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    Death Row Inmates Keep Increasing

    LACK of proper procedures to handle inmates on death row in the country is weighing heavily on the Prisons Department budget and adding to the problem of congestion.

    The inmates who are waiting to be executed live in agony and despair of not knowing when the hangman will arrive, as a result if their demands are not met, they go on riot, placing the lives of those guarding them and other prisoners in danger.

    He said the inmates who go into riots do not care about the implication of their actions since they have nothing to lose.

    In his presentation on Overview of Tanzania Prison Services, positive development, challenges and prospects in management of prisoners under death sentence, Prison Officer Mr. Dominic Mshana said the delays in execution of the inmates have resulted in unnecessary congestion in the prison cells since they cannot be mixed with the other prisoners.

    He explained that the last execution took place in 1994, adding that those waiting to be executed live in agony, resulting in agitations and inmates making demands that if not met, riots would erupt in prisons.

    Mr. Mshana said the increasing number of inmates on death row is also weighing heavily on the prisons finances since they are not allocated any budget for their upkeep.

    The Prison Officer was making his presentation in a two-day training workshop for Tanzania Prison Service that ends today, with the theme 'managing prisoners on death row: International Human Rights Standard.'

    In his key note address the Executive Director of Inmates Rehabilitation and Welfare Services Tanzania (IRaWS-T), Deputy Commissioner (retired) John Nyoka said currently death row prison cells hold three inmates instead of the required one.

    He said the whole concept of rehabilitation of prisoners is being compromised by the death penalty, stressing that inmates on death row cannot be rehabilitated as they await their execution.

    He added that the constitution should be specific on what life sentence imprisonment is, stressing that this should substitute the death penalty or those condemned to death.

    On overcrowding the retired deputy commissioner said despite initiatives efforts by justices organs aimed to address the problem, congestion still exists.

    Among measures taken to address congestion in prisons include presidential pardons, community services, parole system, extra mural labour, case flow management committee and fines as an alternative for sentence to prisoners.

    The Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) Executive Director, Dr Hellen Kijo- Bisimba, said after the workshop feedback reports will be forwarded to policy makers and the constituent assembly which is currently reviewing the second draft constitution in Dodoma.

    Dr Kijo-Bisimba said the issue of death penality was not included in the first draft of the new constitution and neither is it in the second draft currently under discussion in the CA assembly.

    According to an LHRC report of 2011 prisoners on death row are 295 men and 11 women by December 2010, with the method of execution noted as hanging.

    The country still retains the death penalty as one of the punishments under the Penal Code and the National Defense Act.

    There are three offences punishable by the death sentence which are murder, treason and misconduct of commanders or any military service man in the presence of an enemy.

    http://allafrica.com/stories/201404030248.html?page=2
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    Death sentences for murderers of albino woman in Tanzania

    A court in Tanzania has sentenced four people to death for murdering an albino woman to use her limbs for rituals. The verdict comes amid a wave of killings of albinos and despite a moratorium on capital punishment.

    The court handed down the death sentence to the victim's husband, Charles Nassoro, and three others for the murder of a 22-year-old albino woman. They hacked off her legs and right hand with an axe and machete while she was eating dinner in her village in 2008.

    High Court Judge Joaquine Demello told state radio that the prosecution had proved the case "beyond reasonable doubt." She also told the Citizen daily that the sentence had taken into account "the escalating killing of people with albinism in the country."

    According to UN figures, at least 75 people with albinism have been killed in Tanzania since 2000, including a one-year-old baby a few weeks prior to Friday's verdict.

    Albino body parts, which are often used in rituals designed to guarantee success in love, life and business, can sell for around $600 (547 euros), with an entire corpse fetching up to $75,000, according to UN figures.

    The use of albino parts for witchcraft is known in other African countries, but attacks are especially prevalent in Tanzania. There are currently 17 people on death row for killing albinos.

    Albino rights activists on Friday called for the executions to be carried out promptly. "We want all those convicted of killing persons with albinism to be hanged without delay in order to send a strong message that these attacks will no longer be tolerated," the chairman of the Tanzania Albinism Society (TAS), Ernest Kimaya, told the Reuters news agency.

