MYSTERY:
-He says he was warned
before flying out to the United
Kingdom that he should be careful
-The prominent lawyer and politician
fell ill suddenly during a parliamentary
trip to London and his doctors said he
had been given poison that was meant
to destroy his kidneys within 72 hours
Dar es Salaam
Musoma Rural MP Nimrod Mkono was
poisoned while he was on a
parliamentary trip to London, The
Citizen has learnt.
Mr Mkono, who is also a prominent
lawyer, fell ill suddenly in
London. His doctors said he had
been given poison that was meant to
destroy his kidneys within 72
hours.
“It was exactly two days after
arriving in London and I collapsed
as I attended to the matters that
took me there,” he told The
Citizen. “I fell unconscious and
lost my memory for about six
hours.”
Mr Mkono is reported to have
suddenly started sweating profusely
before he collapsed.
“After I was attended to, the
doctor in London said the poison
was categorically damaging my
kidney.” he told The Citizen.
According to Mr Mkono, he was
warned shortly before flying to
London that he should be careful
and avoid the hotel booked for the
delegation from Tanzania—and he
chose to go directly to his
residence in London. “I received
two messages from some colleagues
warning me to take care during my
stay,” Mr Mkono said. “I was
embedded with some legislators on
that trip.” Security agents from
CID headquarters are already on the
case.
Parliamentary Clerk Thomas
Kashililah said the case had been
reported to his office but he did
not have details.“I know that Hon
Mkono had a health problem while in
London but he is doing well,” Mr
Kashililah said. “Details of his
illness remain a secret between
Mkono and his doctor.”
Mr Mkono was the lead counsel for
the Tanzania Electric Supply Co
Limited (Tanesco) and the
government in the case against
Independent Power Tanzania Limited
(IPTL) in the past decade and
represented both at the
International Centre for Settlement
of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
before his contract expired earlier
this year.
Tanesco declined to renew Mr
Mkono’s contract. He is perceived
as the man behind the leak in the
escrow saga, given the amount of
information he must be having about
the entire scandal.
In July, minister for Energy and
Minerals Sospeter Muhongo accused
Mr Mkono of plotting to oust him
via the escrow scandal—an
allegation that the lawyer
vehemently denies. A few weeks
later, the Speaker asked Mr Mkono
for details on how he handled the
cases of IPTL and Standard
Chartered Bank Hong Kong filed
against Tanesco and the government.
Mr Mkono presented a detailed
dossier on the withdrawal of the
escrow billions amounting to Sh207
billion from the Bank of Tanzania
at a time when there was a case
pending at the international court.
The Citizen could not independently
verify whether there are links
between the poisoning case and the
scandal. Mr Mkono would only say
that investigations would establish
the truth.
Source: The Citizen
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