Maranda, 4 others acquitted of Sh6bn EPA theft charges

Maranda acquitted in EPA case
Daily News
KISUTU Resident Magistrate's Court in Dar es Salaam acquitted CCM cadre, Rajab Maranda and four others who were facing charges of forgery and theft of over 200m/- from the Central Bank's External Payment Arrears account (EPA). A three-judge panel ...

>Baada ya kupatikana na hatia katika kesi tatu za wizi wa Fedha za Akaunti ya Madeni ya Nje (Epa) ndani ya Benki Kuu ya Tanzania (BoT) na hivyo kutumikia adhabu ya kifungo jela, hatimaye jana Kada wa CCM, Rajabu Maranda alipangua kesi mojawapo iliyokuwa ikimkabili.

Ilala District Court yesterday acquitted  well-known gospel singer and businessman,  Emmanuel Mbasha who was charged with two counts of rape.

LILLE, France – Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been cleared of pimping charges in a French trial that hinged on sex parties that took place in the midst of the global financial crisis.Friday's verdict closes four years of legal drama. Ten others were acquitted as well.

Strauss-Kahn had told the court the parties were much-needed "recreational sessions" and he did not know the women who took part were prostitutes. In often sordid testimony, the women...

Court Sets Free EPA Theft Suspects
AllAfrica.com
ALL was smiles for two businessmen, Jonathan Munisi and Japhet Lema, when a Dar es Salaam Court yesterday acquitted them of their alleged involvement in the theft of over 2.6bn/- from the External payment Arrears (EPA) account of the Bank of Tanzania ...

>The High Court yesterday acquitted two accused persons, Jackson Isawangu and Musa Mustapha, who were charged with murder and theft of Sh150 million from the National Micro-finance Bank (NMB).

 Tanzania yesterday signed an agreement with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica).

>About Sh6 billion worth of heroin and cocaine has been seized at Tanzania’s major airports in the past two-and-half-years, according to police reports. That haul came from only 56 drug trafficking suspects at Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA) and Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA).

Tanzania has promised to release Sh6 billion in the coming two weeks to bail out the cash-strapped Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (Tazara).