A Mombasa court docket has at present sentenced a middle-aged Tanzanian lady to 45 years in jail for trafficking heroin with an estimated worth of Ksh 16,167,000.
In his Judgement, Principal Justice of the Peace Martin Rabera discovered Maimuna Jumanne Amir responsible of drug trafficking in 5,389 grams of heroin hid in a black travelling bag.
The accused was additionally fined Ksh 48,501,000 (which is 3 occasions the worth of the medication in her possession) in default 10 years in jail for the offence of the trafficking in narcotic medication opposite to part 4 (a) of the narcotic medication and psychotropic substances (management) act no. 4 of 1994. That is after being given a sentenced of 35 years in imprison.
The sentencing part within the act in cost sheet learn that “the accused as soon as discovered responsible can be first fined 3 occasions the sum of money of the medication discovered after which be given a sentence for the precise offence,”
However because the accused can both pay the effective or fail to pay, she was given extra years “in lieu of paying effective to behave as an incentive.”
The accused is alleged to have dedicated the offense collectively with others not earlier than court docket on 14 March, 2021 at Moi Worldwide Airport in Changamwe sub-county inside Mombasa county.
In his Judgement, Rabera dominated that the Prosecution led by Prosecution Counsel Barbara Sombo proved its case to the usual offered underneath the regulation.
The court docket indicated that 16 prosecution witnesses gave collaborative testimonies towards the accused therefore positioned her on the scene of crime.
The court docket additionally dominated that the accused did not absolve herself from the offence going through her leaving the court docket with no possibility however convict and sentence her in accordance with the regulation.
