Punish civil service moles - Musoma

MOLES leaking classified documents must be identified and flushed out of government institutions because they are responsible for rumour-mongering, ZRP leader Wright Musoma has demanded.

leaking classified documents must be identified and flushed out of government institutions because they are responsible for rumour-mongering, ZRP leader Wright Musoma has demanded.

Commenting on the preliminary report published by The Mast newspaper on the electricity Cost of Study (CoS) and projected as the final report which Government was trying to hide, Mr. Musoma said it was an act of sabotage for any individual to leak information they were not sure about.

He said a thorough investigation must be carried to fish out the person at the Energy Regulation Board (ERB) who leaked the said document to the media so that he or she could face the law.

He said for a long time now, employees, especially those in the civil service, had a growing appetite to leak classified information to the public with the aim of tarnishing the image of Government.

He called for identification and punishment of people propagating the scourge in order to serve as a lesson to would be offenders.

“The Economic Consulting Associates (ECA) made it clear that the document was only presented to ERB in its preliminary stage and is not a final report. This makes it even easier for investigative wings to know the people who could have leaked it to The Mast. As far as I am concerned, not everyone was privy to that document,” Mr Musoma said.

“There has been an increase in the number of people leaking classified information from government institutions and I think this must serve as a deterrent to would-be offenders if the mole at ERB is fished out because such things can incite people to rise against government,” he said.

Three days ago, The Mast Newspaper produced a preliminary report of the CoS and claimed it was the final report which Government and ERB were trying to hide because they did not agree with some ECA recommendations.

However, ECA director, Paul Lewington, on Tuesday, said the study was yet to be concluded and that government’s stance on the matter was the correct position.

Mr. Lewington said Government was looking for another firm to complete the study after his company declined to extend its 12 months contract.