CAG report: Opposition raise critical issues to be dealt with

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CAG report: Opposition raise critical issues to be dealt with

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President Samia Suluhu Hassan receives the 2021/22 government audit report from Controller and Auditor General Charles Kichere at State House in Dar es Salaam on March 29, 2023. PHOTO | STATE HOUSE

Dar es Salaam. Opposition party ACT Wazalendo leader Zitto Kabwe on Monday, April 10 raised critical issues that need to be addressed in the just released CAG report.

Mr Kabwe said the party is proposing the formation of a special parliamentary probe committee to investigate key issues raised by the CAG in relation to procurement in the standard gauge railway (SGR) project.

He outlined the issues as loan conditions imposed by Standard Chartered Bank UK; inflated costs for execution of SGR lots 3 and 4 and increased costs for procurement of trains.
According to him, the committee should question reasons for Standard Chartered UK to set such conditions in favour of contractor Yapi Merkezi.

“The parliamentary committee should also probe reasons for Tanzania Railway Corporation (TRC) to use single source procedure in finding the contractor who would execute Lot 3 & 4 of the SGR project,” Mr Kabwe told reporters.

“The investigation should also establish reasons for the doubled costs of train procurement,” he added when tabling the party’s analysis of the CAG report.

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