Author: Théophile Niyitegeka

Lawyer calls for probe into Arkansas execution

{Witness says Kenneth Williams’ body lurched and convulsed 20 times when he was put to death by lethal injection.}

A lawyer for an Arkansas inmate who was put to death on Thursday is calling for an investigation into the execution after a witness reported that he lurched and convulsed 20 times before he died.

Kenneth Williams, 38, received a lethal injection on Thursday night at the Cummins Unit prison at Varner, an hour after the Supreme Court rejected a last-minute appeal to stay his execution.

An AP news agency reporter who witnessed Williams’ death said his body jerked 15 times in quick succession, then the rate slowed for a final five movements.

J.R. Davis, a spokesman for Governor Asa Hutchinson who did not witness the execution, called it “an involuntary muscular reaction” that he said was a widely known effect of the sedative midazolam, the first of three drugs administered.

One of Williams’ lawyers, Shawn Nolan, described the accounts of Williams’ execution as “horrifying”.

“We tried over and over again to get the state to comport with their own protocol to avoid torturing our client to death, and yet reports from the execution witnesses indicate that Mr. Williams suffered during this execution,” Nolan told the AP.

Williams’ lawyers said he had sickle cell trait, lupus and brain damage, and argued the combined maladies could subject him to an exceptionally painful execution in violation of the US Constitution.

Arkansas’ “one size fits all” execution protocol could leave him in pain after a paralytic agent renders him unable to move, they’d argued to state and federal courts, which all rejected his claims.

Williams was sentenced to death for the 1999 murder of Cecil Boren, deputy prison warden, one of two men he killed after escaping prison where he was serving a life sentence for murdering a cheerleader.

“Any amount of movement he might have had was far less than any of his victims,” said Jodie Efird, the Boren’s daughters, who witnessed the execution.

He was the fourth inmate to be executed in eight days in Arkansas.

“I extend my sincerest of apologies to the families I have senselessly wronged and deprived of their loved ones,” Williams said in a final statement he read from the death chamber. “… I was more than wrong. The crimes I perpetrated against you all was senseless, extremely hurtful and inexcusable.”

The inmate breathed heavily through his nose until just after three minutes into his execution, when his chest leaped forward in a series of what seemed like involuntary movements. His right hand never clenched and his face remained what one media witness called “serene”.

After the jerking, Williams breathed through his mouth and moaned or groaned once — during a consciousness check — until falling still seven minutes into the lethal injection.

Arkansas had scheduled eight executions over an 11-day period before its stash of midazolam expires at the end of April – the nation’s fastest pace since the Supreme Court reauthorised the death penalty in 1976.

Courts issued stays for four of the inmates.

The Arkansas Department of Correction has said it has no new source for the drug – though it has made similar remarks previously, yet still found a new stash.

Among the four lethal injections was Monday’s first double execution in the United States since 2000.

Source:Al Jazeera

April 28, 2017
Pope Francis to visit Egypt as ‘messenger of peace’

{Pope Francis is beginning a visit to Egypt aimed at improving dialogue with Islam three weeks after bomb attacks on two Coptic churches killed 45 people.}

He will meet the Egyptian president and speak at al-Azhar University, a key centre of Sunni Islamic learning.

So-called Islamic State said it was behind the Palm Sunday bombings.

The 80-year-old pontiff says he is travelling as a “messenger of peace” and, despite the security concerns, will not use an armoured car.

The two-day visit is the first papal trip to Cairo in 20 years, and comes as Egypt’s Coptic Christians – who make up 10% of the country’s mainly Muslim population – face increased threats. The majority of the Copts are Orthodox, with less than 150,000 of them Catholic.

IS says it also sent a bomber who killed 28 people at Egypt’s main cathedral before Christmas. The group’s Egyptian branch says Christians are its “favourite prey”.

Hundreds of Egyptian Christians fled northern Sinai earlier this year in the wake of at least seven killings by suspected Islamist militants.

{{‘Brotherhood and reconciliation’}}

As well as President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the Pope is due to meet Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of the 1,000-year-old seat of Islamic learning, al-Azhar.

He is expected to address a conference there on religious dialogue, as part of efforts to improve relations, after Egyptian Muslim leaders cut ties over comments made by Pope Francis’s predecessor Pope Benedict XVI.

