PREVIOUSLY, The Former Director
Of The City Of Arusha Dr. John Pima And His Two Colleagues Were Sentenced To 20
Years In Prison In The Case Of Economic Sabotage Number 5/2022. The Director Of
Public Prosecutions (DPP) Has Dismissed Two Cases Of Economic Sabotage Against
The Former Director Of The City Of Arusha, Dr. John Pima And His Three
Colleagues And Reopened Two Other Cases Of Economic Sabotage.
Apart From Dr. Pima,
Others Are The Former Treasurer Of The City, Mariam Mshana, The Former Head Of
The Planning, Statistics And Monitoring Department, Innocent Maduhu, Nuru
Ginana (A Former Economist) And Alex Daniel.
Yesterday, Wednesday
March 20, 2024 In Front Of The Arusha Resident Magistrate's Court, The Canceled
Cases Were Scheduled To Read The Preliminary Information To The Suspects, But
The Republic's Side Led By The State Attorney, Hebel Kihaka Explained To The Court
That The DPP Has No Intention Of Continuing With The Case Those.
He Has Explained That
They Are Requesting To Withdraw The Proceedings Under Section 91(1) Of The Criminal
Procedure Act (CPA) Chapter 20.
Among The Dismissed Cases
Is The Economic Sabotage Case Number 3/2022 Which Was Facing Dr. Pima, Mariam, Madhu
And Ginana Who Are Facing Four Crimes Including Embezzlement And Embezzlement
And Use Of Documents With The Aim Of Deceiving The Employer.
Economic Sabotage Case
Number 4/2022, The Accused Were Dr. Pima, Mariam, Madhu And Alex Daniel Who
Together Are Facing Four Crimes Including Embezzlement And Embezzlement And Use
Of Documents With The Aim Of Deceiving The Employer.
In Front Of The Resident
Magistrate, Erasto Philly, The Republic Has Explained To The Court That They
Have Already Opened Other Cases Which Were Cases Of Economic Sabotage Number
1/2024 And Economic Sabotage Case Number 2/2024.
In Those Cases, The
Accused Are As They Were In Cases Number Three And Four Of 2022, They Were Read
Eight Offenses In Each Case Including Abuse Of Power, Using Documents To
Deceive Their Employer, Using Public Funds Illegally While The Offenses Of
Forgery That They Were Previously Facing Were Removed .
After Being Read The
Charges, The Three Suspects, Namely Dr. Pima, Mariam And Madhu, Who Were
Represented By Three Lawyers Led By Lawyer Sabato Ngogo, Denied Committing The
Crimes While The Fourth Accused In Each Case (Ginana And Alex), Who Were Not
Represented By Lawyers, Denied Committing The Crime. Those Mistakes.
After The New Charges
Were Read, The Three Defendants Dr. Pima, Mariam And Maduhu Were Released After
Meeting The Bail Conditions While Ginana And Alex Were Sent To Prison After
Failing To Meet The Bail Conditions.
The Judge Who Was Hearing
The Cases Has Adjourned Them Until April 3, 2024 Where The Cases Have Been
Scheduled For The Suspects To Be Read Preliminary Information.
Speaking Outside The Court,
Lawyer Ngogo Said Apart From The Case, Dr. Pima Is Currently Facing Another
Case Of Economic Sabotage Number 6,931 Of The Year 2024 Where He And His Three
Colleagues Who Are Not The Accused In Those Cases Are Facing Seven Offences.
He Has Mentioned That The
Offense Is Using Documents To Deceive The Employer And Causing The Government A
Loss Of Sh60 Million, A Case In Which However Dr. Pima Could Not Be Prosecuted
By His Colleagues Because When They Were Brought To Court He Was Sick, So He
Will Be Prosecuted When The Case Is Mentioned On April 9, 2024.
On May 24, 2022, Prime
Minister Kassim Majaliwa Suspended Six Employees Of The Arusha City Council,
Including Dr. Pima, To Investigate Allegations Of Embezzlement And Misuse Of
Public Funds.
Dr. Pima, Mariam And Maduhu
Were Facing A Case Of Economic Sabotage Number 5/2022, They Were Sentenced To
20 Years In Prison For Nine Crimes They Were Facing Including Money Laundering Sh103
Million.
Pima And His Colleagues
Appealed Against The Sentence Which Was Being Heard By Judge Mwipopo Angaza Who
Said That Permission To Prosecute Any President's Nominee Must Be Signed By The
DPP Himself.
Pima And His Colleagues
Were Sentenced To Prison On August 31, 2023 Before Being Released On February 16,
2024 And Among The Reasons For Pima's Detailed Appeal Against The Sentence Is
That The Judge Made A Legal Mistake When He Sentenced Them Without Authority,
The Indictment Was Flawed And The Operation Was Covered By Flaws Legal.