    But Tanzania has not conducted an execution since 1994 and has had a de facto moratorium on capital punishment since then.

    Earlier this week Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete pledged firm action to stop the murders. "The government has long tried to do everything possible to stop the killings, we are very serious with this. But we still need to enhance our efforts to bring to an end these killings, which are disgusting and a big embarrassment to the nation," Kikwete said in a statement.

    The UN fears that attacks on albino Tanzanians will rise ahead of elections later in the year, as candidates and supporters turn to witchcraft to "influence" their chances.

    Albinism is a hereditary genetic condition which causes a total absence of pigmentation in the skin, hair and eyes. It affects one Tanzanian in 1,400, often as a result of inbreeding, experts say. In the West, it affects just one person in 20,000.

    http://www.dw.de/death-sentences-for...nia/a-18299814

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    Not a legal execution but still an execution.

    Kenyan Mob Stones Tanzanian Gambler to Death for Killing 2 Casino Employees

    A Tanzanian gambler was on Monday stoned to death in Kenya after going on a rampage and killing two employees of a casino where he lost $300 in gambling.

    The gruesome incident occurred at midnight at the City View Bar and Restaurant Casino in Nairobi’s Eastleigh district.

    According to reports, John Mchanga became enraged after losing about 30,000 Kenyan shillings ($300) and went to the manager’s office demanding a refund or an opportunity to play for free.

    Nairobi Police revealed that when the manager Winfred Mbuvi turned down his request he stabbed her in the stomach with a Somali dagger. The 40-year-old manager reportedly died on the spot.

    Mchanga did not stop there. He also fatally attacked and a killed a security official who intervened as he attacked Mbuvi.

    A third casino employee, who was wounded in the attack, has since been transported to a hospital where he is said to be in a serious condition.

    Reports indicate that the incident caused widespread panic in the casino causing many customers to flee.

    A mob, most of whom were fellow gamblers, chased Mchanga after he fled the scene. The angry mob beat and stoned Mchanga to death at a nearby street before police arrived on the scene.

    “By the time our officers arrived, they found him dead,” Nairobi police Chief Japheth Koome said. “An investigation has been launched to ascertain more.”

    “It is shocking that three lives have been lost in this manner. We need more stringent measures to make sure the same does not happen again,” said Ahmed Mohamed, Eastleigh Business Community Secretary General.

    In recent years, there has been a rapid growth of casinos in Kenya. However, casinos are unpopular in the area where the gruesome incident occurred. Reports indicate that a majority of residents in the Nairobi district are Muslims, who consider gambling a sin.

    http://www.zegabi.com/articles/10024
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    Tanzania: Farmer Held On Suspicion of Exhuming Albino Body

    Mbeya — Police here have detained a resident of Chapakazi Village in Mbeya Rural District for allegedly digging out a grave of a person with albinism who was buried in 2010.

    Mbeya Regional Police Commander Dhahiri Kidavashari said yesterday that the suspect (name withheld) was arrested in the dead of the night yesterday with a hoe and a shovel.

    The regional police chief explained that the grave which the suspect reportedly dug out was that of Sister Osisara, an albino who was buried about six years ago.

    He said, the Osisara died of malaria and was laid to rest at Mumba Village's cemetery where the suspect was caught red-handed doing the unlawful act.

    "After interrogations, the suspect named two accomplices, who ran away after seeing the police. The hunt down for the criminal duo is still underway," he said.

    However, the suspect's relative, whose name is concealed, said he did not believe the accusations facing the suspect were true, saying the latter is a law-abiding farmer.

    The government banned activities of witch-doctors in 2015 in a bid to combat the killing of people with albinism for their body parts.

    At least 74 people with albinism have reportedly been murdered in the country since 2000. After a surge in 2009, the government placed children with albinism in special homes to protect them.

    Witch-doctors believe an albino's body parts bring good fortune and quick wealth.

    Earlier last year, police arrested 32 witch-doctors as part of a campaign against ritual killings of albinos.

    As of March 2016, seventeen people convicted of the murders were on death row.

    http://allafrica.com/stories/201701050476.html
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