The pontiff will also meet the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Pope Tawadros II, and walk with him to St Mark’s Cathedral, the scene of the December bombing.

In a message ahead of the trip, Francis said he wanted the visit to be “a witness of my affection, comfort and encouragement for all the Christians of the Middle East” and “a message of brotherhood and reconciliation with all the children of Abraham, particularly the Muslim world”.

In a surprise TED talk earlier this week, delivered in a video, he lauded the values of humility, tenderness and hope, amid the “darkness of today’s conflicts”.

A three-month state of emergency is in place in the wake of the Palm Sunday bombings, and security has been boosted around churches.

But many Copts say the government should have done more earlier to protect them, and say they are also under pressure from sectarian tensions and long-standing discrimination.

{{Copts in Egypt: Recent developments}}

April 2017:Bomb attacks at St George’s Coptic church in Tanta and St Mark’s Coptic church in Alexandria kill at least 45 people.

February 2017: Hundreds of Coptic Christians flee Egypt’s Sinai peninsula after at least seven killings by suspected Islamic militants.

December 2016: At least 28 people died when a bomb exploded at the Coptic
cathedral in Cairo during a service. IS said it was behind the attack

February 2016: A court sentenced three Christian teenagers to five years in prison for insulting Islam. They had appeared in a video, apparently mocking Muslim prayers, but claimed they had been mocking IS following a number of beheadings

April 2013: Two people were killed outside St Mark’s cathedral in Cairo when people mourning the death of four Coptic Christians killed in religious violence clashed with local residents

Source:BBC

April 28, 2017
Why Oba of Lagos ‘snubbing’ Ooni of Ife shocked Nigeria

{Video footage showing a traditional leader, the Oba of Lagos, seemingly snubbing the Yoruba “king of kings”, the Ooni of Ife, at a public event has shocked many Nigerians. Journalist Ugochukwu Ikeakor explains why it is such a big deal.}

Deep respect for leaders is a pillar of the culture of the Yoruba people, one of Nigeria’s biggest ethnic groups.

But at a recent public event a Yoruba leader, known as the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu ,74, refused to properly greet the Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi 42.

As the Ooni leaned over to greet the Oba by shaking his hand, what he got instead was a dismissive wave and what looked like a scowl of disdain.

It’s quite unheard of for traditional leaders to rebuff each other in public. And for a lesser leader, like the Oba, to rebuff the Ooni of Ife, the spiritual head of all Yoruba people, is an even graver offence.

Though there are various interpretations by historians and scholars on the origins of Yoruba people, the Ooni of Ife is widely acknowledged as the overall leader and is known as the “king of kings”.

The Oba – of which there are up to 50 in Lagos alone – is seen to be a lesser traditional ruler, even though he is older.

It is not clear yet what upset the Oba of Lagos. But there is speculation it could relate to a spat that goes back over a century.

A long rivalry existed between the two thrones even before the colonial era.

The ancestors of the Oba of Lagos were loyal to the powerful Benin kingdom, an area south-east of Lagos rather than the Ooni to the north-east.

But on independence, the country was divided into different political zones. Lagos fell into roughly the same zone as the Ooni of Ife.

{{Ooni of Ife:}}

The Ooni of Ife’s kingdom is in present-day Osun state in south-west Nigeria

The monarch should be a direct descendant of Oduduwa, who is a Yoruba god

Practice of burying someone alive with a king who dies has long been abolished

In Nigeria, greetings are all-important – from the roadside to the boardroom, how you say hello says a lot about you.

So when the video of the disdainful greeting emerged, Nigerian social media was stunned.

But as many people have pointed out, the traditional rites of Nigeria’s ancient cultures are complicated. And with relatively little history preserved in writing, the lines can be blurred.

The general feeling on social media seems to be that the Oba of Lagos showed disrespect not only for the Ooni of Ife but to Yoruba culture as a whole. Most people are watching to see what happens next.

The Oba is not a stranger to controversy.

In the run-up to the 2015 national election, a video surfaced on the internet in which he threatened ethnic Igbos living in Lagos that if they didn’t vote for his candidate, they would be thrown “into the lagoon”.

Of course, the slight could be the result of a personal gripe.

Others have suggested the age difference between the lesser yet older traditional ruler may have played a hand.

