THE prosecution has asked the Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court in Dar es Salaam to grant them more time to complete investigations into the trial of former Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) Managing Director David Emanuel Mattaka and two other people.
In the case, Mattaka is charged with
abuse of position and causing a loss of over 86bn/- to the company,
while his co-accused persons, Ramadhan Seif Mlinga and Bertha Humphrey
Soka, former senior officials with the Public Procurement Regulatory
Authority (PPRA) are facing one count of forging some minutes.
Prosecutors from Prevention and
Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB), Peter Vitalis and Joseph Kiula
told Principal Resident Magistrate Thomas Simba that investigations into
the matter have not been completed. Following the request by the
prosecution, the magistrate adjourned the trial to April 12, for another
mention.
He ordered Mattaka to remain in remand.
It is alleged that on October 9, 2007 at ATCL offices in Ilala District,
being the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, in discharge
of his functions, intentionally Mattaka abused his position by signing
Aircraft Lease Agreement in respect of Airbus A320-214 manufacturer’s
serial number 630.
Such agreement, according to the
prosecution, was between Wallis Trading Inc as lesser and ATCL as a
lessee. It is claimed that the signing of the agreement did not comply
with the Public Procurement Act and Regulations. Mattaka is alleged to
have failed to follow tender procedures in the process.
The prosecution charges Mattaka of
abusing the authority of his office on October 27, 2007 by signing a
lease certificate of acceptance of the Airbus in disregard of technical
advice that he was given, an act that was prejudicial to the rights of
ATCL.
It is alleged that between October 27,
2007 and April 24, 2008 at ATCL offices, through such a conduct Mattaka
caused the company to suffer pecuniary loss of 772,402.08 US dollars,
which was paid to Aeromantenimiento, S.A. as maintenance service
charges.
Between October 27 and November 29, 2007
at ATCL offices, the prosecution claimed that Mattaka signed willfully
the lease acceptance certificate for the Airbus, causing the company to
incur a loss of 35,984.82 US dollars.
The prosecution alleged further that
between October 9, 2007 and October 29, 2011, at ATCL, by his
negligence, Mattaka signed the Aircraft lease agreement between Wallis
Trading Inc and ATCL, causing the government to suffer a pecuniary loss
of 42,459,316.12 US dollars, which ATCL owed to Wallis Trading Inc.
On March 19, 2008, at PPRA offices in
Ilala District, with intent to deceive, Ramadhan Mlinga and Bertha Soka
forged minutes of the meeting, purporting to show that on that date the
Authority held a meeting to discuss application for retrospective
approval of ATCL Aircraft Lease Agreement.
This is the second case Mattaka is
facing before the same court. The first case relate to abuse of office
and occasioning loss to ATCL a sum of 143,442.75 US dollars.
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