Kenyan businessman in $183m scandal involving senior govt officials in Dar
Harbinder Singh Sethi in his heydays. PHOTO | FILE
A businessman with close ties to senior members of Kenya’s first ruling party Kanu, is at the centre of a $183 million scandal in Tanzania that is threatening to bring down senior government officials and leave a blot on President Jakaya Kikwete’s legacy.
Tanzania’s Public Accounts Committee has called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of Harbinder Singh Sethi, the owner of Pan African Power Solutions, over the irregular withdrawal of $183 million from an escrow account. The committee has also recommended that the country’s prime minister take political responsibility for the scandal and that some two Cabinet ministers, who include former executive director of UN-Habitat Anna Tibaijuka be relieved of their duties.
