Addressing a press conference in Dar es
Salaam, the Chief Secretary, Ambassador Ombeni Sefue, named the envoys
who have been given ‘marching’ orders as Dr Batilda Buriani, who was in
Tokyo, Japan and Dr James Msekela, who was in Rome, Italy.
“The two ambassadors should hand over
their duties today (yesterday) and subordinate a principal officer or
any senior officer and start packing their belongings ready for the
return home,” Ambassador Sefue further said, adding that the contracts
of service for the two have already expired.
In a related event, the chief secretary
said that the president has also ordered the High Commissioner in the
United Kingdom, Mr Peter Kallage, to return home and report to the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, East African, Regional and International
Cooperation, where he would be assigned other duties. He pointed out
that following the decision by the president, six embassies abroad would
remain vacant.
Apart from embassies occupied by the
said three ambassadors, others include Belgium, following the election
to parliament of the country’s ambassador in the European country, Dr
Diodorus Kamala.
Others are Malaysia, which was occupied
by the then Ambassador, Dr Azizi Mlima, who has been appointed Permanent
Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, East African, Regional
and International Cooperation, following the retirement of Ambassador
Francis Malambugi.
“The president will fill the vacancies at an appropriate time,” Ambassador Sefue said.
He further reported that the president
has appointed the former Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and
International Cooperation, Mr Mahadhi Juma Maalim, as the new Ambassador
to Kuwait.
Giving more details on NIDA, the chief
secretary said apart from Mr Maimu, the president has also suspended
four other senior officers from the authority to give way for further
investigations on how 179.6bn/- were spent during registration of
national identification cards.
He named the officials as Joseph Makani,
who is Information Technology Director, Ms Rahel Mapande, Chief
Procurement Officer, Ms Sabrina Nyoni, Legal Director, and Mr George
Ntalima, who is the authority’s Transportation Officer.
“The information that reached the
president shows that NIDA has so far spent 179.6bn/-. This amount is
colossal and the president has preferred an investigation to find out
how the amount was spent since he has been receiving complaints from the
people on the slow pace of issuing national identification cards,” he
said.
According to Ambassador Sefue, the
president has directed the Controller and Auditor General (CAG) and the
Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) to conduct an audit on
expenditure of the money and procurement transactions, respectively.
He further said that the president also
directed the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) to
investigate on the matter to see whether there were any corruption
elements on the matter.
Regarding Eng Kipande, who was Tanzania
Ports Authority (TPA) acting Director General before becoming RAS in
Katavi Region, Ambassador Sefue revealed that the president revoked his
appointment as he was not satisfied with work performance.
Ambassador Sefue also took such
opportunity to remind all leaders in the civil service and all other
civil servants to change their working behaviour and perform their
official duties with due diligence.
He pointed out that the president and
other officers who were assisting him did not feel good when
disciplinary measures have to be taken against leaders and civil
servants.
“We would wish to see all those who have
been entrusted with positions of trust to conduct themselves ethically
and save the president from having to be driven to the point of taking
such actions,” he said.
Ambassador Sefue briefed reporters on
the guidelines that have to be followed, including the need for every
leader and every disciplinary authority not to hesitate to supervise
work performance and ethics and take the necessary remedial measures in
the course of enforcing the law, regulations and other civil service
procedures.
He further directed that every
leadership in public offices should attend the people by observing
justice, diligence, skills and respect. For that matter, he added, every
government office should establish a desk for attending to the people’s
grievances and finding lasting solutions to them.
Ambassador Sefue further directed each civil servant to wear a name tag for easy identification to the people that they serve.
He pointed out that by the end of March
this year; such directive should be complied with -- meaning that no
civil servant should be seen without having a name tag on him or her by
then
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