TANZANIA POLICE FORCE AND JERRY MURO’S SAGA
Tanzania police force has always been the centre of controversy each year. Instead of doing their noble job of looking after security of citizens of this country, they have been involved in scandalous events which leave a lot to be desired. In the world of science you can term them as amphoteric. They can be police and criminals at the same time.
Look at the past events of murdering innocent people like germ dealers from Ulanga and Tuga of Ukonga to wooly accusations like that of Jery Muro. I trust we will not have a committee this time to investigate this matter!
People with brains have been airing their views that our police force should be disbanded. IGP Mwema was last week asked why he shouldn’t disband the entire force. He answered politically (I for one didn’t see any logic in his answer). And now this week they have given us all the reasons why we should think twice as to why we should have this instrument of maintaining peace the way it is operating today.
What I’m questioning here is the integrity and contractual capacity of our police officers. Some of them would make good movie actors. They way they love cameras and press coverage. Sometimes you wonder whether they are trying to impress their girlfriends or have been told that they are very photogenic.
Coming to the heart of matter, we were told that they have arrested Jerry Muro on bribe allegations. The following day they said they are questioning him for unlawful possessing hand cuffs. Do you want to tell us all the ruckus was because of hand cuffs? Or is it just because he has shown to the public the open secret that police are leading in taking bribes? Now that Muro has produced the receipt of the hand cuffs, I will never been surprised if the police will claim that it is a fake one. They are dealing with trivial things and leave major issues unattended!
A good police would have waited for Muro to take the bribe first before arresting him! Again, questions come into mind; do we have police officers with right IQ? Were they trained properly? Is this the way they perform their duties?
It reminds me of Zombe’s saga. How do you parade suspect in the press conference while they are still innocent in the eyes of the law? If they get a good lawyer, the Kova’s suspects can make a good fortune out of that! Wandering aloud, you would say that ah! Dar-es-salaam police have been cursed. How on earth can a police officer investigate a case by using press conference? Are they looking for public support or?
DPP was once quoted that police have a chronic habit of bringing shoddy evidence to his office and that is why some of the files which are to be taken to court have been shelved in his office. In other way, he was saying that the police do not know their job. Between the lines he was saying, police force is useless instrument which needs overhaul if we need to move forward.
I have singled out Muro’s case as a representative of the weakness of our police force.
What should be done?
While we cannot afford for more people to die or suffer in the name of Police on duty, far radical changes should be made. If you like management jargons then we can say the police force of this country need to be re-engineered. As a citizen who wishes good things for my country, I’m proposing the following;
*Disband the Police force
*TPDF should take over in the transition period with IGP overlooking the exercise
*Recruit qualified and patriotic Tanzanians, scrutinize them properly to avoid the mistakes and blunders which we have been witnessing
*The final stage after all has been done is for the IGP to step down
*Investigative journalist should take precautious moves like being accompanied by a fellow journalist or reporting to the supervisor before meeting any person on matters pertaining their official duties
*The citizens should pray hard for this country. Given the current direction of our country affairs, if his almighty doesn’t intervene as a result of our prayers, we will make Somalia look like child's play.
From Mdau wa Booni,
Moshi
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