Resident Magistrate's Court judge sentenced sentenced to 20 years in prison a man and his wife after being convicted of racketeering offenses and criminal networks, owning and engage with government trophies worth 2.2 billion shillings, against the law.
Waliohukumiwa is Peter Kabi (45) and his wife, Leonida Kabi (46) who had stocks of ivory in the coffin and covered with the national flag to show that transports troops to Tarakea calamity.
The verdict was issued yesterday by the Chief Magistrate, Compassion Refractory witness who also ordered 212 pieces of elephant tusks handed over to the Director of Wildlife.
However, their death, the court convicted the defendants last week where the prosecution led by State Attorney Paul Athanas Kadushi and asked Elia to add one witness to emphasize that sentence.
Wildlife researcher from the Research Institute of Wildlife (TAWIRI), Emmanuel Lyimo (32) told the court that they have been doing research to find out the real situation of elephants in the country through various census.
He claimed that 2012 was a census of wildlife after seeing that elephants are declining dramatically where it reached 50 percent.
He claimed in 2006, there were 134,000 elephants and later 2009 were 100,000 and that by 2012 the number of elephants decreased to reach 43,000.
"After seeing the poor condition of the elephants in our parks, Operation End ikaandaa government in 2013 as they decreased 53.3 percent to reach elephants, but after patrolling the number increased to 50,000 elephants," claimed Lyimo.
He claimed that detects elephants were killed by poaching or through normal judging by the number of carcasses to be dying elephants through poaching, his teeth yakutwi scene.
She also alleged that the elephant has many advantages in terms of the environment and the economy and that their findings are made using planes are tied camera.
Describing the impact of elephants killed, the witness claimed to have killed 93 elephants are large numbers because their production takes a long time where the pregnant 22 months and until he can grow and bear elephant lasts 12 years.
He claimed the elephant is important because animals are among the five most precious animal world and powindwa poaching reduce government revenues.
In addition, she claimed continued decline in elephant leads the country removed from that national agencies concerned with the protection of the animal world and that affects the relationship.
He demanded punishment for such offenses is 20 years imprisonment or a fine 30 with potential to double the value of ivory were suspected to the defendants.
He also claimed the elephant 93 slain are many and in a national policy on the fight against poaching and killing of elephants, the court is a member in that war and it can not succeed without the court and that there is an effect that is defined for economic courts give severe punishment.
Telling about penalties, attorney claimed Kadushi section 11 of the Wildlife Act No. 5 of 2009, explains that the provisions are necessary for the court to confiscate trophies associated with the case, including elephant tusks and five bones of elephants.
"We have done nothing used to criminalize vitaifishwe including the house in which the first accused owns and unto the Director of Wildlife," claimed Kadushi.
Counsel for the defense of the accused, Bernard Kagwa urged the court to give punishment without kumkomoa accused and that the purpose of punishment is to fix.
He also asked the court to consider that the suspect is the husband and wife who are both studying children with elderly parents who depend on them. "Defendants have more than 45 years and home ownership is described in the evidence is lacking,
Judge Refractory witness said the first offense in this case is 15 years in prison, missed the second and the third for 20 years and the punishment goes together.
It was stated in date unknown prior to October 27, 2012 at various locations in the city of Dar es Salaam and Iringa, together defendants comprise the crime for collecting and selling the spoils of government, which are pieces 210 elephant tusks without a permit.