Tanga: Transport Minister Samwel Sitta on Tuesday dissolved the Board of Directors of Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) and appointed eight new members to form a new board.
Mr Sitta announced the move here when he addressed employees at the Tanga Port employees at the Baraka Grounds after his official tour of the facility, insisting that the oppressive acts he had witnessed within the port had prompted the dismissal of the board.
The new members are Dr Tulia Akson, a law lecturer at the Tanzania Law School, Mr Musa Ally Nyamsingwa, a civil engineer with Norplan Consultants, Ms Donata Mugassa, a procurement professional and member to the Tanzania Posts Corporation board of directors and Mr Haruna Masebu, former Director General of Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority (EWURA).
Others are Mr Gema Modu, an electronics engineer with Engineers Registration Board, Dr Francis Michael, a senior lecturer with the University of Dar es Salaam, Crescentius Magori, Director of Planning with the National Social Security Fund and Flavian Kinunda, former TPA director of marketing.
“This appointment nullifies the existing board of TPA effective today (yesterday) and the purpose is to bring in productivity and work efficiency in the authority,” said Mr Sitta.
Members of the dissolved board, which the former Transport Minister Dr Harrison Mwakyembe appointed on November 6, 2012, are Mr Jabir Kuwe Bakari, Mr John Ulanga, Ms Caroline Temu, Mr Jaffer Machano, Dr Hildebrand Shayo, Mr Said Salum Sauko, Engineer Julius Mamiro and Ms Asha Nasoro.
Mr Sitta directed all institutions under his ministry — Tanzania Metrological Agency, Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority, Tanzania Railway Limited and TPA to design new systems of incentives to motivate low cadre employees.
“It shouldn’t be that it is us at the management level who are benefiting from all kinds of allowances while ignoring other employees at the low levels… this is creation of classes,” charged the minister.
Earlier, the Chairman of the trade union at the Port, Mr Hassan Sankole, speaking on behalf of the workers, asked the minister to study the possibility of reducing taxes on the salaries of port employees.
