Tanzania jails Ethiopian migrants convicted of illegal entry

The Ethiopian migrants disembarked the police truck at Iringa Residence Magistrate Court before the sentence yesterday. (Photo by Friday Simbaya)

 By Friday Simbaya, Iringa

Iringa Residence Magistrate Court has sentenced 83 Ethiopian nationals, including the driver and his assistant who were transporting them up to three and five years in prison over entering into the country illegally and human trafficking respectively.

Delivering the sentence yesterday Iringa Residence Magistrate Andrew Scout said has sentenced the driver Hansi Mwakyoma (28) and his assistant Alex Adam (32), all residents of Mbeya Region to five years in prison or pay a fine of 1.5 million shillings each, after they were arrested and confessed to transport 83 undocumented immigrants from Ethiopia which has also been sentenced to three (3) years or a fine of one million shillings each.

Scout said he was satisfied with the explanation from an attorney with illustrations including the vehicle used by the suspects from Kongowe Dar es Salaam to Malawai via Mbeya Kyela.

He said that by using a Scania vehicle with registration number T478 DFE belonging to Mwambenja Frola of Mbeya Region, 16 January this year; the driver and assistant driver (Tingo) were arrested in the village of Ruaha Mbuyuni in Kilolo district of Iringa Region, a long Mbeya- Iringa highway were transporting them towards Kyela where is the border of Tanzania and Malawi.

After reading the sentence, some of them the Ethiopian citizens were tears up and cause people who were close to the court room number three packed full with people draw attention of people who were nearby court buildings as while.

Interpreter Emanuel Yeb Mtaltisili who is a presenter on radio station FM Ebony in Iringa said those immigrants who do not speak English or Swahili language, he hoped for these migrants to be a sentence of deportation after admitting the offense."

Earlier, read the description of the fault of the suspects after all plead guilty before the court, attorney from the Department of Immigration Godfrey Ngwijo said it was January 16 this year in the area of ​​Ruaha Mbuyuni the suspects were arrested while in the sealed truck boarded from Kongowe Dar es Salaam to Malawi against the immigration law of 2002 which was amended in 2015.

Ngwijo said at an unspecified date, 83 suspected Ethiopia nationals entered the country using illegal way towards Dar es Salaam were exactly that their journey towards Kyela Mbeya to enter Malawi.

He said they were arrested nearby Mbuyuni Ruaha area by traffic police officer at Mtandika road block who want to open the back door of the truck and found people behind the truck helpless and dehydrated.

He claimed once after found people he ordered them to the police station in Ruaha Mbuyuni where the driver and his assistant were admitted the offense claiming and a certain amount of money was agreed to him after successfully reaching the destination.

 

MADEREVA DALADALA JIJINI MWANZA WATISHIA KUGOMA IKIWA MAJIPU YA TAX BUBU HAYATATUMBULIWA

Ramadhan Idd ambae ni Kaimu Mwenyekiti wa Madereva wa daladala za Bugarika-Muzunguko Jijini Mwanza aliunga mkono hoja ya mwenyekiti huyo na kusema kuwa ikiwa mamlaka husika zitashindwa kutatua suala la tax bubu katika eneo hilo, wao watachukua hatua ya kusitisha huduma ya usafirishaji katika barabara hiyo ya Bugarika-Buzuruga.
 

"Hizi tax bubu tunasikia ni za wakubwa na ndiyo maana hawa madereva wanaoziendesha wana jeuri mno. Sisi tunasema haya ni majipu na tunawaomba viongozi wengine wakubwa akiwemo Mhe.Magufuli, waangalie huku Jijini Mwanza maana kuna majipu makubwa ya kutumbua".Alisema Athuman Bin Malick ambae ni mmoja wa madereva wa daladala za Bugarika-Mzunguko Jijini Mwanza.
 

Kaptaini Michael Rogers ambae ni Afisa Mfawidhi wa Sumatra Mkoani Mwanza, ameshauri suala hilo kutatuliwa na jeshi la polisi kitengo cha usalama barabarani kwa kuwa ndilo lenye jukumu la kukamata vyombo vya usafiri vinavyofanya kazi kwa kukiuka sheria na taratibu zilizoweka na mamlaka husika ikiwemo halmashauri ya Jiji Mwanza ambayo ndiyo inasimamia taratibu la utendaji kazi wa tax.
 

Juhudi za kuwatafuta madereva wa tax hizo zinazodaiwa kufanya kazi kinyume cha sheria (tax bubu) bado zinaendelea ili kujua kuzungumzia malalamiko yanayowakabiri.



Ramadhan Idd ambae ni Kaimu Mwenyekiti wa Madereva wa daladala za Bugarika-Muzunguko akitoa malalamiko yake.



