Tanzania - Govt Suspends 13 Chunya District Minerals Officers Over Alleged Link to Gold Smuggling

Mbeya — Minerals minister Dotto Biteko on Monday ordered the executive secretary of the Minerals Commission, Prof Shukrani Manya, to suspend 13 mineral officers based in Chunya District over allegations of conspiring with owners of gold smelting plants to smuggle out the minerals.

Addressing small miners at Chunya Council Hall, Mr Biteko said even though the region was the second in gold production in the country, some of it was being smuggled out and that dealers did not pay their due royalties to the government.

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