Nevertheless, it holds a deeper significance.

“The Oba’s behaviour undermines the royal institution of the Yoruba people,” says Yoruba scholar Kola Tubosun.

He says this kind of gesture shows that traditional institutions are in need of deep reform.

“It sends a wrong signal – that the norms, values and culture of the Yoruba people are being taken for granted.”

Source:BBC

April 28, 2017
Uganda:Besigye re-appears before Nakawa Court

{Former presidential candidate Dr Kizza Besigye re-appears before Nakawa Chief Magistrates Court this morning for the routine mention of his treason case.}

The State is expected to update the court and other concerned parties including Dr Besigye on how far police investigations into the treason case have gone.

Should the State inform the court that they are done with investigations; the four-time presidential candidate will be sent to the High Court to stand trial.

On the contrary, prosecution will ask court for an adjournment to a later date to enable them tie the loose ends in investigations.

The court is also expected to extend the bail of the former Luweero bush war fighter for the next one month.

It’s now almost a year ever since the state slapped the grave treason charges against the opposition politician but the police has never finalised with the investigations to have him committed to the High Court to stand trial.

Dr Besigye has always wondered what kind of evidence the state is looking for in order to incriminate him on grounds that he claimed to have won last year’s February 18 general elections.

In an interview with this newspapers about two months ago, Mr Mike Chibita, the Director if Public Prosecutions attributed the delay in concluding the investigations to the defiant witnesses who allegedly witnessed the swearing-in of Dr Besigye but doesn’t want to record statements with the police.

The treason charges against Dr Besigye arise from the alleged swearing-in of himself as president of Uganda following last year’s disputed February 18 presidential elections in which he claims to have won by 52 per cent.

The alleged swearing-in of Dr Besigye clip went viral on May 11 last year which happened to be the eve of President Museveni’s swearing-in for the 5th elective term at Kololo ceremonial grounds.

Source:Daily Monitor

April 28, 2017
Kenya:Snake blamed for crash that killed eight people in Makueni

{The driver of a matatu that collided with a lorry at Malili on the Nairobi-Mombasa highway, killing eight people, was avoiding running over a snake, one of the accident victims has revealed.}

Ms Elizabeth Mwongeli, 28, told the Nation at Machakos Level 5 Hospital, where she was admitted, that just before the crash she heard the driver shout that he had seen a big snake.

“The driver was avoiding a snake,” Ms Mwongeli, who appeared traumatized and in pain, said.

“I heard him shout before he swerved and hit a lorry. I don’t know if the snake was hit.”

{{Victims recuperating }}

Speaking in the casualty ward as she waited for a plaster of Paris to be fitted on her leg, Ms Mwongeli, who was injured on the head and right knee, said she had gone barely two kilometres from her Salama home taking a sick child to Machakos Hospital.

Ms Mwongeli recalled seeing bodies on the road.

“I counted five bodies of those who had died on the spot,” Ms Mwongeli said.

The child was also admitted at the hospital.

Seven victims were admitted in the casualty ward and a child was at the intensive care unit.

In the casualty ward were Ms Christine Kitivo and Mr Daniel Kiasya. The couple, who were travelling from Kibwezi, had heavy bandages on the head and legs.

“I was asleep and when I woke up I realised I was injured. We were going to Nairobi to buy spare parts for my machines,” Ms Kitivo recounted.

{{Careless driving }}

Mr Onesmus Kiio, 23, a student at Catholic University of Eastern Africa in Nairobi, sustained hip injuries and was due for surgery.

Mr Kiio, who said he boarded the matatu at Sultan Hamud, claimed to have heard other passengers caution the driver, who died in the accident, against driving carelessly but he retorted that he was experienced.

The 45-seater minibus, christened Jasho Dreams, shuttles between Nairobi and Kambu shopping centre in Makueni County.

The matatu driver was attempting to overtake another vehicle when the accident occurred, acting Kilungu divisional police boss Zacharia Bitok told the Nation on phone.

{{Speeding }}

Mr Bitok said the eight died on the spot and 10 others sustained serious injuries and were taken to hospitals in Machakos and Makueni counties.

The bus conductor, Mr Justus Musembi, who was being treated for deep cuts on the right leg at Mukaa Hospital, Makueni, however said the lorry was speeding and it swerved into the matatu’s lane.

