Accused in fake antiretroviral case to appear before court next month

Ramadhani Madabida Accused in fake antiretroviral case to appear before court next month By Karama Kenyunko 19th March 2014 Executive ...

Ramadhani Madabida

Accused in fake antiretroviral case to appear before court next month
By Karama Kenyunko
19th March 2014

Executive Officer for Pharmaceutical Industries Limited Ramadhani Madabida
Charged with five counts including supplying counterfeit drugs, the Kisutu Resident Magistrate Court   has set April 23 for
 preliminary hearing of the case facing the Executive Officer for Pharmaceutical Industries Limited Ramadhani Madabida and five others.

That decision came after the prosecution led by state Attorney Jackline Nyantori informed the court, presided over by Resident Magistrate Nyigulile Mwaseba, that investigations into the case is complete.
Madabida who is also Dar es Salaam region’s CCM Chairman is charged with similar counts along with first, three other suspects Seif Shamte Director of Operations, Simon Msoffe Marketing Manager and Fatma Shango Assistant Accountant.
Other counts facing the four include obtaining money by false pretence and occasioning a loss of over 148m/- to the Medical Stores Department (MSD).

Then two other employees of the pharmaceutical firm Sadiki Materu, Quality Assurance Manager and Evans Mwemezi, Quality Assurance Officer are charged with negligence.
The prosecution alleged that on April 5, 2011 in Dar es Salaam, Madabida, Shamte, Msoffe and Shango supplied to MSD 7,776 Tins of counterfeit Antiretroviral Drugs purportedly containing ingredients Stavudine 30mg+Nevirapine 200mg+Lamivudine 15omg, with batch number OC 01.85 manufactured in March 2011 and expiring on February last year as genuine Antiretroviral drugs.

In another count it was alleged that between April 12 and 29, 2011 the four accused with intent to defraud or deceive obtained from MSD USD 98,506.8 equivalent to 148,350,156/- by pretending that the amount was payment for genuine 12,252 Tins of Antiretroviral Drugs supplied.

Further it was alleged that between April 5 and 13, 2011, the accused being employees of MSD, Materu and Mwemezi, knowing that there was a plot to commit an offence of supplying counterfeit drugs, failed to apply all reasonable means to prevent the crime from being committed.
On another count it was alleged that between April 5 and 30, 2011, through willful acts and reason of their failure to execute their duties in a reasonable manner, all the accused enabled MSD to be supplied with 12,252 Tins of fake drugs, leading to a pecuniary loss of 148m/-.

Until court resumes next month, all the accused remain out on bail.

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