It was alleged that Ms Prosper pressured the client to give her $ 6,000 (Sh12.6 million) in exchange for ten passports that had been seized by the Kinondoni Immigration Office.
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Ms Margreth Prosper, 33, was arrested on January 27 outside the Kinondoni Municipal Council’s offices by the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) officers for soliciting and taking a $3,000 (Sh6.3 million) bribe from a Chinese national Lizhi Ping.
Dar es Salaam. An Immigration officer with the Kinondoni municipality (pictured) appeared before the Kinondoni District Court on Monday charged with soliciting and taking bribes.
Ms Margreth Prosper, 33, was arrested on January 27 outside the Kinondoni Municipal Council’s offices by the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) officers for soliciting and taking a $3,000 (Sh6.3 million) bribe from a Chinese national Lizhi Ping.
She appeared before resident magistrate Obadia Bwegoge and was released on bail. The case will be mentioned again on February 24, this year.
It was alleged that Ms Prosper had pressured Mr Lizhi to give her $ 6,000 (Sh12.6 million) in exchange for ten passports that had been seized by the Kinondoni Immigration Office. The travel documents were for colleagues of Mr Ping. The seizure of the passports followed the directive given by Home minister Charles Kitwanga recently ordering the search and arrest of all foreigners residing and working in the country without appropriate permits.
The amount that Ms Proper was caught taking was only part-payment of the deal she had agreed with Mr Lizhi. Kinondoni PCCB boss Benn Lincolin warned government officers to refrain from engaging in such acts as they risk being caught and charged as per the laws of the land.
Last week, PCCB announced a crackdown on corrupt officials, vowing not to spare anyone.
President John Magufuli recently sacked the Commissioner General of Immigration Department, Mr Sylvester Ambokile, and the commissioner for Administration and Finance, Mr Piniel Mgonja, paving the way for investigations into the alleged corruption scandals facing them.
