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Tanzania:
Energy Firm Seeks to Overturn World Bank Ruling
Daily News, 23 September 2016
The Tanzania Electric Supply Company (TANESCO) has decided to seek annulment of the award issued by International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) over payments… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Focus Now On Magufuli After World Bank Ruling
Citizen, 21 September 2016
The recent ruling by a World Bank affiliated tribunal, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) that has ordered the national power firm, Tanesco, to… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Conflict of Interest Will Stifle Reform Agenda
Citizen, 13 July 2016
Debate on senior public servants running businesses that directly or indirectly supply government ministries and or State-run institutions is likely to take a whole new level once… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Why Tanesco Wants to Pull Out of 15-Year Symbion Deal
Citizen, 30 May 2016
Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) is reportedly citing court cases facing Symbion Power Company Limited as the reason why it wants out of a 15-year contract with the US… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Rural Power Budget Up By 50 Percent
Daily News, 20 May 2016
The Ministry of Energy and Minerals has increased the budget for rural electrification by 50 per cent, from 357bn/- in the 2015/2016 fiscal year to 534bn/- in the coming year as it… Read more »
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Tanzania:
We Gave Escrow Report to JK - Team
Citizen, 1 February 2016
A report on the grilling of the Bariadi East MP Andrew Chenge and other top public officials implicated in the Tegeta escrow account by the Ethics Commission was handed over to… Read more »
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Tanzania:
SFO Presents Dr Magufuli With New Work
Citizen, 9 December 2015
News about the swift actions of Tanzania's new President, Dr John Pombe Magufuli, have gone viral. From Australia to Zimbabwe, he is hailed as a role model on how a leader can… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Escrow Account Debate Vs Rule of Law, Separation of Powers
Daily News, 14 February 2015
THE separation of powers is a model for the governance of a state. Under this model, the state (apportions power to three pillars of competence) is divided into branches, namely… Read more »
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Tanzania:
TANESCO Cautioned Over Bank's Court Move
Daily News, 8 February 2015
THE Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited (Tanesco) has been cautioned to effectively defend itself by fielding strong arguments to avoid paying a hefty sum to Standard… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Defence Challenges Court's Jurisdiction in Escrow Case
Daily News, 30 January 2015
THE defence in bribery cases involving two senior government officials, allegedly linked with the Tegeta escrow account saga, has filed a notice to challenge the jurisdiction of… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Energy Minister Resigns Over Escrow Account Saga
Daily News, 24 January 2015
MINISTER for Energy and Minerals, Prof Sospeter Muhongo, has tendered his resignation to President Jakaya Kikwete on grounds that his position cannot take priority over the… Read more »