Africa-Press – Tanzania. TWO senior officials under the Karagwe District Cooperative Union (KDCU), on Friday failed to appear before the Kagera Resident Magistrate’s court as they were reported to be sick under custody.
The officials under the KDCU, are facing various economic charges including occasioning a loss amounting 7.613bn/- to their employer.
Prosecuting, State Attorney Juma Mahona, identified the accused as Oscar Dominick (33), who is the KDCU General Manager and Juvenal Burchard (36), the Union’s Chief Accountant.
He told the court that the two accused persons, being employed by the KDCU as General Manager and Chief Accountant, respectively, together willfully occasioned a loss amounting 7, 612,823,441/-, property of their employer.
The offenses were allegedly committed between April 1st, 2018 to October 26, this year in Karagwe District. The accused, who were being represented by Advocate Aaron Kabunga, also face another offense of conspiracy to commit a felony.
Kagera Principal Resident Magistrate, Ms Janeth Massesa had earlier on informed the accused that the court had no jurisdiction to hear the Economic Case thus ordered them to be remanded in custody until November 22, this year when the Economic Case No. 25/2021 will be mentioned again.
Before the same court was Alan Mugisha (48), a Ugandan national who is facing various offenses including money laundering and evading paying tax to the government.
State Attorney Juma Mahona told the Court that between October 1st, 2013 to October 30, this year the accused (Mugisha), without a business licence from the Tanzania Coffee Board (TCB), engaged in buying coffee using an unregistered Company known as Kagera Commodity Trading.
The accused, which was represented by Advocate Peter Matete, is also charged to have forged several documents to show that he was a Tanzanian citizen, whereas knowing it was not true.
Mr Mahona also told the court that Mugisha deceitfully evaded paying tax amounting 3,403,814,472/- to the Tanzania government.
Mugisha is also charged with neglecting to use an Electrical Fiscal Devise (EFD) machine and also avoided to register himself as a tax payer under the Value Added Tax (VAT) as required by the law.
Mr Mahona further alleged that between January 1, 2015 –October 26, this year the accused (Mugisha), knowingly acquired a house at Kagondo Street, in Bukoba Municipal Council whereas knowing the property was proceeds of a predicate offense.
Money laundering is the process of making large amounts of money generated by a criminal activity; appear to have come from a legitimate source. The money from the criminal activity is considered dirty, and the process ‘launders’ it to make it look clean. Money laundering is itself a crime.
Magistrate Massesa ordered him to be remanded in custody until December 1, this year when the Economic Case No 26/2021 will be mentioned again.
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