Tanzania: Bunge Puts Swiss Firm On the Spot Over Electronic Stamp Tender

Dodoma — The introduction of electronic tax stamps may have excited some taxpayers but the manner in which the tender for the task was awarded to the Swiss firm has raised eyebrows of a Parliamentary Committee.

A Swiss company which deals in security inks for currencies and other sensitive documents including identity cards, passports, transport and lottery ticket, SCIPA, has won a tender to rollout the electronic tax stamp system in the country.

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