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.
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.
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
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
Aliinunua Shirika la Mzinga mwaka 2008
ReplyDeleteKama raia akitaka anaruhusiwa kuinunua
Yabainika bei yake ni poa tu, ni Sh. 25,000
Kamanda wa Polisi Kanda Maalum ya Dar es Salaam, Suleiman Kova, akionyesha pingu anazomiliki mwandishi wa habari za uchunguzi wa Shirika la Utangazaji Tanzania (TBC1), Jerry Muro.
Kadhia anayoendesha kwa mbwembwe Kamanda wa Polisi Kanda Maalum ya Dar es Salaam, Suleiman Kova, kuhusu mwandishi wa habari za uchunguzi wa Shirika la Utangazaji Tanzania (TBC1), Jerry Muro, imezidi kumweka pagumu baada ya risiti ya pingu anayotuhumiwa nayo mwandishi huyo kupatikana.
Uchunguzi wa Nipashe umebaini kwamba Muro alinunua pingu hiyo kihalali kutoka duka la kuuza silaha la Shirika la Mzinga. Shirika hili ni mali ya serikali.
Nipashe imefanikiwa pia kuona risiti aliyopewa Muro kama ushahidi wa ununuzi wa pingu hiyo, ikiwa na namba 34357310. Stakabadhi hiyo ni mali ya serikali pia.
Risiti hiyo iliyotolewa Mei 20, mwaka 2008, inaonyesha kuwa Muro alinunua pingu kwa Sh, 25,000. Muro ambaye amejipatia umaarufu kutokana na kufichua aina tofauti za rushwa, Jumapili iliyopita alikutwa na pingu katika gari alilokuwa akilitumia mara baada ya kukamatwa kwa kudaiwa kutaka fedha kwa njia ya vitisho kwa aliyekuwa Mhasibu wa Halmashauri ya Bagamoyo, Michael Wage.
Wage pamoja na maofisa wa juu wa Halmashauri hiyo mwezi uliopita walifutwa kazi na Waziri Mkuu, Mizengo Pinda, kwa tuhuma za ufisadi wa kutisha. Bado wanachunguzwa na Taasisi ya Kuzuia na Kupambana na Rushwa (Takukuru).
Kwa mfano Jumatatu Kova alionyesha hadharani bastola anayomiliki Muro kama ambavyo polisi wengi wamekuwa wakionyesha silaha walizokamata kwa watu wanatuhumiwa kwa ujambazi.
Ingawa Kova alikiri kwamba Muro alikuwa anamiliki bastola hiyo kihalali, hakueleza umma ilikuwa na umuhimu gani basi kiutaalam na kiusalama kutoa taarifa za kina za silaha ya raia, ikiwa ni pamoja na uwezo wake wa kubeba risasi na ilikotengenezwa.
Kadhalika, Kova alionekana akijenga hoja kwamba pingu aliyokuwa anamiliki Muro ilikuwa inatiliwa shaka na kukiwa hakuna sheria yoyote Tanzania inayomzuia mtu kumiliki pingu, kifaa hicho si silaha wala hakina ukiritimba wowote wa kukimiliki.
Kova pia anadaiwa kuvunja sheria ya Takukuru ya mwaka 2007 kwa kuwataja watu waliotoa taarifa za rushwa, hivyo kuweka suala zima katika mtihani mkubwa wa kisheria.
Kifungu cha 51(1) (a) cha sheria hiyo, kinazuia kutajwa kwa jina, makazi na anuani ya mtu aliyetoa taarifa kuhusu vitendo vya rushwa au aliyesaidia mamlaka inayohusika kufanikisha kukamatwa kwa mhusika.
Juzi Kova aliwaanika watu wengine wawili aliodai kuwa ni washirika wa Muro katika kutenda uhalifu, na aliwatangaza kwamba ni “mapateli sugu wasiostahili kupewa dhamana”. Kova aligeuka kuwa Polisi na Hakimu wa kuhukumu papo hapo.
Kadhia ya Muro imekuwa ikibadili mwelekeo kila uchao, awali polisi walikuwa wanamtuhumu kwamba alidai rushwa ya Sh. milioni 10, lakini wameshindwa kueleza ni kwa nini hawakuweka mtego ili kumshikisha na pia ni kwa nini suala hilo halikupelekwa Takukuru ambao kisheria ndio mahali hasa pa kushughulikia makosa ya rushwa.
Jana nipashe iliwasiliana na uongozi wa Shirika la Mzinga ambalo linauza pingu hapa nchini, na ulisema upo tayari kumuuzia hata mwandishi kama anazo fedha.
