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Mramba push the burden to B.O.T

By FRANK KIMARO

THE FORMER Minister for Finance, Mr Basil Mramba has cleaned his hands off that he was not the one who signed the extended contract with Alex Stewart Government Business Assayers.

Mr Mramba made the remarks yesterday at Resident Magistrate Court of Kisutu in Dar es Salaam during the progressiveness of his case where he is accused for misuse of public office and forgive tax payers which brought 11.7 losses to the government.

                           The Former Minister for finance Mr Basil Mramba speak to his lawyer

                                     Elisa during the short break in the proceedings of his case

Mr Mramba said that while he was referring to the letter which was allowing Alex Stewart Company to extend their time which was signed by the Chief Executive of the Company, Dr Enrique Segura and The Governor of Bank of Tanzania by then who was Mr Daudi Balali.

“The letter which was written in 10^th march 2005 aimed to extend time to Stewart Company in auditing work to mining’s after their good work previously” he stated.

The accused person Mr Mramba as he was directed by his lawyer, Mr Elisa Msuya, he tried to show different documents to prove that he was not guilty in the case.

The documents which were given include the tender bill which requested Alex Stewart Company to submit a proposal to B.O.T for them to have permission for mining auditing.

Mr Mramba also read a letter which was showing that the accused person number two who was the Minister for Mining and Energy, Mr Daniel Yona advising the Former Governor of B.O.T that the contract with the foreign company must not cause any harm to the country.

“The term of contracts with Alex Stewart Government Business Sayers must be fair to the country that means the country must not gain loss from it,” he said the letter was directing that.

During the case prosecutors side tried to raise objections on the documents offered by the accused side by the fact that they were not relevant however they were dismissed by the judges.

The case has now postponed to 28^th of November this year where it will be listened again for two days the decision which followed after the urgent case to one of the judges listening the case noting that he got an emergency to participate recently.