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Former Cabinet minister Andrew Chenge has sued the National Bank of Commerce (NBC), demanding Sh310 million in compensation for alleged unauthorised disclosure of his banking details.

Mr Chenge, who resigned as the minister of Infrastructure Development in April 2008, after a British newspaper published a story linking him to a 28 million sterling pound (about Sh58 billion) air defence radar purchase scandal, says the leakage has “devastated political and social life”.

In a suit filed yesterday in the High Court, the Bariadi West MP has accused the bank of giving the information to a Kiswahili weekly, Mwanahalisi, which published a story alleging that Mr Chege, a long serving Attorney-General until he resigned to go into politics, held Sh25 million in his account.

In April last year, Mr Chenge was also reported by the UK’s Guardian newspaper to have $1 million (about Sh1 billion) in an offshore account in Jersey, which disclosed that detectives investigating the sale of the military radar to Tanzania, had traced the account.

Mr Chenge resigned just four days after the publication of his bank account details by Mwanahalisi.

In its issue of April 16-22, 2008, Mwanahalisi reported in its lead story that as of April 11, 2008, the former minister had an account balance of Sh25.7 billion.

The paper, apart from questioning where the former minister, who has never been known to run any business in his 30 years of public service, had got so much money from, also disclosed the names of nine people to whom payments from his account had been made.

This is the first case Mr Chenge has filed in the court after almost two years of reports in the media on his wealth and the $1 million in his offshore bank account.

In the plaint, Mr Chenge accuses the bank of failing to strictly keep secret the details of his account, number 011101006950.

“Reasonable presumption cannot ascribe any other source other than your bank for the disclosure of the information. No stranger from outside the bank could have compiled such a long and accurate list,” the minister states.

“The publication of the plaintiff’s information was a major reason for a devastating political and public backlash against the plaintiff,” the plaint continues.

Mr Chenge says he had hoped to continue occupying his ministerial position until the General Election to be held in October.

Through Mr Eric Ng’maryo of Moshi and Mr Deogratius Mwarabu of South Law Chambers of Dar es Salaam, Mr Chenge claims to have suffered special damage from NBC’s alleged breach of banking secrecy and that he lost 31 months’ expected earnings and benefits from his ministerial position amounting to Sh310 million.

The lawyers say the disclosure of the information to third parties and the subsequent malicious publication in Mwanahalisi newspaper has had a devastating effect on Mr Chenge’s political and social life, leading to his untold “personal damage, suffering and embarrassment”.

The plaint adds: ““There is no doubt that in disclosing that information to third parties, the bank knew, or ought to have known, that it would be published in a press attack against Honourable Chenge.”

The lawyers argue that the defendant has an ethical, professional and legal duty to ensure secrecy of customers’ banking information, “which extends to employees” and that the bank was liable for their breach of duty through unauthorised disclosure of Mr Chenge’s banking information.

“The information was directly supplied to Saed Kubenea and Mwanahalisi newspaper by the bank or its employee. The publication of the plaintiff’s banking information was politically motivated,” the lawyers say.

On November 29, 2008, Mr Chenge’s lawyer wrote a demand letter to the bank, claiming Sh1 billion in compensation for damages over the disclosure of the banking information. NBC denied liability for the breach of secrecy.

But the former minister maintains that the bank was responsible for the disclosure of the information, which was in breach of professional ethics and Tanzania’s banking law.

“It is also a breach of fiduciary relationship between the bank and client and is in further breach of your strict contractual obligation to secrecy in handling clients’ banking information.”

Mr Chenge was forced to resign after the local media published a story originating from the British newspaper, linking him to the multi-million dollar radar scandal.

The disclosure of Mr Chenge’s foreign bank account was made when he was out of the country, accompanying President Jakaya Kikwete during his State visit to China.

Mr Chenge, apparently angered when asked about the source of his fortune, described the $1 million (over Sh1.3 billion) in his offshore account as “Vijisenti” (pocket change).

He uttered the word ‘vijisenti’ when asked by reporters upon his arrival at Julius Nyerere International Airport, Dar es Salaam, from China, to comment on the allegation by a British newspaper that he had $1 million in an offshore bank account in the UK.

maisha bora kwa kila mtanzania!!!!

Sehemu ya makazi ya watu eneo la Msasani Bonde la Mpunga ambayo yanatuama maji machafu kwa muda mrefu jambo ambalo linaweza kusababisha mlipuko wa magonjwa ya tumbo iwapo juhudi za kuondoa tatizo hilo hazitafanyika.
picha kwa hisani ya father kidevu

where are we heading?

Tanzania leads the list of East African states that have lost billions of dollars to money laundering, tax evasion, government graft and other illegal operations, according to a report by a US-based financial watchdog group.

The report “Illicit Financial Flows from Africa: Hidden Resources for Development,” by Global Financial Integrity, states that the country has lost $8.9 billion over the past four decades through the illicit means. Kenya lost $7.3 billion while Uganda lost $6.4 billion over the same period.

The three East African countries thus lost a total of $22.6 billion, money that would be sufficient to wipe out their combined outstanding external debt while leaving several billion dollars available for fighting poverty and spurring economic growth. The study points out that the impact of these losses is felt most acutely by the poorest Africans. The illicit outflow of money also “drains hard currency reserves, heightens inflation, reduces tax collection, cancels investment and undermines free trade,” the study says.

Tanzania is ranked 13th among the top 15 countries with cumulative illicit outflows after Angola, Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa and Sudan. Zambia and Zimbabwe take the 14th and 15th positions respectively.

Already, Global Financial Integrity has started collecting signatures to petition the G20 Transparency at the G20 summit this June. The organisation is looking for 100,000 signatures from all over the world to forward to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the current president of the G20. “Our goal is to show him the names of 100,000 people from all over the world who support ending banking secrecy, increasing financial transparency, and finally attacking the root causes of poverty.”

