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The Richmond Power Supply Contract, Key Dates2002-2005• 2002-2005: Poor rains reduce hydroelectric generating capacity, powershortages.• December 2005: Electricity parastatal TANESCO seeks governmentapproval to lease emergency generating capacity for one year.2006• January 11th 2006: CDC Globeleq, holding company of Tanzanian/Canadian joint venture SONGAS, submits proposal to supply gas turbineswith capacity of MW74.• January 13th: TANESCO tender board endorses bid from CDC Globeleq.• January 30th: A government evaluation committee advises TANESCO tonegotiate a new longer-term contract with CDC Globeleq spanning 3-5 years.• February 10th: Cabinet rejects plan for longer lease and instructs CDCGlobeleq either to sell the turbines to TANESCO or lease them for a shorterperiod. The Ministry of Energy and Minerals cancels plans to lease theturbines.• February 23rd: Cabinet orders ‘fast-track’ leasing of gas turbines underthe Public Procurement Act of 2004.• February 27th: TANESCO issues revised tender for emergency powerproduction, without approval from Public Procurement Regulation Authority(PPRA).• March 20th: Eight companies submit tender documents.• March 28th: Government evaluation committee finds all eight bidders failedto meet tender conditions, advises TANESCO to re-issue tender.• April 1st: Minister of energy and minerals, Dr Ibrahim Msabaha, instructsTANESCO to re-summon all eight bidders to re-negotiate tender.• June 8th-16th: A joint negotiating team (Ministry of Energy and Minerals,Ministry of Finance, Attorney General’s Office, Bank of Tanzania andTANESCO) meets Richmond Development Company LLC (RDC).• June 19th: Dr Msabaha writes to the prime minister, Edward Lowassa,recommending RDC for a two-year electricity generating contract.84
• June 21st: Prime minister instructs TANESCO to enter into contract withRDC.• June 23rd: TANESCO managing director Johannes Lottering signs atwo-year contract with RDC.• September 2nd: Commercial bank HSBC issues US$30m letter of creditto RDC.• October 6th: US lawyers Hunton and Williams discover that RichmondDevelopment Company LLC was not registered in Texas when its Tanzaniancontract was signed.• October 27th: TANESCO announces RDC has defaulted on terms ofcontract.• December 21st: RDC transfers contract to Dowans Holding, South Africa.2007• November 13th 2007: A parliamentary select committee is appointed toinvestigate.• December 31st: Select committee submits its final report to Speaker ofparliament.2008• February 6th 2008: Select committee calls for resignation of governmentofficials.• February 7th: Prime Minister Edward Lowassa, energy and mineralsminister Nazir Karamagi, and East African Community minister IbrahimMsabaha resign from parliament. President Jakaya Kikwete dissolves the60-person cabinet.• February 8th: Mizengo Pinda appointed new prime minister.• February 12th: New 47-person cabinet sworn in.• July 1st: TANESCO dissolves contract with Dowans Holding, from August1st.• August 28th: Prime minister Mizengo Pinda announces proposals toimplement recommendations of select committee report85
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSAfrica Research Ins
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2. Mr Speakerby Samuel Sitta25
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