“It smashed the cabin on the driver’s side and killed or badly injured passengers in the first three rows of seats behind the driver,” Mr Musembi said.

The lorry crew were unhurt.

Source:Daily Nation

April 28, 2017
African court to hear 84 cases

{The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR) is set to determine 84 cases in its 45th Ordinary Session to be held in Arusha City starting early next month, it has been announced.}

According to a statement issued in Dar es Salaam yesterday, during the session to be held from May 8 to 24, this year, the judges of the court will, among others, examine about 80 applications and four requests for Advisory Opinion.

The Court is composed of 11 judges who are nationals of Member States of the African Union elected in their individual capacity.

It meets four times a year in Ordinary Sessions and may hold Extra-Ordinary Sessions. Until April 25, this year, the Court had received 138 applications and has finalized 32 cases.

The AfCHPR was established by virtue of Article 1 of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights.

The main reason for its establishment was to complement the protective mandate of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights to enhance the protection of human rights on the continent.

Since the adoption of the Protocol in June 1998, about 30 of 55 African Union Member States have ratified it and only eight state parties to the Protocol have made the declaration under Article 34(6).

Tunisia signed the declaration on April 13, this year, becoming the eighth country to do so.

Other countries that have previously signed it are Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Malawi, Mali and Tanzania. Rwanda, which had signed, formally withdrew from the declaration last month, although the African Union Summit has urged the East African country to reconsider its position.

Meanwhile, the Republic of Ivory Coast has reiterated its commitments and full support of the African Court mandate. President Alassane Ouattara has invited the Court’s leadership to host their 47th Ordinary Session and the third Judicial Dialogue in Abidjan in November, this year.

According to a statement, the president of the West African country pledged his government’s readiness to work hand in hand with the Court to put in place all necessary arrangements to make the two activities memorable events.

President Ouattara had met with AfCHPR President, Justice Sylvain Orė, who called on him at his Palace in Abidjan recently. During their meeting, the two leaders discussed a range of issues, including the work of the African Court and the protection of human rights on the continent.

Source:Daily News

April 28, 2017
EAC to fully rollout Single Customs Territory

{The East African Community (EAC) Committee on Customs has agreed on full implementation of Single Customs Territory system (SCT) effective 31 July, this year, to enable faster clearance of goods and reduce the cost of doing business in the region.
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Through this, the respective governments look forward to cutting time and resources used in collecting custom taxes at various borders. The agreement was reached in Dar es Salaam, yesterday, by respective Commissioner Generals of Revenue Authorities from Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan.

“SCT commenced in 2014 as a pilot project and we believe that we had enough time to examine how it operates and now is the time to roll it out. This is the most important decision we have made after a week-long meeting,” said, Chairperson of the Committee, Dicksons Kateshumbwa.

He further said that implementation of SCT, in pilot areas, has reduced the cost of doing business tremendously in which turnaround time has been reduced from 21 days to between three and five days on average, at Tanzanian entry points to Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi.

In addition, the Chairperson said EAC Secretariat in collaboration with Trade and Markets East Africa and other partner states, particularly Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA), were looking into the possibility of interfacing the Electronic Cargo System platform with the existing systems along the Northern Corridor.

Presenting resolutions reached during their meeting, Mr Kateshumbwa said, on customs interconnectivity they have taken note of the progress made in the project and will also provide uniform and consistent mechanism of handling cargo and trade facilitation through risk profiling as provided for in the SCT framework.

Mr Kateshumbwa, who also doubles as Uganda Revenue Authority, Commissioner Customs, said due to the changing and dynamic business environment, the EAC has embarked on a comprehensive review of the EAC Common External Tariff to align it to the realities of trade.

“The CET is supposed to be reviewed after every five years, the review process will be completed by next year,” he noted. On operationalisation of one-stop border posts, he said that out of 15 borders earmarked to operate, 12 have been completed, of which 10 are operational, including Taveta/Holili, Kabanga/Kobero, Kagitumba/Mirama hills and Nemba/Gasinye, to mention a few.

To support capacity building for customs administration, Mr Kateshumbwa said that all partner states have already rolled out the EAC Customs post-graduate diploma and certificate programmes which are being implemented by revenue authority training institutes.