"Wewe kama una hela njoo tutakuuzia pingu, haina shida tatizo lipo katika silaha," alisema Mary Peter, mfanyakazi wa shirika hilo alipoulizwa na Nipashe, jana jioni.
Mary alipoulizwa kama anakumbuka Muro aliwahi kununua pingu kwao, alijibu kwa kifupi kuwa yeye sio msemaji wa shirika hilo.
CHANZO: NIPASHE
Mdau wa Booni:
ReplyDeleteHoja nzuri sana, lakini kulikuwa na ubaya gani kuiweka hoja hii kwa lugha yetu nzuri ya Kiswahili? walio wengi humu ni WaTZ,na wangekuelewa na kuchangia vizuri zaidi kama ungeiweka kwa Kiswahili. Ni mtazamo tu.
Mswahili
Mdau wa Booni:
ReplyDeleteHoja nzuri sana, lakini kulikuwa na ubaya gani kuiweka hoja hii kwa lugha yetu nzuri ya Kiswahili? walio wengi humu ni WaTZ,na wangekuelewa na kuchangia vizuri zaidi kama ungeiweka kwa Kiswahili. Ni mtazamo tu.
Mswahili
Babaungu,mbula!!!
ReplyDeleteWasema usalama wa nchi uwekwe kwenye mikono ya jeshi while the police force is disbanded, are you suggesting a military takeover or a coup.
All we need is educated young brains in the police force, the young and brainy wont join the force because of bad pay.If the country pays peanuts what do you think you will recruit.....only
Very well argued. But disbanding the police force will create a huge number of trained policemen who are unemployed. That will trigger our crime rate rapidly high... We have to carefully to this.
ReplyDeleteBut the problem is not the police, it is the whole JK administration. Everybody is doing whatever he/she wants to do!
I agree..Our Police Force is not fit for purpose. However, the methodology you propose can cause the Nation even bigger problems. In fact the idea is flawed beyond belief. You are suggesting TPDF to take control of Policing the Country on interim basis…are you serious..?? The only reason TPDF is seen as Clean is because no body dare to Question their deals and scandals.
ReplyDeleteOur Police Force can be modernised from top to bottom without the need of overnight dismantling…my proposal.
1. Start by recruiting “At Least” Form 6 leavers with Minimum 5 grades C at GCSE.
2. Phase out the current police officers with new breed slowly until you have no police who is below Form 6….higher if possible.
3. Provide Clear & Well Defined rank structure; main objectives, responsibilities and expectation (along with increase in transparency at every level)
4. Increase Pay and Benefits across the whole force.
5. Provide Training to Police into modern Police methods and technologies.
6. Provide more modern equipment.
7. Modernise Law (especially) on the way Police search/ present Evidence to Court.
Sit back and relax… this Circus will never happen again.
TPDF they should stay as they are…TPDF
Network Engineer (NE)
Reading, UK.
Mimi nashawishika kuamini kuwa Muro sio msaaaafi vile. Tuachie mahakama iamue lakini polisi wetu ni wabaya sana, lakini mhhhh, kwa kesi hii ya Muro I reserve my comments. Waandishi wa habari wanamjua vizuri sana ndo maana unaona wengi kwa sasa wameanza kukaa kimya kuona ni kitu gani kinakuja. Nawasilisha mkuu.
ReplyDeleteMdau Network engineer,
ReplyDeleteMdau wa Booni (what a funny name) amepropose radical changes. Wewe umepropose gradual changes.
method yako ni nzuri lakini inafaa huko huko uliko na si kwa wamatumbi. Yaani by the time unamaliza gradual changes taharuki utakuta ndo wale wale. wapya washaambukizwa.
Mie ningeulizwa ningesema,ondoa goverment yote. Put a management consultant company waongoze nchi. Yaani walioko hakuna wa afadhali!
Mdau wa booni,weka mandiko yako ktk lugha ya kwetu. Umeandika vema
i agree the police force need to be revamped, but i dont support the TPDF handing over, these guys are worse than police officers, i also want to believe this should be a transition process, setting loose all those police officers who are having all sorts of stuff in their brains ( some have been caught in breaking houses,support criminals etc ) will increase crime in TZ and have it difficult for the normal Tanzanians to rest,
ReplyDeletelet the skilled one be recruited, however all police post stations should be properly manned, maintaned have enough furnitures, a proud place to work for, their houses should be renovated, and for every 100th citizen tehy catch breaking law and have produced leagl receipt let them share at least 2% of the earnings, for every crime they outsmart and catch the culprits let there be some motivations, they are doing what they are doing because of low income, we should think of incentive schemes etc, but this should be for the fresh clean from the college not these die hards we currently have, these are no police officers i dare say!
