Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete has fired
a senior government minister accused of
wrongly taking $1m (£640,000) from a
businessman.
Land and Housing Minister Anna Tibaijuka had
not shown "due diligence" when she took the
money, he said.
Ms Tibaijuka, a former UN official, denies any
wrongdoing.
She is a high-profile casualty in a corruption
scandal that has rocked Tanzania's government
and energy firms, straining relations with
donors.
On 17 December, Attorney-General Frederick
Werema resigned after MPs accused him of
authorising the fraudulent transfer of about
$120m to an energy firm.
He denied the allegation, but said he was
stepping down because the controversy had
"disrupted the country's political atmosphere".
The corruption scandal has dominated media
coverage in Tanzania
Mr Kikwete, in a televised address, said the
government was still investigating allegations of
impropriety against Energy and Minerals
Minister Sospeter Muhongo and his permanent
secretary Eliakim Maswi.
The president's office later said that Mr Maswi
had been suspended, pending the outcome of
the probe.
Ms Tibaijuka rejected parliament's call for her
resignation, saying the $1m was a donation for
a school where she serves as the main
fundraiser.
She accepted it in good faith and presented it to
the school, she said.
However, Mr Kikwete said he had dismissed her
because "one of the biggest questions raised is
why this money was not paid directly to the
school and was instead deposited in a personal
bank account in her name," Reuters news
agency quotes him as saying.
Ms Tibaijuka was the executive director of the
United Nations Human Settlements Programme,
before she became an MP and government
minister in 2010.
Tanzania's parliament, which is dominated by
the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party,
has been putting pressure on Mr Kikwete to
sack top officials accused of siphoning
government money in collusion with
businessmen linked to the energy sector.
An investigation by a parliamentary watchdog
committee found that about $120m had been
taken from an escrow account, paid to an
energy firm and then given to various
government ministers.
A group of 12 donors - including Japan, the UK,
the World Bank and the African Development
Bank - decided in October to withhold about
$490m until the government took action over
the alleged corruption.
Mr Kikwete took office in 2005 with a promise to
tackle corruption in government.

http://m.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30585980

This happens here in this same africa. . . . When is jonathan going to grow some balls to fight corruption.

Can this happen in Nigeria? I don't think so

How can? when has stealing became corruption?

GEJ can never try this.