Dar es Salaam’s Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court today sentenced former Director General of Tanzania Port Authority, Ephraim Mgawe, to three years in jail or pay 5m/- fine for abuse of office.

The charge related to a contract of expanding Dar es Salaam Port berths number 13 and 14 which was intended to go to a Chinese firm—China Communications Construction Company Limited (CCCCL). The project was later cancelled.

The same court, however, set free the then TPA Deputy DG Hamadi Koshuma, for lack of evidence.