Read the rest of this (Tanzania to be ASHAMED of) report at TheEastAfrican... (click here)

ziara ya rais jk marekani

Rais Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete amewaambia Watanzania kuwa uhuru wa watu kusema ambao umeshamiri nchini kwa sasa siyo uhuru wa watu kutukana.Rais pia amesisitiza kuwa uhuru wa kusema wa mtu mmoja unaishia pale unapoanza uhuru wa mtu mwingine.Rais Kikwete ameyasema haya leo, Jumanne, Mei 19, 2009, wakati alipokutana na kuzungumza na Watanzania wanaoishi katika eneo la Kusini mwa Jimbo la California baada ya kuwa amewasili mjini Los Angeles, akitokea mjini San Francisco, ambako alianzia ziara yake ya Marekani mwishoni mwa wiki.Akiwaelezea Watanzania hao kuhusu hali ya kisiasa nchini, Rais Kikwete amesema kuwa nchi ni shwari na tulivu, na kuwa uhuru wa watu kusema unashamiri sana nchini kwa sasa.“Watu siku hizi wanasema sana, na wakati mwingine wengine wanapitiliza mipaka na kuanza kutukana, kwa kuamini kuwa uhuru wa kusema ni tiketi ya kutukana. Sisi katika Serikali tunavumilia hali hiyo kwa sababu tunaamini kuwa hali hiyo ni uchanga tu wa demokrasia na watu kutokuzoea uhuru huu wa kusema,” amesema Rais Kikwete.Ameongeza kuwa itafika wakati watu hao ambao wanachanganya uhuru wa kusema na matusi watakuwa na ukomavu wa kutosha na hivyo kuuzoea uhuru huo.Kuhusu suala la kutungwa kwa sheria inayotoa uhuru kwa Mtanzania, anayetaka, kuwa raia wa nchi mbili, Rais Kiwete amesema kuwa Serikali haijaenda mbali na suala hilo kwa sababu hoja hiyo haikupokelewa vizuri nchini wakati ilipozunguzwa kwa mara ya kwanza.“Iko, nadhani, hoja ya msingi ya kuanzishwa kwa taratibu hiyo, lakini ukweli ni kwamba hoja hiyo bado haikubaliki kwa baadhi ya wenzenu huko nyumbani. Bado hoja hiyo inakabiliwa na resistance (upinzani),” amesema Rais Kikwete na kuongeza:“Hata hivyo, tutaendelea kuelimishana na kushawishiana kuhusu suala hili. Kama nilivyosema hoja hiyo haikupokelewa vizuri na baadhi ya watu ilipojitokeza kwa mara ya kwanza.”Hoja ya uraia wa nchi mbili ni hoja inayosukumwa kweli kweli na Watanzania wanaoishi nje, na Rais Kikwete aliulizwa swali kuhusu suala hilo hilo wakati alipowasili mjini San Francisco kuanza ziara ya siku nane katika Marekani Jumapili iliyopita.

hapa alipo tembelea google na kupata maelezo kadha wa kadha

kesi ya kina mramba ya futwa

huyu ndiye mwanasheria machachari anae watetea wa kina mramba na na julikana kwa jina la prof, leonard shahidi ameweza kuleta upinzani mkwali kwa jupo la wanasheria wa serikali

president kikwete visit ,denmark and south africa

President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete has left the country for Denmark and South Africa on official visits. According to a statement issued yesterday by the State House in Dar es Salaam, President Kikwete left on Monday night by KLM to Denmark, where he was expected to attend a three-day meeting of the Denmark-Africa Commission scheduled to kick off today. President Kikwete is a member of the commission which is chaired by Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen. Youth and employment in Africa would be among key topics expected to feature in the meeting. The meeting will also work on the commission`s last report. President Kikwete is also scheduled to hold talks with Danish Shipowners` Association chairman Peter Bjerre-gaard. According to the schedule, President Kikwete would leave Denmark on Thursday for South Africa, where he will attend the swearing-in of presidential candidate Jacob Zuma, following his party\'s victory in the April 22 general elections.

mwili wa maira wawasili

Marehemu Moses Maira (Kushoto)Mwili wa wakili maarufu Moses Maira unatarajiwa kuwasili nchini leo usiku kwa ndege ya Shirika la Ndege la Uholanzi, KLM. Kwa mujibu wa wakili mwenzake, Mabere Marando, baada ya mwili huo kuwasili katika Uwanja wa Ndege wa Kimataifa wa Julius Nyerere, Dar es Salaam saa 6 usiku, utapelekwa nyumbani kwake Tabata. Kesho kutwa asubuhi, mwili utachukuliwa hadi Kanisa la Waadventista Wasabato Magomeni kwa ajili ya ibada maalumu kabla ya kupelekwa katika ukumbi wa Karimjee kwa ajili ya heshima za mwisho. Baada ya hapo, Marando alisema, msafara wa kwenda katika makaburi ya Kinondoni kwa maziko utaanza ambapo anatarajiwa kuzikwa saa 9 alasiri. Maira (66) alifariki dunia usiku wa kuamkia Jumatatu iliyopita mjini Houston, Texas, Marekani, alikokwenda kutibiwa ugonjwa wa moyo na kisukari. Kabla ya safari yake ya Marekani, Maira alikuwa akimtetea aliyekuwa Kamanda wa Polisi wa Mkoa wa Rukwa, Abdallah Zombe, anayekabiliwa na kesi ya mauaji ya wafanyabiashara wa madini wa Mahenge, Morogoro na dereva teksi wa Dar es Salaam.Habari Kwa Hisani: Habarileo