FOUR people, including estranged Tanzania Ports Authority’s (TPA) Director General Ephraim Mgawe were arraigned yesterday, charged with an 8bn/- corrupt transaction.
Besides Mgawe, before the Kisutu
Resident Magistrate’s Court were former TPA Director of Engineering
Bakari Kilo (59),TPA Procurement Unit Manager Theophil Kimaro (54) and
60-year old DB Shapriya Managing Director Kishor Shapriya.
Before Principal Resident Magistrate
Thomas Simba, all accused denied the charges relating to a tender deal
for the construction of an oil pipeline.
They were granted bail subject to each securing two reliable sureties, with every surety required to sign a 500m/- bond.
Magistrate Simba also ordered all
accused to surrender before the court their passports or any other
travel documents before adjourning the case for another mention to
November 7. Investigations into the matter, according to the
prosecution, have not been completed.
A prosecutor from the Prevention and
Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB), Mr Emanuel Jacob, told the court
that the accused committed the offences on diverse dates at unknown
places in the city between 2009 and 2012.
He alleged that during the period,
Mgawe, Kilo and Kimaro jointly and corruptly solicited through an agent,
DB Shapriya and Company Limited, four million US dollars (over 8bn/-)
from Leighton Offshore Pte Limited.
Assisted by Senior State Attorney
Mutalemwa Kishenyi, the PCCB prosecutor further claimed that the amount
was an inducement to help Leighton Offshore Pte Limited to win the
tender for the replacement of the Single Point Mooring (SPM) and
Pipeline at RAS Mjimwema to TPA.
The prosecution informed the court that
within the period and places, Shapriya, as the gent of Leighton Offshore
Pte Limited, corruptly offered the four million US dollars as bribe to
Mgawe, Kilo and Kimaro.
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