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Ni nini unasema Your Excellency?
yule mwisii amekuwa jela TZ ndie ana-celebrate
Mwuisi mugani? Clue a brother in…
[SIZE=7]CITY TYCOON DON BOSCO RELEASED AFTER FIVE YEARS’ IN TANZANIAN PRISON[/SIZE]
[SIZE=5]Posted on Oct 2, 2018[/SIZE]
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Businessman Don Bosco Gichana afterhe was released from Tanzanian prison on October 02, 2018. PHOTO | COURTESY
By RUTH MBULA
Flamboyant businessman and politician Don Bosco Gichana is finally free after five years of detention by a Tanzanian court.
The controversial politician, who in 2007 gifted opposition leader Raila Odinga with a Hummer SUV, had been in custody since 2013.
Mr Gichana was tried for conspiracy and money laundering alongside four people including his lawyer Median Mwale.
MONEY LAUNDERING
The showy and youthful politician was first arrested on March 29, 2013, when he went to Tanzania to visit Mr Mwale, who had been in detention since August 2011 over charges including money laundering.
Three weeks ago, Mr Gichana pleaded guilty before the High Court in Arusha and was sentenced to five years in jail, a term he had already served.
He was also ordered to pay a fine of Tsh300 million (about Sh13.7 million).
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On September 28, Mr Gichana’s family deposited the amount to the Tanzania Revenue Collection Account in Arusha to secure his freedom.
On Monday evening, Mr Gichana’s relatives posted pictures on social media of him being cleared at the Namanga border.
TO VISIT KISII
Sources told the Nation that the politician arrived safely in Nairobi County and will soon visit Kisii County where he comes from.
Mr Gichana could not hide his joy after returning home from the neighbouring country.
He had earlier expressed disappointment, saying he had been denied justice.
“Thank you counsel, family, friends and everyone who has been with me in this journey. I’m free and back to my motherland, Kenya. May God bless you,” he said on his Facebook page.
He added: “Let me grab some sweet nyama choma (roasted meat), I missed it!”
Don Bosco. Mwisi sugu. Hii niko sure Rao alimtetea afungulie
Kijana wetu ame rudi nyumbani
He has a Saint’s name?
But not heart…
Serikali no Kali. You have seen how the TZ system squeezed him. Forced him to accept charges. Then released him after a hefty fine. Only in Kenya where well known criminals do not seem to fear the state apparatus.
But it is good Don is back home. I was saddened when his mum died when he was incarcerated and he could not attend.
We learn something everyday.
Padre if i may, who’s the patron saint of thieves?
Humbwer Cocoa
We are the regional superpower and should never ever allow our people to be tortured in third rate jails. Kama mtu ako Sudan ama wherever arudishwe nybani tupeleke Kamiti ama F5s take to the sky. Hii upuzi ya kuwa harassed na mpaka S. Sudan na Somalia inabore. Having said that, ODPP should open proceedings against that thug…
None Bro.
I wouldn’t want to say that the good padre is lying, won’t call him a liar to his face but I do believe that he has painted that truth with very big strokes…
A patron saint for thieves - Arlington Catholic Herald
I STAND TO BE CORRECTED!
Oh,the wonders of ngungu I tell you…
@blueline if I was to quote #basketmouth you are safe…:D:D:D
it’s good he’s out.
Hehehe…
Flamboyant businessman? We celebrate our cons and yet decry the ills in our society.
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