President Samia Suluhu has suspended the Port Authority Boss

By Correspondent 

She has definitely started from where Late John Pombe Magufuli had reached, the new President Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania has March 28, 2021 suspended the Director General of Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA), Deusdedit Kakoko after the institution was adversely mentioned in the report of the Controller and Auditor General (CAG).

This was after the president received the CAG’s audit reports for the financial year 2019/20 at State House in Dodoma.

Today Sunday, President Hassan said she had seen the massive embezzlement that has been conducted at TPA and ordered the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) to take up the task as a matter of urgency.

At one point, President Hassan said, the Prime Minister, Mr Kassim Majaliwa had formed a committee to probe what had been happening at the port and some action was taken.

“But from the report that you submitted to me yesterday, at least Sh3.6 billion had been embezzled at TPA…..When the Prime Minister conducted a probe, we only managed to fire junior staff. I now order the suspension of TPA Director General to pave way for investigations into the embezzlement,” she said.

In December last year, Mr Kassim Majaliwa suspended two officials of TPA to pave the way for investigations over accusations of embezzlement of public funds. The suspended officials were Finance director, Ms Nuru Mhando, and the Financial Expenditures manager,  Witness Mahela.