Dar es Salaam. In what looks like no end to woes facing the renowned famous businessman Yusuf Manji, the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) confirmed today, October 2 that it has closed one of Manji’s companies known as Farm Equipment.
TRA statement said the offices have been put under the lock for the company failure to pay taxes to TRA to a tune of Sh12.2 billion.
the Taxpayer Education director at TRA, Mr Richard Kayombo, told The Citizen Online that the moves comes after the authority tried to communicate severally with the office to no avail.
“We tried to communicate with the company manager several times, including sending an official letter on August 15, this year but we did not get any response,” he stressed.
According to him, the money includes income tax, withholding tax and value added tax (VAT).
Adding that TRA was open to further discussion with the businessman on how he was going to pay the outstanding debt.
Farm Equipment (Tanzania) Limited, (FETL) is a company dealing in sales and service of farm machinery, spare parts, tools and equipment.
Mr Manji has been facing several challenges since beginning of this year, others including the arm of the law.
Other challenges include prospects of losing his position as Mbagala Kuu ward Councillor, after he failed to attend six full council meetings consecutively.
It was confirmed September 6, this year by the Temeke Municipal Mayor, Mr Abdallah Chaurembo, who said Mr Manji has breached section 8, article 25(5) (a) (b) of the local government’s act of 1982 and the municipal regulations.
He stressed that Manji had missed six full council meetings consecutively something which denied representation to Mbagala Kuu residents.
Therefore, he wrote to the Minister in the President’s Office Regional Administration and Local Governments as it is required by the law.
However, the decision was made while Manji was under custody for months pending hearing of economic and national security charges levelled
against him by the state. He was, however, freed after the Director of Public Prosecution said that he had no interest in pursuing the charges.
Other misfortunes facing the businessman include the decision by President John Magufuli to revoke ownership of his 714-acre farm in Kigamboni, Dar es Salaam.
Yusuf Manji, CEO of QGL (Quality Group Limited), before his early retirement was one of the most reputed businessman in Tanzania. He heads a $700- million conglomerate in a wide range of sectors including automobiles, real estate, facilities and trade.
He is also a representative of TANPERCH (a QGL company) is the Chairman of the Tanzanian Industrial Fishing and Processors Association.
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