Tanzania’s anti-graft agency recovers TSh 30 million in Pwani region
Takukuru in Pwani region recovered TSh 29.3 million in Mafia council revenue that collectors had failed to bank. It also returned TSh 1 million that a water agency worker took from villagers in Rufiji, Mwananchi reported on Friday.
Tanzania's Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (Takukuru) in Pwani region says it has recovered about TSh 30 million in public and private funds. Most of the money belonged to Mafia District Council. Takukuru official Sinkala announced the recoveries to journalists on Friday, November 6, Mwananchi reported. The largest sum was TSh 29,287,938 in Mafia District Council revenue. Collectors gathered the money through electronic payment (POS) machines. The rules require them to bank it within 24 hours. Sinkala said a Takukuru investigation found the money had not been deposited on time. The bureau then tracked how the revenue was collected and banked, and recovered the cash. In the second case, more than eight residents of Nyamwage village in Rufiji district paid money to a worker from the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (Ruwasa). The worker said the payments would get them connected to piped water. Mwananchi reported that the charge broke the rules. After Takukuru stepped in, the TSh 1 million was returned to the villagers. Sinkala said the worker faces disciplinary…
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