Cashgate: ACB Happy With 3Yr Sentence For Senzani

The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has expressed its contentment of the verdict passed to the top cashgate convict Tressa Namathanga Senzani on Tuesday 7th October 2014.

Senzani a former Ministry of Tourism Principle Secretary has been sentenced to 3 years imprisonment on money laundering charge and 9 month imprisonment on theft of up to K63.5 million.

Deputy Director for ACB Reyneck Matemba who has been a lead prosecutor in Senzani case said the custodial sentence given to Senzani is a step ahead in prosecution of Cashgate cases.

Cashgate: Senzani Sentence This Tuesday

The Lilongwe High Court Judge Justice Ivy Kamanga has on Monday 6th October 2014 failed to pass sentence to the first Cashgate convict Tressa Namathanga Senzani because the judgment was not ready till late hours of the day.

But Justice Kamanga has told the Defense and State lawyers in her chamber on Monday evening that she had throughout the day preparing the sentence but could not pass it on the same day because she finished at late hour.