Court frees 12 charged in connection with ferry disaster

The 12 people charged in connection with the sinking of a ferry boat, mv Spice Islander, in which 229 people lost their lives (the number accounted for) off the coast of Zanzibar on September 10, 2011, have been set free.

Court frees two alleged fraudsters
Daily News
THE Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court in Dar es Salaam acquitted an official with National Microfinance Bank (NMB), Zabron Abel Mwankupili and a customer with the bank, Josepoh Mirambo Xavery, on charges of defrauding the Bank of over 155m/-.

 Ilala District Court yesterday acquitted four officials of Ilala Municipal Council who were being charged with several counts, including occasioning Sh1.7 billion loss to the government.

Twenty-one women and girls jailed in Egypt last month over a protest in support of ousted President Mohammed Morsi are freed by an appeal court

Court of Appeal frees convicted armed robbers
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THE Court of Appeal has ordered the immediate release from prison of four suspected robbers who were sentenced to 30 years in jail and 12 strokes of the cane for armed robbery. Justices Edward Rutakangwa, Salum Massati and Ibrahim Juma ruled in ...

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Tanzania court frees opposition MP on bail after protest
Reuters
DAR ES SALAAM Oct 8 (Reuters) - A court in Tanzania granted bail to an opposition member of parliament on Wednesday and eight others after charging them with illegal protests for demonstrating last week against a draft constitution. An assembly ...
Prosecution cites failure to verify bail documentsIPPmedia
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Mdee in trouble for illegal demoDaily News

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Court frees woman who killed husband over maize flour
Daily News
THE Court of Appeal has ordered the release from prison of a housewife, Juliana Mocha, after reducing to one year the 10-year jail sentence imposed on her for killing her husband over the misuse of maize grains meant for ugali. Justices Edward ...

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Mukulu charged in Court with murder
New Vision
Allied Democratic Front (ADF) leader, Jamil Mukulu and two of his accomplices Matovu and Umar were on Wednesday charged with murder before Jinja magistrate court. Security was tight at the court as the press was locked out of the court session in what ...
ADF Chief ideologue Jamil Mukulu charged with multiple counts of murderNTV Uganda

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Illegal demonstrators charged in court
Daily News | The National Newspaper (press release) (blog)
THIRTY three people who allegedly rioted at Mbagala area in Dar es Salaam recently to force for the announcement of parliamentary results for the constituency were yesterday arraigned in court to face four counts of unlawful assembly, rioting ...