Mramba, Yona in court
PROFESSIONAL HAZARD? Ex-ministers Daniel Yona (left) and Basil Mramba await their turn to be led onto the dock at the Kisutu Resident Magistrate`s Court in Dar es Salaam yesterday.
TWO former government ministers, Basil Pesambili Mramba and Daniel Aggrey Ndhira Yona, were yesterday arraigned before a Dar es Salaam court to answer charges of allegedly extending a controversial contract with Alex Stewart (Assayers) Government Business Corporation and granting dubious tax exemptions to the gold auditing company, thus causing a loss of more than 11.75bn/- to the nation.
The charges stem from a period between 2002 and 2005, when Mramba served as minister for finance and Yona was minister for energy and minerals in the third phase government of then president Benjamin Mkapa.
Mramba, aged 68, and Yona (67) both pleaded not guilty to a total of 13 counts drawn up by the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) in criminal case number 1200 of 2008 at the Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court. ...more>>>>>
The charges stem from a period between 2002 and 2005, when Mramba served as minister for finance and Yona was minister for energy and minerals in the third phase government of then president Benjamin Mkapa.
Mramba, aged 68, and Yona (67) both pleaded not guilty to a total of 13 counts drawn up by the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) in criminal case number 1200 of 2008 at the Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court. ...more>>>>>
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Ukweli ni kuwa Hakimu Mwankenja amekuwa anaelemea upande wa mashitaka mno hata kuzidisha kiwango cha dhamana bila sababu za msingi. Kifungu cha sheria anachokitumia kinataka nusu ya thamani ya hasara inayogombewa kuwekwa dhamana. Hivi katika kesi ya hawa waungwana wawili ingekuwa Tshs 11.7bn gawanya kwa mbili unapata Tshs. 5.65bn, na kwa kuwa wako wawili kila mmoja alipaswa DHAMANA ya Tshs. 2.825bn; lakini Hakimu akagandamiza Tshs. 3.9bn yaani bilioni nzima juu yake. Pili sheria ya 1998 inatoa fursa ya aidha pesa au mali isiyoondesheka. Hili akawanyima. Ukiangalia ni kesi za Mwakenja tu ndio zinazodai cash, mahakimu wengine wanatafsiri sheria tofauti. Kuhusu kina Mwakosia, wao walisababishia serikali hasara ya Tshs. 207m, wako wanne, nusu ya pesa hii ni Tshs. 103.5m lakini Mwankenja aliamuru iwe Tshs 104m(kwake laki 5 ni kiduchu, lakini angeweza pia kurudisha 103!). Lakini angalia licha ya kuwanyima option ya kuweka dhamana ya nyumba alidai kila moja cash 104 badala ya kuigawa kwa nne. Hawa ni watuhumiwa tu, hawajapatikana na hatia, huyu hakimu ataharibu hizi kesi, kwa kuweka mianya ya kushindania, unawafahamu mawakili wetu wakipata mwanya!1
Kwa kweli hata ili sakata la EPA jk YUMO NA TUNA DATA ZAKE,lakini inavyoonekana rais wetu ana lipiza kisasi .J
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