"The only thing we are left with is to celebrate the life of our lovely 'Biggie' because he’s irreplaceable. We are tired of crying and mourning over him because it’s been the order of the day from the minute we received the sad news of his death," Halima Hassan said.
This was the Semwanga vigil at Halima Sultan's home in Munyonyo where Zari introduced Ivan in December 2011. The house was constructed by Ivan. The introduction video of Zari and Ivan is what they are watching as a way of celebrating his life.
Mourners at Ivan Semwanga's home in Muyenga..This house was put on sell days before he passed on.
The latest tax confusion involving Acacia Mining comes against the backdrop of a robust tax evasion crackdown instigated by President John Magufuli since coming into office in November 2015. Although all of the mining firm's gold-producing operations are from three large-scale mines in Tanzania - Bulyanhulu, North Mara and Buzwagi, respectively - the company is headquartered in London. TRA is seeking to levy taxes on the company as a resident firm in Tanzania.
Acacia Mining chief executive officer Brad Gordon confirmed the apparent impasse in a statement last week when announcing the company's 2016 financial results, saying: "We are (…) dealing with claims to levy taxes in Tanzania on the UK-registered Acacia Mining Plc, which we believe have no basis in law given this company is tax resident and permanently established in the UK." "Given the materiality of the amounts being claimed, we are also addressing a constructive resolution of these issues as part of our ongoing engagement with the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) as well as at a senior level in the government." According to Gordon, the company has also been embroiled in several other legal tussles with TRA over the past year on claims of back-tax payments.
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