THE prosecution yesterday asked for more time to complete investigations into the case in which eight people, including senior officials with the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) are charged with conspiracy to defraud and occasioning loss of 12.7bn/- to the government.
Senior State Attorney Christopher
Msigwa, for the prosecution, told Principal Resident Magistrate Huruma
Shaidi that investigations at the moment concerning the case have not
been completed and, thus more time is needed to complete the assignment.
“There are some issues that needed to be
investigated and we are yet to complete such assignment. So we need
more time for the purpose,” the trial attorney submitted. The magistrate
granted the request and adjourned the case to August 23, and extended
bail to the accused persons.
The accused persons in the matter are
Tiagi Masamaki Kabisi (56), Customs Commissioner and Habibu Hamisi
Mponezya (45), who is Manager Custom Service Centre and Bulton Mackleans
Mponezya (51), the Manager Custom Control and Enforcement.
Others are Eliachi Heriel Mrema (31),
who is In-Charge of Azam Inland Container Depot (ICD), Khamis Ali Omary
(48), Senior Custom Business Analyst, and Harun Lyson Mpande (28),
responsible for TRA Information Communication Technology (ICT).
The rest include Raymond Adolf Louis
(39), Operations, Safety and Security Manager at Azam ICD and Asharf
Yusuf Khan (59), Manager Azam ICD. It is alleged that between June 1,
and November 12, last year, at unknown place in Dar es Salaam, the
accused persons conspired to defraud the government of 12.7bn/-.
According to the prosecution, the
accused persons falsely presented that 329 containers held at Azam
Inland Container Depot (ACID) were legally released after paying the
respective tax.
The prosecution told the court that
within the same period in the city, by failure to discharge their duties
in reasonable manner, the accused persons caused the government to
suffer a pecuniary loss of the said 12.7bn/-.
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