WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 2 2019
Dar es Salaam. Five years after the Tegeta- Escrow scandal rocked the nation with prominent government officials implicated after they received vast sums of money from businessman James Rugemalira, one the beneficiaries has decided to return the cash.
Prof Anna Tibaijuka, who was Minister for Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Development during the time that the scandal broke out, has said she is ready to return the Sh1.6 billion that her school, Barbro Johnson Model Girls School, received from Mr Rugemalira .
Prof Tibaijuka says it was an institutional decision made by the Barbro Johnson Model Girls School to return the money.
Speaking on an interview on UTV, Prof Tibaijuka said after deliberations with the school administration it was decided that the money be returned to allow Mr Rugemarila gain his freedom from jail.
“This was not a personal decision, after the board chairman Mr Salmon Odunga and chair of the parents committee Dr Kiharuzi held a meeting it was decide that the money should be returned.
According to the former minister, the money which she received from the businessman was used to construct dormitories but they are ready to look for the money by all means and return it to Mr Rugemalira.
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