Enyi watanzania mnaongea sanaklama kawaida yenu jaribuni kuangalia recruitment ya polisi inaanzia wapi? ukiiangalia utajua kwamba hivi vitu ni vitu vya kutegemea kabisa kutokea.
ReplyDeletewewe ulivyokuwa unamaliza kidato cha nne au cha sita uliweka kwenda chuo cha polisi ???? au Ualimu?? kama uliwekailikuwa last choice. sasa unategemea nini????
The whole issue sucks beyond limit. Yaani mi nashangaa sana kwa muda wa karibu wiki sasa badala ya watu kujadili mambo ya msingi kwa mustakabali wa taifa tumeng'ang'ania suala la Jerry Muro. Naomba nieleweke hapa sisemi kwamba watu tupuuzie moja kwa moja lakini ni lazima pia tuyape uzito unaostahili masuala mengine ambayo pengine ni muhimu kuliko hii habari.
ReplyDeleteUchambuzi ulioufanya ni mzuri sana lakini sidhani kama nakubaliana na hitimisho lako. Wakati huo huo, sina jibu la nini kifanyike - umenipa changamoto ya kulifikiria jambo hili zaidi. Hii ndiyo mijadala tunayostahili kuiona humu na tukiitumia nafasi vizuri, tutafika pazuri.
ReplyDeleteIla mara ijayo andika kwa kiswahili - utawafikia watu wengi zaidi. Najua mara nyingine ni vigumu kwa sababu ya misamiati lakini siyo vibaya kujaribu.
Mdau
bwana eeh mi sijaielewa hii atiko kwani si muandike kiswahili na sie wengine tufaidi?? mashaka tu ndo anaruhusiwa kuandika kiinglish wengine wote kiswahili tuu sio ombi ni AMRI!!
ReplyDeleteWalio karibu na Kova wanasema yeye mwenyewe hujiita "Kamanda anayependa misifa but he delivers". Angalieni hata press conference zake zimejaa hewa na pumba tu. Makeke kwa wingi but completely empty!!Hakuna kitu.
ReplyDeleteOverhauling the police wont work. Many of the current officers were misfits and failures at school and those who have relatives in the police force are recruited therein. It is the same story, Uhamiaji na Magereza. Nchi inaenda kimtandao. Kule Oman wanaita Wastaa
KOVA KACHEMSHA NA ANAJUA .SASA KAJIWEKA PS
ReplyDeletePABAYA SANA MANAKE RISITI ZIMEPATIKANA NA YEYE ALIAPA KWAMBA HUWEZI KUNUNUA PINGU NCHINI.INAMANA KAMANDA WA OILISI HAJUI SHERIA ZA NCHI?
Mr. Network Engineer(NE)
ReplyDeleteReading, UK.
There is a job waiting for you here at the President's Office.
Please send your datails quoting REf: TGOV/P02010/INAFFTZ461
Thank you.
Mr. Network Engineer bravo! I do appreciate the comments and suggestions you had made. But I think you wont mind if Mr. Tibaigana could be asked to make some comments about this issue too!
ReplyDeleteThank you ver much indeed for the nice comments!
Uozo mtupu-Sijaona point
ReplyDeletePolitics in english language
Acha mahakama na geshi litpe maamuzi
Wewe unayejiona unafaa umefanya nn zaidi ya kuandika english yako ya Kichaga hapa?
Go to hell
Mungu ndiye anayehukumu na mungu ndiye aliyeviweka vyo,bo vya dola
People trained to kill whatever moves before them (TPDF) should never handle legal issues without being trained from the ground.
ReplyDeleteWe anony wa Thu Feb 04, 06:59:00 PM,
ReplyDeleteSasa tatizo ni kwamba huelewi lugha au? Basi ungekuja na ki- English cha kwenu tukione... kiswahili chenyewe kinakupiga chenga... what is "geshi litpe"?
Duh afu Kova nduguyo nini mbona umechukulia ishu so "PERSONAL" anyway you might be having problems of your own... don't try to get attention kwenye blog ya jamii.
Kama huna cha kuongea its better to keep you mouth shut... usichafue hewa, leta points wadau tujadili.
Peace, one Love...!
inakuwa izuri unapochambua mada bila upendeleo (bias). wewe unaonekana una chuki zako na hicho chombo. nasema hivyo kwa vile asilimia themanini (80%0 ya vyombo vya serikali vina maovu yanayofanana kwa kiasi kikubwa.
