Kisutu Resident Magistrate Court
counts, including forgery of voters’ registration cards and obtaining money by false pretence from the Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA).
The prosecution led by state Attorney Pius Hilla named them as Swaibu Nuru, Kabugo Ronald, Daniel Kwagala and Shamte Jongo.
Before Resident Magistrate Hellen Riwa at the Kisutu Resident
Magistrates’ court, it was alleged that they committed the offences
between November 1 and December 4 last year in Tanzania at the Embassy
of Uganda.
It was further alleged that the accused conspired to commit the
offence of interfering with the transmission of electronic
communications.
The court was told that on the same date and place the accused,
without any valid reason, used lovinghand2000@yahoo.com and
rrose@vandyke.Org belonging to Robert A. Rose .
On the third count it was alleged that between April 1 and 30 last
year in Dar es Salaam, accused Nuru forged a voter’s identification card
number 17583524 bearing names Lofata Lofata Prosper dated March 24,
2010.
He purported to show that the card was genuinely issued to him by
the Tanzania National Electoral Commission (NEC) while knowing it was
false, the court was told.
In the fourth count it was alleged that on April 24, last year, at
the CBA, Ohio Branch, the accused fraudulently and knowingly uttered
the said card to the bank, purporting to show that the card was
genuinely issued to him by NEC while knowing that it was not true.
On the last count, it was alleged that on December 12, last year at
the CBA, Ohio branch, the accused falsely obtained 7,873,008/-
pretending to have been paid to Lohada Orphanage for construction
purposes.
The accused pleaded not guilty to the charges and were allowed to
stay out on bail until July 1, this year when the case comes up for
mention.
Meanwhile, three Chinese nationals, Guo Yan (44), I Yong (43) and
Guo Zhang (43), appeared at the same court before Senior Resident
Magistrate Walialwande Lema.
They were charged with unlawful presence in Tanzania, making false documents and engaging in an occupation.
The prosecution, led by State Attorney Method Kagoma, alleged that
on June 15 this year at the GPB fuel station Kawe in Kinondoni district
the accused, being the citizens of China, were found to be unlawfully
present in Tanzania as they had no valid passes.
It was alleged that on the same date and place the accused were
found working as technical managers of the said GBP fuel station in
Kawe.
The accused were also charged with making false documents. They
were alleged to commit the offence on June 15, this year at the
Immigration headquarters in Kurasini area, Temeke District.
Kagoma alleged that on that day the accused made a false statement
and obtained an exemption certificate with different serial numbers.
They also failed to comply with a lawful order issued by the Director of
Immigration Services on August 26, 2014 and February 12, 2014, the
court was told.
The accused pleaded guilty to the charges and were ordered to pay a
fine of 100, 000/- for each offence or go to jail for 12 months.
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