Chadema: Sack minister Nchimbi
12th October 2012
Shadow Home Affairs minister Vincent Nyerere told journalists in Dar es Salaam yesterday that the minister failed to stand for human rights, freedom and security of the citizen.
He said the report released by the investigation team formed by the minister aimed at clearing the image of the police force in the country and to defend the ongoing atrocities committed by the force in the country.
He said the report released by the investigation team formed by the minister aimed at clearing the image of the police force in the country and to defend the ongoing atrocities committed by the force in the country.
He accused the minister of misusing the public funds to pay the probe team which came up with the unsatisfactory report, saying: “The act of receiving the report and defending it as Minister Nchimbi did shows that the government is not committed in fighting against murders committed by police against citizens in this country.''
Nyerere promised to send all the three reports to the shadow cabinet for further scrutiny before they are tabled in the National Assembly.
Responding to the allegations made by Tanzania Democratic Alliance (TADEA) National chairperson, John Lifa Chipaka that Chadema leaders refused to cooperate with the committee formed by Minister Nchimbi, Nyerere said the probe team was formed by the Minister whose force was accused for the murder.
On Tuesday the presented its report to the minister which apart from other things, pointed out that the force used by the police to disperse Chadema demonstrations was excessive, but was not the cause of the journalist’s death.
The Media Council of Tanzania on the same day released its investigation report on the killing of Daudi Mwangosi which accuses police of deliberately and consciously killing the journalist, who was covering Chadema activities at Nyololo village.
The report indicated that Mwangosi was killed in cold blood at the hands of the police and under the close watch of the Iringa Regional Police Commander (RPC) Michael Kamuhanda.
The report is abundantly supported by the facts collected from the field as well as by a review of video and other incriminating media output.
On Wednesday the Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance also released its report which indicated that police trampled on a number of human rights when they interrupted Chadema activities at Nyololo village in Mufindi District, Iringa Region, resulting in the killing of Channel 10 journalist Daudi Mwangosi last month.
According to the Commission’s report, the order given by Iringa Regional Police Commander, Michael Kamuhanda, to ban activities of Chadema was contrary to the law.
It said RPC Kamuhanda violated Political Parties Act, (Cap 258 RE.2002) Section 11 (a), (b) and Police Act (Chapter 322) by interfering with jurisdiction of Mufindi Officer Commanding District (OCD), who was supposed to have issued the order.
The report said Kamuhanda issued the order to ban Chadema activities while he was not the Officer in Charge of police in the respective area , adding that under the circumstances, the order was therefore not lawful because it was issued by a person who had no legal mandate to do so.
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN
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