Benson Chacha was arrested by police in Tarime, Tanzania as a key suspect in a scam targeting Members of Parliament (MPs) and other senior government officials.

Chacha had been hiding in Tanzania before his arrest waiting for his documents before he could move to Zanzibar where he had rented a house for a year.?

The former employee in the Ministry of Devolution is alleged to have conned the MPs by sending them text messages using the name of Murang’a Woman Representative Sabina Chege.