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In September 2010, Ezra called a press briefing at Emin Pasha, a Kampala uptown hotel in Nakasero, displaying stacks of bundled dollars as if to dispel claims he had run broke.
Hapo alikuwa anadai hayo mabunda ni $3million dollars, lakini waandishi wa habari hawakuruhusiwa kusogelea na kuhakiki. Cha kuchekesha ni kwamba alikuwa anajaribu kujikosha wakati anadaiwa just $200,000, ambazo hajalipa mpaka leo! Habari hiyo hiyo inaendelea...
"However, around the same time Ezra fled the country after Uganda Revenue Authority had secured an arrest warrant for the businessman over failure to remit taxes. The case is still in court pending arrest. "
habari zingine:
Ezra and the law
In 2010, Uganda Revenue Authority asked court to issue a travel ban and a freeze on Ezras known assets, claiming he had failed to remit more than Shs1.5b (about $500,000) in taxes.
The money, URA told this reporter, has now accumulated to Shs3.4b and the tax collectors have through his lawyers failed to force the businessman to pay the money.
Thus, URA said they would arrest Ezra on sight since the on spot warrant of arrest, which was issued in 2010 still stands.
Similarly in 1999, Ezra was charged before Buganda Road Court over three counts of impersonation, demanding property with menaces and forgery. He was subsequently found guilty by Justice Catherine Bamugemereire and ordered to pay a fine of Shs100,000 or serve a jail term of one year in Luzira prison. However, Ezra secured his freedom by paying the fine.
In 2000, he was again presented before the same court and charged with six counts of obtaining money by false pretence; however, the case was later dismissed for want of prosecution.
He was again in 2010 charged for issuing a bad cheque but the case was dismissed pending his arrest after he fled without a hearing.
source:
Mike Ezra: The man who left Kampala guessing - Prosper
Angalia what it is said about his bid to buy leeds united:
But it was his £60 million audacious bid to buy Leeds United, a British soccer club that had gone bankrupt, that attracted international attention and scrutiny.
In the end, the deal did not materialise, amidst suspicion that Ezras bid was aimed at drawing publicity because it was highly doubtable that he had that sort of money.
source:
Flamboyant Michael Ezra subdued, at last
kumbe jamaa alikuwa anatafuta kiki tu...
habari zingine from the same source above:
Ezra was arrested in Nairobi, Kenya, last week and charged with drawing a bad cheque worth $200,000 (Shs 480 million) to a Kenyan company, SMR Ltd, in 2009 with fraudulent intentions.
He allegedly drew the cheque on October 20, 2009 at Ecobank Towers on Muindi Mbingu Street in Nairobi, knowing that his account had insufficient funds. Ezra allegedly disappeared after drawing the cheque, which prompted the company to drag him to court.
He obtained bail on Monday but remained in custody after failing to raise the required Shs 116m immediately. Judith Nabakooba, the police spokeswoman, told The Observer on Tuesday that Ugandan authorities were closely monitoring the case.
She revealed that they had, in fact assisted their Kenya counterparts in apprehending Ezra.
They have consulted us and there is information we gave them, which helped them arrest him, Nabakooba said, declining to disclose further details.
Last year, the police issued a warrant of arrest for Ezra, following his failure to clear multiple debts and allegedly issuing two bad cheques worth Shs 2 billion.
According to Ugandan police, Ezra issued false cheques to one Frank Katusiime and Dr Charles Mushabe, and failed to pay Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) more than Shs 1.2 billion in taxes.
.....bado hakuna mtu anajua a single business he does, all he is known for is showing off