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Tanzanian top port official suspended over misconduct

Xinhua, February 17, 2015 Adjust font size:

Tanzania's newly appointed Minister for Transport Samuel Sitta on Monday suspended acting director general for Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) Madeni Kipande, paving way for investigations over irregularities in the running of the Dar es Salaam port.

Sitta announced the suspension of the TPA boss barely three weeks after he was appointed by President Jakaya Kikwete to replace Harrison Mwakyembe who was transferred to lead the Ministry of East African Cooperation previously led by Sitta.

"There are a number of complaints from different port users that various tendering processes at the port are marred with irregularities and that they do not observe transparency," Sitta told a news conference in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam.

Sitta appointed Awadhi Massawe to replace Kipande as the probe team continued with its investigations.

The minister said he had appointed a six-member team to investigate Kipande's alleged misconduct.

Led by retired High Court Judge Augusta Bubeshi, the investigative team was tasked to expedite its investigations and deliver the outcomes of its investigations within two weeks from Tuesday.

In 2012, former Transport Minister Mwakyembe suspended TPA director general Ephraim Mgawe and four other senior port officials over allegations of theft of imported oil and containers at the Dar es Salaam port.

They were later charged in court for abuse of office and the case was still pending in court. Endi