Eight Mwanza police officers and 70 others set free today
Commander Jumanne Muliro. Photo |File
Mwanza. Eight police officers are among 70 inmates who walked to freedom today July 19, from Butimba Prison, Mwanza after the Director of Public Prosecution Biswalo Mganga declared that the state was no longer interested in the case.
The eight plus four business men were facing charges including money laundering, economic sabotage, organized crime and corruption.
According to the office regional Police Commander Jumanne Muliro the accused were set to appear before court earlier on today to fulfill the legal requirements for them to be released.
The police officers include, the head of operations Mwanza Region , Morice Okinda, E 6948 D/CPL Kasala, F 1331 PL Matete, G 6885 D/C Alex na G 5080 D/C Maingu.
Others are G 7244 D/C Timothy, G 1876 D/C Japhet, H 4060 D/C David Kadama who have been in remand since January 11 when they first appeared in court.
The 70 inmates from Butimba Prison are among 200 prisoners from Lake Zone who have been set free after the DPP’s tour of the Lake Zone
According to the DPP during his tour in the region he discovered there were several shortcomings in the system which as a result was causing overcrowding in prisons.
He said some of the cases were very petty, whereas others were fabricated due to unknown reasons.
