Dar es Salaam, July 23 -- THE Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) in Mwanza Region saved over 50m/- between April and June, this year.

The head of the anti-graft agency in the region, Mr Emmanuel Stenga, told reporters here yesterday that a total of 53,086,720/- was recovered from the bank accounts of some individuals.

According to Mr Stenga 8,325,420/-was deposited in a special account opened at Central Bank while 24,377,300 was recovered from cooperative societies and individuals.

He added that 20,384,000/- was diverted from Moram project along Bupumula Street in Nyamhongolo Ward by local government leader Marco Ncheye who deposited it into his personal account.

The regional PCCB boss added that the payment to Moram...