Dar es Salaam. Former Tanesco lawyer Godwin
Ngwilimi has opened up about his role in the investigation into the
Tegeta Escrow account, saying “time will ultimately prove me truthful.”
On
Wednesday when presenting a statement by the Parliamentary Public
Account Committee (PAC) on the Controller and Auditor General’s report
on the Tegeta escrow account, PAC chairman Zitto Kabwe claimed that Mr
Ngwilimi was sacked for advising the board not to release Tegeta Escrow
money to IPTL.
According to Mr Kabwe, the former
Tanesco lawyer, who had just visited Malaysia, wrote a letter to the
company’s managing director warning him against the release of Sh306
billion to IPTL. The reason for the lawyer’s move, Mr Kabwe said, was
due to controversy surrounding Pan African Power Solution’s acquisition
of Piper Links shares in IPTL.
Reached for comment
yesterday, Mr Ngwilimi preferred not to go into details claiming only
time will clear him. “I don’t want to get involved in the debate but
only time will tell; the truth always comes out when the time is right,”
he says.
Mr Ngwilimi said he fulfilled his
responsibility as Tanesco’s lawyer to advise decision makers over the
PAP acquisition of Piper Links shares in IPTL.
“My work
was simply to advise Tanesco management but whether they worked on my
advice or not isn’t up to me; but at least they had to consider my
advice when making their decisions.” .
However, the
government dismissed claims that Mr Ngwilimi was sacked. According to
the Energy and Minerals minister, Prof Sospeter Muhongo, the lawyer
actually resigned on his own volition.
“Mr Ngwilimi
wasn’t sent to Malaysia by Tanesco to investigate PAP acquisition of
Piper Links; in fact he lied to the power utility firm’s management that
he along with other official from Attorney General office were sent by
the AG to Malaysia,” said Prof Werema.
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