Basil Pesambili Mramba (15 May 1940 – 17 August 2021) was a Tanzanian CCM politician who served as Member of Parliament for the Rombo constituency from 2004 to 2014.

Biography

In 2015, he and former minister Daniel Yona were sentenced to three years' imprisonment for awarding an audit contract to UK firm Alex Stewart Assayers which meant its operations in Tanzania were exempt from tax. After seven months in prison, the remainder of Mramba's and Yona's sentence was commuted to community service.

Basil Mramba

He died from complications of COVID-19 on 17 August 2021 in Dar es Salaam at the age of 81 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Tanzania.

Basil Mramba

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1940 births

2021 deaths

Chama Cha Mapinduzi MPs

Tanzanian MPs 2005–2010

Finance Ministers of Tanzania

Tabora Boys Secondary School alumni

Makerere University alumni

Alumni of City, University of London

People from Kilimanjaro Region

People convicted of corruption

Politicians convicted of corruption

Tanzanian politicians convicted of crimes

Tanzanian politicians convicted of corruption

Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Tanzania

Tanzanian Roman Catholics

Basil Mramba