Two truck drivers who stole about 2,000 litres of diesel valued at over K46,000 from Khalif Motors Company Limited have been sentenced to three years imprisonment by Ndola Magistrates Court.
Golden Banda and Alex Silupemba,, who are both drivers, were facing two counts of theft and theft by servant.
In count one, Silupemba stole from his employer, Khalif Motors Company Limited, 323 litres of diesel valued at K7,463 last September.
In the second count, Banda also stole from Khalif Motors Company Limited 1,502 litres of diesel worth K39,400.
In delivering judgment, Ndola-based Magistrate Brian Simachela said among the prosecution witnesses who were called by the State prosecution was Isaiah Khalif, 28, a logistics and operations
manager, who told the court that he dispatched Banda to Tanzania before April 2022.
He told the court that after the convict reached Dar es Salaam, he loaded 36,615 litres of diesel and on April 4, 2022, he went to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where he was given a delivery unit to show that the items were delivered.
It was heard that Banda signed for a shortfall of 1,612 litres of diesel on the delivery unit.
He said when asked if Banda had a leakage, he responded that he had a breakdown on the way.
The court further heard that on a different date, Khalif dispatched Silupemba to Mozambique, where he loaded 43,890 litres of diesel, which he offloaded at Tanzania Zambia Mafuta (TAZAMA) depot in Ndola.
Khalif said it was later discovered at TAZAMA depot that Silupemba had a shortage of 323 litres of diesel.
-Daily Mail