Bank clerk face conspiracy charges

A Banker with Kenya Commercial Bank (Tanzania) Limited, Adam Namhisa (29), was arraigned before the Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court in Dar es Salaam yesterday charged with conspiring with other people to defraud his employer of 192m/-.

Before Resident Magistrate Katherina Revocat, the accused, a resident of Mbezi Beach, denied the charge. He was released on bail after securing two reliable sureties, who signed a 200m/- bond each and one of them surrendered in court a title deed.

Magistrate said the case would be mentioned on October 10. Investigations, according to the prosecution, led by Assistant Inspector of Police Ema Mkoni, have not been
completed.

The prosecution told the court that Namhisa and other persons who are still at large conspired to defraud the bank between April and June this year in the city. The accused was charged with three other counts of stealing by servant the bank’s money.

It was alleged that between April 23 and May 22, this year, at the bank offices situated at the junction of Samora and Ohio Streets in Ilala District, the accused stole 135,590,000/-, property of his employer, which came into his possession on account of his employment.

The prosecution alleged that the accused committed the offence through three different cheques bearing numbers 00062 61, 000378 and 000365 dated April 23, 2007, April 24, 2007 and May 22, 2007, respectively.

In another case, a city businessman, Peter Sunday (24), was brought before the same court accused of stealing from a motor vehicle several items, including 2m/-, all valued at 5m/-, the property of Baya Adamson.

Before Resident Magistrate Adolph Mahay, the accused denied the charge. He was bailed out until October 1, when the case will be mentioned, as investigations have not been completed.

The prosecution alleged that Sunday stole one laptop computer worth 1.5m/-, one mobile phone of Nokia make and several other items from Toyota Land

SOURCE: DAILY NEWS