Tanzania, March 12 -- Dar es Salaam. The Court of Appeal of Tanzania has overturned the conviction and quashed the sentences imposed on former Udart managing director Robert Kisena and his two co-accused, ordering their immediate release.

Mr Kisena and his colleagues, Mr Charles Newe, who was also a director at Udart, and Tumaini Kulwa, who served as cashier at the company, had earlier been convicted of economic sabotage offences and sentenced to three years in prison alongside fines.

According to the ruling, Mr Kisena was sentenced to three years in jail and ordered to pay Sh200 million in fine.

Mr Newe received the same sentence of three years and a Sh200 million fine, while Kulwa was sentenced to three years in prison and fined Sh10...