{"id":22815,"date":"2021-03-31T08:04:58","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T05:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/?p=22815"},"modified":"2021-03-31T08:05:02","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T05:05:02","slug":"tanzania-ports-authority-boss-arrested-over-embezzlement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/31\/tanzania-ports-authority-boss-arrested-over-embezzlement\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanzania Ports Authority Boss Arrested Over Embezzlement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) Director-General Deusdedit Kakoko has been arrested over alleged embezzlement of 3.6bn Tanzanian shillings ($1.5m; \u00a31m).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The newly-elected President Samia Suluhu recently read the auditor&#8217;s latest report, saw that the money was unaccounted for and ordered country&#8217;s anti-corruption bureau to start an investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Kakoko was suspended on 28 March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government anti-graft watchdog, PCCB has refuted claims that large sums of cash have been found at the home of Kakoko. 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