{"id":415844,"date":"2017-09-07T17:50:15","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T17:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/07\/tanzanian-diamond-gift-of-200m\/"},"modified":"2017-09-07T17:50:15","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T17:50:15","slug":"tanzanian-diamond-gift-of-200m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/07\/tanzanian-diamond-gift-of-200m\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanzanian \u2018diamond gift\u2019 of \u00a3200m"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Tanzania&#8217;s mining industry will come under the spotlight today as two parliamentary committees are presenting reports to President John Magufuli, after investigating diamond and tanzanite mining deals.<\/p>\n<p>The reports implicate several former ministers and top government officials in signing corrupt deals.<\/p>\n<p>In one incident, the investigation found a top government official received a gift of diamonds worth $200m (\u00a3153m) in dubious circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>The reports are also faulting the government for relying on mine company statistics for key data such as the size of the diamond reserve in the mining area.<\/p>\n<p>These reports come as negotiations between the government and the Barrick Gold mining company are under way to resolve a tax payment dispute.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year President Magufuli launched an extensive investigation into the mining industry and introduced strict mining laws as he argued the country was not getting a fair share of profit from its mineral resources.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tanzania&#8217;s mining industry will come under the spotlight today as two parliamentary committees are presenting reports to President John Magufuli, after investigating diamond and tanzanite mining deals. 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