The Tanzanian MPs are talking tough on national issues…

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Richmond belongs to Rostam Aziz – MP
 
2008-02-15 09:48:40
By Bilham Kimati, Dodoma

The MP for Mbozi East, Godfrey Zambi (CCM) has said that the proprietor of Richmond, the controversial power generating firm, is Igunga MP Rostam Aziz.

The MP made the remarks during a debate on findings of the House Select Committee that had probed the Richmond emergency power generating contract.

During the debate, MPs said that some fellow legislators had disgraced the nation in the eyes of the donor community and members of the public by misappropriating public funds that would have been spent on development projects.

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“It is not enough for those implicated in the scam to resign and be left
off the hook, even those who had been slightly involved. They should be
taken to task and legal measures taken against them,“ said Zambi.

He recalled another nasty experience last year when members of the
Parliamentary Committee on Infrastructure visited the Tanzania International
Container Terminal Services at Dar es Salaam port.

They learnt that after five years of operation out of the agreed ten, the
company was granted a 15 – year contract extension even before expiry of the
first agreement.

“We came to discover that some of the owners of this company are those who
recently resigned from public office.

We need to clean up this kind of mess and help people fight poverty in the
real sense of the term,“ he said, adding, “This shows how politicians and
entrusted leaders abuse the power to advance individual interests. They
should be taken to court,“ the MP said.

For the full article please see: http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/guardian/2008/02/15/108434.html

 – Sent by JK

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Thank you JK!  Unfortunately, this is unlikely to happen in Kenya anytime in the near future.  Just look at who is in the Kibaki cabinet!  The old faces of Goldenberg and Anglo-leasing no less!

Kenya has an ingrained culture of corruption that will take an intense and prolonged effort to eradicate.  We need to create a society in which those who are corrupt face public scorn rather than public apathy or resignation. 

Regards,

Jaluo Press