Our Embassies are involved in corruption

What the Controller and Auditor General (GAG) has found out   are just minor faults whereas the major faults are hidden under carpets.

The CAG’s report, which was presented to the just ended session of the National Assembly, shows that questionable payments of 33.4m/- were made to one official for 76 days contrary to regulations.

It also shows that another 32.5m/- was paid to an official and his family as per day for 30 days on arrival at a station abroad, again contrary to regulations.

However, the CAG inspected only 13 out of 27 missions aboard, less than half, but the shortcomings were many.

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, for example, the embassy spent USD20, 000 in buying a Mercedes Benz from the Belgium embassy, but the vehicle was not recorded in the assets of Tanzanian embassy.

In Zambia, a Toyota Corolla was purchased by the embassy, but could not be seen in during the CAG’s physical verification.

As if all that was not enough in Rome, Italy a chancery building was bought at 3.06m/-, but without title deed, while in Britain CAG could not find 84m/- for visa collected by the station.

Taken from http://www.ipp.co.tz/ipp/guardian/2004/03/17

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs should see to it that Tanzania Ambassadors stationed in UK, Zambia, DRC and Rome leave their offices with immediate effect. They should be called back to Dar es Salaam and given a working desk until their pension day comes to effect.