Athuman Bin Malick ambae ni mmoja wa madereva wa daladala za Bugarika-Mzunguko Jijini Mwanza.



Kulia ni Kaptaini Michael Rogers ambae ni Afisa Mfawidhi wa Sumatra Mkoani Mwanza akitoa ufafanuzi wake.

Imeandaliwa na George Binagi-GB Pazzo

MPANGO WA KUSAIDIA KAYA MASIKINI WANUFAISHA KAYA MILIONI 1.1 NCHINI

Mpango wa Kijamii wa Uzalishaji Salama ili kusaidia kaya masikini kupambana na umasikini (PSSN) umefanikiwa kuwa na matokeo mazuri kwa kusaidia kaya Milioni 1.1 nchini na kusaidia juhudi za serikali kupambana na umasikini.

Hayo yamefahamika wakati washirika wa maendeleo ambao ni Umoja wa Mataifa, Benki Kuu ya Dunia, Serikali ya Uingereza kupitia kitengo cha Maendeleo ya Kimataifa, Irish Aid, USAID, Shirika la Ushirikiano wa Kimataifa la Sweden (SIDA) walipotembelea miradi ya maendeleo katika wilaya za Unguja, Chamwino, Babati, Sumbawanga (Manispaa na Wilaya), Singida na Hanang kwa kipindi cha siku tatu kuanzia Januari, 19 hadi 22.

Bi. Kazijya Kila ambaye ni mmoja wa wanufaikaji wa fedha akitoa ushuhuda kuhusu mradi wake wa chakula ulivyowezeshwa na TASAF ambapo hadi hivi sasa anatengeneza faida ya Shilingi 7000 kwa siku na kabla ya kuwezeshwa alikuwa akikaa nyumbani na mama yake bila kuingiza kipato chochote.

Katika Mpango huo ambao utekelezwaji wake unasimamiwa na Mfuko wa Maendeleo ya Jamii (TASAF) unafanyika Tanzania Bara na Tanzania visiwani ukiwa na lengo la kuzisaidia kaya masikini pesa za matumizi ili kukidhi mahitaji ya kupata chakula pamoja na kuwawezesha kusaidia watoto wao kupata elimu jambo ambalo linaonekana kuzaa matunda kwa maeneo mengi ikiwepo Tanzania visiwani.

Serikali ya Tanzania imekuwa ikisaidia na washirika wa maendeleo ili kupunguza umaskini uliokithiri kwa wananchi wake na mwaka 2013 iliweka mpango wa kusaidia kaya masikini 275,000 kwa kipindi cha miaka mitano na tangu ianzishe mpango huo ilifanikiwa kusaidia kaya 275,000 kwa mwaka 2013 pekee katika wilaya nane nchini.

Mtaalamu Mwandamizi wa Masuala ya Jamii kutoka Benki ya Dunia, Bw. Muderis Abdulahi Mohamed (kushoto) na Msimamizi wa mpango wa PSSN, Bw. Ramadhani Madari wakifuatilia kipindi cha maswali na majibu kwa wanufaikaji wa fedha hizo.

Na mpaka kufikia sasa mpango huo umeshatoa malipo mara 12 na jumla ya kaya masikini milioni 1.1 zimeshafaidika na mpango huo ikiwa ni kwa wilaya 161 na vijiji 9789 nchini.

Malengo ya serikali ya Tanzania na mashirika ya kimataifa ni kuhakikisha kufikia mwaka 2030 kunakuwa hakuna masikini hivyo ni wajibu wa kila nchi kuhakikisha inawasaidia wananchi wake ili wajijengee uwezo wa kujitegemea na kuondoka katika janga la umasikini.

Asilimia kubwa ya wanufaikaji wa mpango huo ni wanawake, kama wanavyoonekana pichani.

Mkurugenzi wa Huduma za jamii kutoka Mfuko wa Maendeleo ya Jamii (TASAF), Amadeus Kamagenge akizungumza na wanufaikaji wa mpango wa TASAF (hawapo pichani).

Mkurugenzi wa Huduma za jamii kutoka Mfuko wa Maendeleo ya Jamii (TASAF), Amadeus Kamagenge (kushoto) akifurahi jambo na Mtaalamu Mwandamizi wa Masuala ya Jamii kutoka Benki ya Dunia, Bw. Muderis Abdulahi Mohamed.

Timu ya TASAF na wadau wa maendeleo wakifuatilia kwa umakini yaliyokuwa yakijiri katika mkutano huo.

Mtaalamu Mwandamizi wa Masuala ya Jamii kutoka Benki ya Dunia, Bw. Muderis Abdulahi Mohamed na Aine Mushi wa UN/NRA.

Bi Jabo Omari Othman akiwa kwenye shamba lake alilonunua kutokana na fedha za TASAF visiwani Unguja.