He said that the EAC was also exploring the possibility of entering into mutual recognition agreement with the rest of the world, to allow traders enjoy benefits when trading with other regions of the world. However, he said that will depend on refining operationalisation of the Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) programme with the EAC.

Source:Daily News

April 28, 2017
No media freedom in Burundi, Reporters Without Borders says

{Reporters without Borders (RSF) ranks Burundi the 160th out of 180 countries in the 2017 World Press Freedom Index. RSF says the country was the 156th in 2016. It is ranked behind all the East African Community countries.}

The situation in Burundi has become more and more complex since the outbreak of the 2015 crisis. The main independent radio stations have remained closed since the May 2015 coup attempt, according to RSF report. On 14 May, on the eve of the coup against President Pierre Nkurunziza, five media were destroyed. Two of them namely Isanganiro and Rema FM were allowed to reopen. The three remaining others which are Bonesha FM, Radio Publique Africaine (RPA) and Télévision Renaissance are still closed.

RSF says new government propaganda media outlets have been created. This NGO says Burundian Journalists find it hard to work freely and are often harassed by security forces encouraged by an official discourse associating non-aligned media with enemies of the nation. The journalist Jean Bigirimana’s disappearance in July 2016 has still not been solved, says RSF.

Innocent Muhozi , Chairman of the Burundian Press Watchdog (OPB) says, it is not surprising that Burundi moved from its 156 in 2016 to 160 in the 2017 ranking by RSF in terms of press freedom. “Media freedom is not possible when the right to life and the fundamental human rights are violated,” says Muhozi.

Gabriel Bihumugani, Deputy Chairman of the Burundi’s media regulator (CNC) dismisses RSF report. He says it was written on the basis of false information. “RSF only considered the events of 2015 and the disappearance of Jean Bigirimana, journalist at Iwacu Press Group.” Burundi journalists are not ill-treated,” he says.

Bihumugani says the press regulator left no stone unturned to find Jean Bigirimana but in vain. “CNC urges competent authorities to give clarification on the journalist’s disappearance”, Bihumugani says. He says CNC is doing its best to guarantee press freedom.

Source:Iwacu

April 28, 2017
Kigali: Two street children burnt to death in water trench

{Unknown people have burnt two street children to death as they hid in a water trench in front of CHIC building in Kigali city. One was left with severe burns, IGIHE has learnt. }

Police rushed for intervention at the crime scene and closed the road leading to the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda which reopened around 7:30 hours.

One of the female street children has told IGIHE that unknown people chased after them in the night when she hid herself behind a car parking near former headquarters of Business Development Fund (BDF) while her peers hid in a water trench.

The latter has told IGIHE that her mates were burnt with petrol.

The police spokesperson in Kigali city, SP Hitayezu Emmanuel has confirmed the unfortunate incident saying investigations are underway.

“We have not yet established culprits. Police was informed around 6:00 hours that the area was on fire and rushed to the scene where we saw fire exploding from the water trench. Two children who were inside died leaving another one injured,” he said.

One of guards at CHIC buildings near the crime scene has told IGIHE that the victims have been burnt around 3:00 hours.

Following the incident, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Gender and Family Planning, Umutoni Gatsinzi Nadine and police spokesperson ACP Theo Badege have visited the critically injured teenager at CHUK.

The Minister of Justice Busingye has largely condemned the act of killing street children saying it can’t be tolerated.

“Initial investigations indicate that this may have been a deliberate act to harm these youth. This is unacceptable. Police have credible information on the suspects who are on the run, and they are hunting for them. The suspects will be apprehended and prosecuted to the full extent of the law for this hideous crime,” Busingye said in a statement.

According to police spokesperson ACP Theos Badege, preliminary investigations point to three night watchmen, who are suspected to have started the fire. The suspects are currently on the run.

“Police has started operations to locate and apprehend the individuals responsible for this hideous act. We appeal to anyone with information to help arrest the suspects,” he said .

April 28, 2017
Imitavu of Kirehe: The tale of children changing mindset in community policing

{When Rwanda National Police (RNP) was created in June 2000, the concept of community-oriented policing became one of the driving forces in response to crime ensure safety, security and promotion of human rights.}

Community policing was adapted to encourage citizens to participate in crime-solving. It came as a strategic and thoughtful plan focused on the proactive prevention of crime and disorder, by partnering with the public to increase police visibility in all communities to solve, prevent and reduce crime.

