tanzania: Team Sees Fake Names in North Mara Pay List

Nyamongo — A committee formed by the Minister for Energy and Minerals, Professor Sospeter Muhongo, in February to examine problems of land acquisition and compensation at North Mara Gold Mine has established several hundreds of fake names of people demanding compensation from the gold mine.

More than 800 names found in the compensation report are either fake or linked with names of government officers entrusted to conduct valuation in the villages around the mine a few years ago.

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