DAR ES SALAAM, Nov. 14 -- THE Kisutu Resident Magistrates' Court in Dar es Salaam has ordered a Somali national, Abshir Hachi Afrah, to pay over 8bn/-as compensation to the government for the loss he occasioned to the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA).
Principal Resident Magistrate, Janeth Mtega gave the order after convicting the 56-year-old businessman on his own plea of guilty to the charge for occasioning the loss to a specified authority.
The magistrate ordered the accused to pay 800m/-immediately. Initially, the businessman was facing two counts, including tax evasion.
After the amnesty granted by President John Magufuli recently, Afrah wrote to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), requesting to plead guilty to one of the offe...