Waliotaka kupindua serikali 8 - 9 January 1983 ni hawa waliotajwa hapa chini katika gazeti la Daily News wakiwa mahakamani. Mpango huo ulianza November 1982.
Ingawa mmoja wao, mwanajeshi, alipoulizwa katika mahojiano na Godfrey Mwakikagile (Nyerere and Africa: End of an Era, kurasa 680 - 690) kama ni kweli walikuwa na mpango wa kumuua raisi, Mwalimu Nyerere, alisema hawakuwa na mpango huo, moja ya mashtaka yao lilikuwa ni hilo la kutaka kumuua raisi, kutokana na taarifa ya Charles Kizigha, mwandishi wa habari wa Daily News aliyekuwa kortini kesi hiyo ilipokuwa inaendelea.
Pia katika mahojiano hayo mwanajeshi huyo alipoulizwa na Mwakikagile ikiwa kulikuwa na "foreign power" ambayo ilihusika na mpango wa kupindua serikali, alisema hapana, lakini alikiri kwamba kulikuwa na "foreign funding." Professor Horace Campbell, Mjamaica aliyewahi kufundisha Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam (UDSM), alisema ni serikali ya makaburu Afrika Kusini iliyohusika na mpango wa kumpindua Mwalimu Nyerere. Labda ndiyo hiyo "foreign funding" ambayo mwanajeshi huyo aliitaja.
INVESTIGATIONS into the treason case in which 30 armymen and civilians are charged of conspiring to cause death to the President of Tanzania, depose him and overthrow the government, were in advanced stage.
This was said by Senior Superintendent of Police Tatu Omari, prosecuting, before a packed court at Kisutu Resident Magistrates court in Dares Salaam yesterday.
SSP. Omari asked Chief Resident Magistrate Joseph Masanche to set the next mention on June 16, adding that the prosecution needed only two more mentions before moving to the preliminary inquiry (PI) stage.
“I will be in a better position to say exactly how far the investigations had proceeded during the next mention”, she told the court.
Chief Magistrate Masanche fixed June 17 as the next mention date because the defence counsels for some of the accused pleaded commitments at the High Court and other courts on the date suggested by the prosecution.
All the accused persons, excepting 9th accused Lt. Col. Martin Ngalomba (40) who was absent on "health grounds", were in court when the case came up for the 10th mention yesterday.
Accused Number Three Capt. Suleiman Metusela Kamando claimed in court that he was subjected to sufferings for reasons that he did not know. "For the three weeks that I spent at the Central Police Station , I was sleeping on the floor without a blanket. We get one meal a day at Ukonga Prison ... That is where I am now'', he said.
Capt. Kamando said his employer - Tanzania People's Defence Forces (TPDF) – had stopped paying his salary and had evicted his family from a TPDF house.
He asked the court to ensure that investigations were completed soonest so that the PI should start. He also asked for an advocate. Ndugu Masanche assured him that he would get one at a certain stage of the court proceedings.
The treason case involves 21 armymen and nine civilians. The 21 armymen include Three Lt. Cols.; one Major; eight Capts.; eight Lts. and one sergeant.
The three Lt. Cols. are Martin Peter Msami (36) of TPDF, Songea; Martin· Ngalomba (40) of TPDF Kisarawe and Protas Bachumbila Mchwampaka (40) of TPDF headquarters.
The only Major in the trials is Reverian Bubelwa (32) of TPDF Mgulani.
The captains are: Suleiman Metusela Kamando (36) a TPDF pilot; Vitalis Gabnel Mapunda (35); Dietrich Oswald Mbogoro (28); Rodric Roshan Roberts ·(39) ali of TPDF, Airwing; Zacharia Hans Poppe (26).
Others are Abdul Feshi Mketto (31) of TPDF Airwing; Harry Hans Poppe, (31) of TPDF Airwing and Manyama Athumani Kazukamwe (30) of Navy.
The Lts. include Badru Rwechungura Kajaja (32) of TPDF Infantry School in Nachingwea; Pascal Christian Chaika (29); John Alphonce Chitunguii (26) of TPDF Lugalo; Mark Augustine Mkude (28) of TPDF Dar es Salaam; John Simon Mbelwa Mzimba (33) of TPDF Kibaha.
Others are: Gervas B. Rweyongeza (36) of TPDF Kibaha; Othar Thomas Haule (33) of TPDF Kawe and Nimrod Theophil Faraji of TPDF Arusha.
The sergeant is Michael Mwigulu (32) of Kawe.
The civilians include a businessman, Pius Mtakubwa Lugangila alias Father Tom orUncle Tom (40) with the following addresses – l09A Golders/Green Road, London NW 11 UK; 4 Muguga Green, Westlands Nairobi; 51 Manor Drive, Wembley Park Middlesex UK/4 Roland Gardens South Kensington. He is the first accused.
Others are Hatty Magbee alias Hatibu Ghandi MacGhee (37) a pilot with Air Tanzania Corporation (ATC); Christopher Pastor Ngaiza (52) Personal Assistant to the President responsible for the Kagera Basin Affairs; Dar es Salaam Businessman Jayantilal Pragji Rajan (53); Robert Bayona (29), Sales Manager of Tanzania Shoes Company (Bora).
Others are Thadeo Boniface Mutakyawa Bugingo (37) of the University of Dar es Salaam; Ramadhani Otto (46), a mechanic at Bungoni Area in the city; George Banyikwa (38), a businessman resident at Drive-In Cinema area and Seleman Seif Nassoro, a Dar es Salaam businessman.
All the accused persons have been remanded in custody until June 17, when the case comes up for the eleventh mention.
