Mramba, Yona get jail relief.

The High Court on Friday reduced a three year sentence facing former cabinet ministers, Basil Mramba (76) and Daniel Yona (75) to two years.

Yona and Mramba who served as Finance and Energy and Minerals ministers respectively in Benjamin William Mkapa’s administration, were sentenced on Monday by the Kisutu court to serve three years in jail after being convicted on several counts of abuse of office and occasioning Sh11.7 billion loss to the government.

Dar es Salaam. There were audible groans of disbelief and visible freely-flowing tears at the Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday after former cabinet ministers Basil Mramba, 75, and Daniel Yona, 76, were sentenced to serve three years in jail for abuse of office and causing Sh11.7 billion loss to the government.

Mramba (kushoto) akiteta jambo na wakili wake, Peter Swai baada ya Mahakama kumhukumu miaka mitatu jela na faini ya shilingi milioni tano. Harun sanchawa na denis mtima
JOTO ya jiwe! Wafungwa wawili wapya katika gereza la Ukonga jijini Dar es Salaam, Waziri wa zamani wa Fedha, Basil Mramba na mwenzake wa Nishati na Madini, Daniel Yona, wanadaiwa kukesha huku wakilia katika siku wakianza kutumikia kifungo chao cha miaka...

Mramba, Yona appeal against imprisonment.
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Two former cabinet ministers, Basil Mramba and Daniel Yona, recently sentenced to serve three years in jail, yesterday filed an appeal against the ruling at the High Court of Tanzania. The two were accused of abusing office and causing a Sh11.7 billion ...

VILIO na simanzi vilitawala katika eneo la mahakama ya Hakimu Mkazi Kisutu baada ya Waziri wa zamani wa Fedha, Basil Mramba na Waziri wa zamani wa Nishati na Madini, Daniel Yona, kuhukumiwa kifungo cha miaka mitatu jela.

The Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court has adjourned to February 26 hearing of the abuse of office case against former cabinet ministers Basil Mramba and Daniel Yona.

The fate of two former cabinet ministers, Basil Mramba and Daniel Yona, who have appealed against a three-year jail sentence will be known today when the High Court decides on their petition.

Mramba, Yona backtrack on bail bid
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TWO former cabinet ministers, Basil Mramba and Daniel Yona, have changed their minds and decided to withdraw an application for bail they lodged before the High Court, pending appeal against both conviction and three-year imprisonment sentence ...