Aliyekuwa Waziri Mkuu wa Gabon akamatwa kwa Deni la Mwaka 2008

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Aliyekuwa Waziri Mkuu wa Gabon na mwanasiasa mashuhuri wa upinzani, Alain-Claude Bilie-By-Nze, amekamatwa na vyombo vya usalama nchini humo, chama chake kimetangaza katika taarifa yake siku ya Alhamisi.

Chama chake cha Ensemble pour le Gabon (EPG) kimesema kuwa ukamataji huo ulifanyika nyumbani kwake siku ya Jumatano (Aprili 15, 2026) na mawakala kutoka Kurugenzi Kuu ya Upelelezi (DGR), ambayo ni idara ya ujasusi. Chama hicho kimeuelezea ukamataji huo kama "wa kidhalimu, wa kikatili, na unaokiuka waziwazi misingi mikuu ya utawala wa sheria."

Kwa mujibu wa EPG, kiongozi wao amekamatwa kutokana na deni la faranga milioni tano za Afrika ya Kati (sawa na dola 8,999) la tangu mwaka 2008. Wakati huo, Bilie-By-Nze mwenye umri wa miaka 58 sasa, alikuwa mmoja wa waandaaji wa Tamasha la Taifa la Utamaduni, ambalo ni tukio la kiserikali la kusherehekea urithi wa nchi hiyo. Inadaiwa kuwa mtoa huduma mmoja hakulipwa na amekuwa akiendelea kudai malipo yake mpaka sasa.

Bilie-By-Nze alikuwa Waziri Mkuu wa mwisho wa aliyekuwa Rais wa Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, ambaye aling'olewa madarakani kupitia mapinduzi ya kijeshi mnamo Agosti 2023. Bilie-By-Nze alishika nafasi ya pili katika uchaguzi wa mwaka 2025 Gabon ikiwa ni uchaguzi wa kwanza tangu mapinduzi ya 2023 ambapo alishindwa na kiongozi wa kijeshi, Brice Oligui Nguema.

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Gabon authorities have arrested main opposition leader and vocal government critic Alain-Claude Bilie-By-Nze, his political party said in a statement on Thursday.

Bilie-By-Nze was detained at his home late on Wednesday, his Together For Gabon (EPG) party said, adding that it was carried out in "conditions that we consider arbitrary, brutal and manifestly contrary to the fundamental principles of the rule of law."

The party said the arrest is linked to a 2008 event for which the politician was at the head of the organising committee.

The case relates to “a debt that the Gabonese government allegedly failed to pay in connection with the organization of the Festival of Cultures,” the party added.

EPG condemned the arrest as a "serious political manoeuvre" aimed at "silencing a major critical voice."

Bilie-By-Nze held several government posts under former Gabonese president Ali Bongo and served as prime minister from January to August 2023, when a coup deposed Bongo.

He was also the runner-up in last year’s presidential election, coming far behind president-elect Brice Oligui Nguema, who won with more than 94% of the vote.

In recent months, Bilie-By-Nze has opposed a suspension of social media introduced in February and has criticised the adoption by decree of a reform of the nationality laws.

The measures were introduced as Gabon's new administration confronted agitation including a strike by teachers.

Source: African news

 

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Songesha subirini mwisho wa mwezi huu niwalipe deni lenu. Sitaki na mimi kuja kukamatwa au kufikishwa mahakamani kwa sababu ya madeni ya aina hii, nikiwa Rais wa Tanganyika.

 

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Daaah mdaiwa kagoma hata kupigwa picha ya ukamataji wake.
Kazi ni kipimo cha utu

 

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Aliyekuwa Waziri Mkuu wa Gabon, Alain-Claude Bilie-By-Nze, amekamatwa na kuwekwa ndani siku ya Jumatano akisubiri kufikishwa mahakamani.

• Sababu ya kukamatwa: Anachunguzwa kwa tuhuma za utapeli na matumizi mabaya ya pesa zilizotengwa kwa ajili ya tamasha la utamaduni la mwaka 2008 (miaka 18 iliyopita).

• Pesa inayohusika: Inadaiwa kuna kiasi cha faranga milioni 5 (kama Shilingi milioni 23 za Kitanzania au dola 9,000) ambazo hazikurudishwa au kulipwa kwa mtoa huduma.

• Upande wa Upinzani: Chama chake kinasema kukamatwa huku ni hila za kisiasa tu. Wanadai kuwa deni hilo lilikuwa la serikali na si la kwake binafsi, na wanashangaa kwa nini amekamatwa kwa nguvu sasa hivi wakati yeye ni mkosoaji mkubwa wa serikali ya kijeshi

Bilie By Nze ni nani?

Bilie-By-Nze alikuwa kiongozi wa mwisho chini ya Rais Ali Bongo aliyeondolewa madarakani mwaka 2023. Kwa sasa, yeye ndiye mpinzani mkuu wa kiongozi wa kijeshi aliyepo madarakani, Brice Oligui Nguema.

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Gabon’s former prime minister and leading opposition figure, Alain-Claude Bilie-By-Nze, has been placed in pre-trial detention following his arrest on Wednesday.

He is under investigation over allegations of fraud and breach of trust linked to a 2008 national cultural festival for which he was one of the organisers.

The prosecutor said a service provider, who claims they have not been paid for their role in the event, had filed a complaint “implicating” the former premier.

"The alleged facts concern the non‑repayment of a sum of five million CFA francs (around $9,000) which he is said to have received,” the prosecutor added.

The case has sparked criticism from his Ensemble pour le Gabon (EPG) party, which said the move was politically motivated.

It said the case was linked to debt the Gabonese state failed to pay at the time and "imputing it personally” to Bilie‑By‑Nze, “even though he was acting in an institutional framework".

It described the arrest of the vocal government critic as “arbitrary, brutal, and manifestly contrary to the fundamental principles of the rule of law”.

Bilie-By-Nze was the last prime minister for former Gabonese president Ali Bongo Ondimba, who was ousted in a military coup in August 2023.

Following the takeover, he emerged as a central figure in the political opposition and was runner up in the last election, losing to the junta leader Brice Oligui Nguema

Source: Africa News