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Dar es Salaam. Interior Minister Kangi Lugola lobbied Police Inspector General (IGP) Simon Sirro on Saturday with a new directive asking the owner of Lugumi Enterprises to do so before July 31st.
delivered to his Dodoma office by the end of the month, in a few days. The owner of Lugumi Enterprises is accused of failing in the implementation of a lucrative project of installing fingerprint machines in district police stations
. various departments under his file. Mr Lugola said that one of the guidelines he had received from President John Magufuli was to solve the Lugumi scandal.
"I asked the IGP to make sure that the owner of Lugumi Enterprises Limited appears in my office on July 31". The Minister.
He insisted that the IGP look for Mr. Lugumi from wherever he is hidden. Last week, Mr Lugola ordered the IGP to search for missing police sniffer dogs, triggering a reaction against the separation of powers. Despite criticism, he also spoke of the disappearance of Hobby, a dog sniffer from the port of Dar es Salaam, saying that he was still finding it. "It's not just about Hobby, the sniffer dog, there are 30 other sniffer dogs, which are missing and I've asked PGI to find where they were," he said. Mr. Lugola
. He notably asked Mr. Lugola to resolve the controversial Lugumi 37 billion contract
The 2011 agreement provided for the installation of an automated fingerprint information system. in 108 police stations
. / 2015 revealed that the machines had been installed in only 14 stations and yet, the company received 34 billion shillings out of a total of 37 billion Sh.
The minister also asked the acting director general Andrew Massawe to explain where was Sh32 billion national factory processing identity cards.
He ordered Mr. Massawe to appear before him at his Dodoma office before July 25.
According to Mr. Lugola, a company, which was contracted to install the plant did not do so despite receiving all payments.
"The deadline has expired yet the factory has not been installed that's why I'm asking Nida's explanation," said Mr Lugola.
The former Nida general manager, Dickson Maimu, and other officials face charges related to the saga.
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