The Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday withdrew the case against Julius Rutta, who was charged with corruptly receiving 161,700,000/- from James Rugemalira of VIP Engineering.
The decision came after the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) prosecutor Max Ari informed the court that they did not have the intention to proceed with the case against the accused.
Principal Resident Magistrate Huruma Shaidi withdrew the case under Section 98(a) of the Criminal Procedure Act.
“Your Honour, we are requesting the court to withdraw the case, that is coming up for hearing today, under Section 98 (a) of CPA because we don’t have an intention to proceed with it,” said Ari.
According to the charge sheet it was alleged that Rutta committed the offence on February 6, 2014 at Mkombozi Bank main branch within Ilala District.
It was alleged that on the material day the accused corruptly obtained 161,700,000/- through his account number 00120102646201, which was part of the Tegeta Escrow Account.
The court was told that the accused received the money from James Rugemalira, a private international consultant and director of VIP Engineering and Marketing and former director of Independent Power Tanzania Ltd (IPTL).
It was alleged that the money was given to him as a reward for facilitating payment from the mentioned account to Pan African Power Solutions (T) Ltd.
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN
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