Fast-forward, the impact of this police-public partnership in the last 17 years, define, among others, the level of safety and security that local, regional and international reports have based partly relied on to label Rwanda one of the safest countries globally; where people are safe to move at night, and where citizens trust and rely on their police services.

{{Untold story}}

However, the story of ‘Imitavu’ – loosely translated as calves – a group of about 100 children between the ages of six and fifteen, of Gahara Sector in Kirehe District, has brought a new sense in this ideal, and a new force in changing the mindset of the people in response to crime.

Founded eight years ago in the remote Gahara, the group won a competition in 2014 of composing poems and songs aligned with community policing activities, to which RNP awarded them financial and other varied prizes.

Today, local authorities, residents and the police in Kirehe speaks highly of how these children have turned Gahara, a once sector with majority crimes in Kirehe, into the safest and a model of security it is today.

The sector is home to about 80,000 people most farmers, and one of the twelve sectors that compose Kirehe district; the sector borders Burundi and Tanzania, as such porous parts of the area are used to sneak narcotic drugs into the country.

Fiston Dufitumukiza, 26, the brain behind the establishment of Imitavu drama group, says for the last eight years of their community policing and patriotism activities, they meet every Saturday to engage in community sensitization and to challenge their elders on their role, especially against illicit drugs and other high impact crimes like child abuse and gender based violence.

“They make their voices heard through drama, songs and community visitations to raise awareness against drug abuse and crime prevention. This behavioral change approach is also extended to their parents and peers at home and school,” says Dufitumukiza

The children, through their discussions, provide names of people in their villages, who deal or traffic drugs, and according to the police, this has played a significant role in arresting dealers and breaking chains of supply that were using Gahara as one of the main transit routes in Kirehe.

“We even have a child who reported her parents, who were trafficking drugs, and they were arrested, prosecuted and convicted” said the District Police Commander, Supt. James Rutaremara.

In some occasions, the arrested drug dealers are paraded before the residents and the children, and shamed, to set a precedent.

The children are now sprawling their activities to the neighboring sectors of Gatore, Kigarama and Nyamugari.

“We intended to spread to the entire district and probably replicated in others parts of the country” the hopeful Dufitumukiza says.

To residents, the youngsters have set an example that has changed the mindset of many in Gahara.

“There is a general sense that any wrong that happens at home will now come to light because when these children meet, they discuss about what happens in their families and neighbourhoods. Some of us remain challenged when you see children at such young age knocking at our doors to educate us as parents and elders, our responsibilities in safety, protection and promoting their rights, and even on how to live in harmony as a family,” says Rodrigue Karemera, a resident.

He adds: “For example, when s husband assaults a wife or children, or goes home drunk, there are higher chances that whatever that happens at home, will come to light. We, as parents and elders, feel these children should be empowered to carry on with this good work.”

The DPC asserts this community policing of phenomenon ushered in by the children “limits people from indulging in crime.”

“It is a fact that Gahara was experiencing high crime rates “but ever since the group amplified its efforts, crime reduced.” he said.

According to statistics, 42kgs of cannabis were seized in Gahara last month, with no drug-related crime reported so far in this month in the same sector.

At least 34kgs of cannabis have been seized in Kirehe district since the beginning of this month.

This is a tremendous achievement to keep it this law basing on the fact that previously, thousands of kilogrammes would be intercepted every month, especially in sectors that border with Tanzania including Gahara.

As part of the Rwanda National Police efforts to supplement community policing activities in Kirehe, it also donated a vehicle and a motorcycle to Kirehe, which have facilitated community patrols and reduction of crime.

Eric Zikama, the district executive secretary of Kirehe, said that the existing partnership between the police and the people, and the new approach by Imitavu rings bell fruitful outcomes in security and implementation of community development programmes.

“We have seen the impact Imitavu has created in Gahara, and we believe if the approach is duplicated in other sectors, we foresee massive change of mindset towards crime,” said the executive secretary.

There is also a general sense among the residents that the strengthened partnership between RNP and Tanzania police will deal with drug trafficking on both sides.

The two police institutions committed, among others, to conduct joint operations to destroy cannabis farms on the Tanzanian side.

Source:Police

April 28, 2017