Source:
Treason case investigations 'nearly r eady' – Nakala
https://www.nakala.fr/data/11280/b8290f88
Ingawa mmoja wao, mwanajeshi, alipoulizwa katika mahojiano na Godfrey Mwakikagile (Nyerere and Africa: End of an Era, kurasa 680 - 690) kama ni kweli walikuwa na mpango wa kumuua raisi, Mwalimu Nyerere, alisema hawakuwa na mpango huo, moja ya mashtaka yao lilikuwa ni hilo la kutaka kumuua raisi, kutokana na taarifa ya Charles Kizigha, mwandishi wa habari wa Daily News aliyekuwa kortini kesi hiyo ilipokuwa inaendelea.
Pia katika mahojiano hayo mwanajeshi huyo alipoulizwa na Mwakikagile ikiwa kulikuwa na "foreign power" ambayo ilihusika na mpango wa kupindua serikali, alisema hapana, lakini alikiri kwamba kulikuwa na "foreign funding." Professor Horace Campbell, Mjamaica aliyewahi kufundisha Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam (UDSM), alisema ni serikali ya makaburu Afrika Kusini iliyohusika na mpango wa kumpindua Mwalimu Nyerere. Labda ndiyo hiyo "foreign funding" ambayo mwanajeshi huyo aliitaja.
Treason case investigations 'nearly ready'
Charles Kizigha, Daily News, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
4 – 7 – 1983
INVESTIGATIONS into the treason case in which 30 armymen and civilians are charged of conspiring to cause death to the President of Tanzania, depose him and overthrow the government, were in advanced stage.
This was said by Senior Superintendent of Police Tatu Omari, prosecuting, before a packed court at Kisutu Resident Magistrates court in Dares Salaam yesterday.
SSP. Omari asked Chief Resident Magistrate Joseph Masanche to set the next mention on June 16, adding that the prosecution needed only two more mentions before moving to the preliminary inquiry (PI) stage.
“I will be in a better position to say exactly how far the investigations had proceeded during the next mention”, she told the court.
Chief Magistrate Masanche fixed June 17 as the next mention date because the defence counsels for some of the accused pleaded commitments at the High Court and other courts on the date suggested by the prosecution.
All the accused persons, excepting 9th accused Lt. Col. Martin Ngalomba (40) who was absent on "health grounds", were in court when the case came up for the 10th mention yesterday.
Accused Number Three Capt. Suleiman Metusela Kamando claimed in court that he was subjected to sufferings for reasons that he did not know. "For the three weeks that I spent at the Central Police Station , I was sleeping on the floor without a blanket. We get one meal a day at Ukonga Prison ... That is where I am now'', he said.
Capt. Kamando said his employer - Tanzania People's Defence Forces (TPDF) – had stopped paying his salary and had evicted his family from a TPDF house.
He asked the court to ensure that investigations were completed soonest so that the PI should start. He also asked for an advocate. Ndugu Masanche assured him that he would get one at a certain stage of the court proceedings.
The treason case involves 21 armymen and nine civilians. The 21 armymen include Three Lt. Cols.; one Major; eight Capts.; eight Lts. and one sergeant.
The three Lt. Cols. are Martin Peter Msami (36) of TPDF, Songea; Martin· Ngalomba (40) of TPDF Kisarawe and Protas Bachumbila Mchwampaka (40) of TPDF headquarters.
The only Major in the trials is Reverian Bubelwa (32) of TPDF Mgulani.
The captains are: Suleiman Metusela Kamando (36) a TPDF pilot; Vitalis Gabnel Mapunda (35); Dietrich Oswald Mbogoro (28); Rodric Roshan Roberts ·(39) ali of TPDF, Airwing; Zacharia Hans Poppe (26).
Others are Abdul Feshi Mketto (31) of TPDF Airwing; Harry Hans Poppe, (31) of TPDF Airwing and Manyama Athumani Kazukamwe (30) of Navy.
The Lts. include Badru Rwechungura Kajaja (32) of TPDF Infantry School in Nachingwea; Pascal Christian Chaika (29); John Alphonce Chitunguii (26) of TPDF Lugalo; Mark Augustine Mkude (28) of TPDF Dar es Salaam; John Simon Mbelwa Mzimba (33) of TPDF Kibaha.
Others are: Gervas B. Rweyongeza (36) of TPDF Kibaha; Othar Thomas Haule (33) of TPDF Kawe and Nimrod Theophil Faraji of TPDF Arusha.
The sergeant is Michael Mwigulu (32) of Kawe.
The civilians include a businessman, Pius Mtakubwa Lugangila alias Father Tom orUncle Tom (40) with the following addresses – l09A Golders/Green Road, London NW 11 UK; 4 Muguga Green, Westlands Nairobi; 51 Manor Drive, Wembley Park Middlesex UK/4 Roland Gardens South Kensington. He is the first accused.
Others are Hatty Magbee alias Hatibu Ghandi MacGhee (37) a pilot with Air Tanzania Corporation (ATC); Christopher Pastor Ngaiza (52) Personal Assistant to the President responsible for the Kagera Basin Affairs; Dar es Salaam Businessman Jayantilal Pragji Rajan (53); Robert Bayona (29), Sales Manager of Tanzania Shoes Company (Bora).
Others are Thadeo Boniface Mutakyawa Bugingo (37) of the University of Dar es Salaam; Ramadhani Otto (46), a mechanic at Bungoni Area in the city; George Banyikwa (38), a businessman resident at Drive-In Cinema area and Seleman Seif Nassoro, a Dar es Salaam businessman.
All the accused persons have been remanded in custody until June 17, when the case comes up for the eleventh mention.
Source:
Treason case investigations 'nearly r eady' – Nakala
https://www.nakala.fr/data/11280/b8290f88