More innocent Tanzanians lynched by mob justice

A Total number of 4,500 Tanzanians have been killed by a mob justice in various parts in the country for the last one year, ex-minister for Home Affairs Dr. Emmanuel Nchimbi said in Parliament on Monday last week before his position rescinded by the President on Friday. Dr. Nchimbi noted that, there has been increasing habits by some people who tend to take law into their hands and continue killing innocent Tanzanians, some are suspecting their victims without proving their involvements in such mischief beyond any reasonable doubt. He noted that, among the killed suspects includes old people suspected to have been involved in witchcraft, the incidences which are notoriously being practiced in Shinyanga, Simiyu and Mwanza regions respectively. Dismayed by the alarming rate, Dr. Nchimbi has called upon people to desist from taking law in their own hands. He has also reiterated the government’s commitment to deal with the matter once and for all. Minister Nchimbi was winding up his statement when contributing to a report of Parliamentary standing Committee on Security and Defense which was tabled earlier and later on was approved by the house in the evening. Contributing his views for the same committee, another ex-minister for Defense Shamsi Vuai Nahodha highlighted various dangerous effects resulting for residential houses to be constructed  closer to the military camps. He has therefore warned Tanzanians with such thing in mind as it is very dangerous. He cautioned saying that it poses danger owing to the fact that, there are explosive materials which are very dangerous to the people. On the compensation payments of soldiers who fought in war in Darfur and elsewhere in the country, the minister noted that. The government was doing all it can in order to settle such payments to soldiers who dedicated their lives as patriots for the sake of the country. However, he noted that, the United Nations has started to settle such payments of soldiers who lost their lives while in mission to accomplish the UN declaration for peace keeping process in war torn region of Darfur in Sudan. He said already the payment of the three soldiers is already made and the bereaved families have received the money since on 27^th November 2013. However, he has also promised that the government would continue making a follow up of the payments of the remaining soldiers to make sure that their families are paid as planned. For Tanzanian soldiers who died while in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for the same mission, he noted that, their payments have already been settled. He said that, Tanzanian soldiers who have been stationed in DRC will continue staying there as the situation is not well with the rebel groups. He noted that the n notorious M23 rebel group received a thorough beating to the extent that they decided to withdraw their troupes. In view of this, he has thanked other soldiers from Malawi and South Africa who have strengthened security in the region for their cooperation in the region which has now restored peace in the area. Contributing to the report of Parliamentary standing committee on foreign affairs and international cooperation also tabled on the same day, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Benard Membe responded to the various queries that the committee members had raised in their report. Among the issued discussed were the slow pace decision making of the government and its failure to construct three diplomatic Tanzania offices in New York-USA, London-UK and Nairobi-Kenya.  However, minister Membe said that, the government is still committed to accomplish its plans in order to have own office building in these countries despite of financial constraints which has been a drawback to quicken the process. On the foreign investors in the country which the report noted that should be reinforced for the better national economy, minister Membe said that, Tanzania continues to receive foreign investors and this has been building a good relationships with the outside world. About the border between Tanzania and Burundi, the foreign minister noted that there are no proper beacons to identify the demarcation marks in these two countries. In view of the issue, he noted that, fresh beacons would be placed next year in April in a ceremony which would be attended  by Presidents of two countries, Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania and Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi. However, he noted that, there are also the same problem of the disappearance of such beacons in the border of Tanzania-Kenya which he said would also be solved later. Either he stated that, the government of Tanzania has thanked the Chinese government for its assistance over the construction of Nyerere Convention Centre in Dar res Salaam which he said had cost Sh. 46.2 billion.  Minister Membe said that, out of these, the Chinese government contributed Sh. 21.6 billion as grant to the government of Tanzania, and the rest would be paid as soft loan after having enjoying a grace period to last after 10 years’ time.  He further noted that, the construction of this famous convention centre has been carried out under the values of the Chinese laws which Tanzanian government has a reason to be proud of its magnificent. Contributing for the same committee’s report, the Minister for East Africa Community (EAC) Samwel Sitta said that, the five member states of the East African regional bloc have not yet approved the use of a single VISA traveling for lack of a network as the member states are not yet connected to a single network. Speaking on his behalf, the deputy minister for East African Community Abdallah Juma Abdallah also noted that, the member states have agreed to make a rotation while attending the EAC common issues. He said about 50 percent of such issues would be held outside the headquarter building in Arusha city, and another 50 percent of its sessions would be held in rotation at the capital cities of the member state