ReplyDeletehuwezi kurekebisha kimoja na kuacha kingine. system nzima iko hivyo.
lakini hebu tuangalie huyu Muro. kuwa na pingu ni haki yake lakini alikuwa anaitumia kwa kazi gani? inatia shaka. si utamaduni wa kawaida kuwa na pingu. hata ulaya na kwingine watu hawachuki pingu ovyo ovyo.
tusitetee sana na tusichukie sana. turekebishe idara zote. hata idara ya habari irekebishwe.
Quote;
ReplyDelete"Disband the Police force
*TPDF should take over in the transition period with IGP overlooking the exercise"
Ndio maana umeshauriwa uandike tu kwa Kiswahili. Maana ungesema unachotaka kusema kuwa,
"...wakati IGP akiendelea kusimamia zoezi hilo"
Matumizi ya neno overlooking hapo yanaleta maana tofauti kabisa.
Zaidi ya yote,
Its fine with me so long as it continues to be just AN EXERCISE!
Kazi ya pingu si moja tu ya kumfunga mwalifu tu, kuna watu hutumia pingu kama mapambo, kuna watu hutumia pingu wakati wa kitendo cha ngono, mama au baba hufungwa pingu kitandani na wanaendelea na tendo la baba na mama, it is a tool in love making, pamoja na hivyo hakuna sheria inayomkataza mtu kumiliki pingu, anaifanyia nini that all together is another qeustion not relevant with Muro having it, he can come with any answer if he will be asked one. Chamsingi hapa Muro ANAWEZA KUWA SI MSAFI HIVYO NA MPOKEA RUSHWA LAKINI POLISI WAMECHEMSHA NAMNA WALIVYOTAKA KUMTEGA, INABIDI WAEENDE SHULE KUJIFUNZA NAMNA YAKUWEKA MITEGI SI KUKURUPUKA TU, MURO ALISHITUKIA HILO DEAL NDO MAANA AKALI-HANDLE KI-UTUZIMA NA MUNGU AMEMUWEKA MAALA PA KUWEZA KUSHINDA KESI KIULAINI TU AKIPATA LAWYER ALIYEKULA BOOK
ReplyDeleteHii ni Kesi ya Vyomba vya usalama, Kama si kati Polisi na Takukuru basi itakuwa kati ya Usalama wa Taifa na Polisi. Kuna tawi moja wanatumia Camera kumuua mwingine. Hii ni revenge ya polisi kwa Tawi lingine ambalo hutumia Camera kuwaua.
ReplyDeleteNice Movie though, kwa waliowahi shule tunaliangalia kwa mbali.
Hakuna Tanzania mwenye utamaduni wa kutunza Risiti, tena ya bidhaa kama pingu, halafu ukimsikiliza Jerry aliwahi kusema, Kova anajua kwanini anamiliki hiyo Pingu.
Kova naye anasema, Jerry ni rafiki yao, hawa watu wanajuana sisi tunafanya tu chambo ili waonekane upande wao.Lini ulisikia Polisi wakisema jalada la muhalifu fulani linapelekwa kwa mwanasheria wa serikali kwanza.
Baada ya kumkamata Mhalifu, polisi wanatakiwa kumpeleka mtuhumiwa mahakani, sio kwa Mwanasheria wa serikali.
New Release...Nasubiria kuangalia hii movie
michuzi inabidi hio serikali ya tz,,ikupe na wewe cha juu,manake nahisi hio miofisa ya serikali inashinda humu kupata 'mautirio' aka darasa...afu baadaye ndio itasema ni yenyewe ndio ime implement hizo policies..na wakati imeshinda hapa kny blogu ya jamii...'ikigelezea'!!!...its high time watambue mchango wako ktk jamii,,na pia wakulipe fungu lako...yes,nothing is for free...eboh!!au unaogopa wataku-jerry muro na wewe hahahahha!...babu hakikisha na ze fulanazzz ina risiti!...usijeishia rumande tunakuona yakhe!lol
ReplyDeleteNey-bham
Anony Thu Feb 04, 09:16:00 PM, unajua hata maana ya point?
ReplyDeleteKesi anayo Kova wewe unajadili nn?
Points zako zitafika wapi?
Maoni kama ya mganga wa kienyeji. Kujifanya mwajua viwete wa akili
Kwa anony wa Fri Feb 05, 09:10:00 AM
ReplyDeleteMi nakujadili wewe, inaonekana unakurupukia mambo, inaelekea unamatatizo sana afu unatafuta somebody to put a your blames on... sa we wachaga wanakuhusu nini, au ishu ya wachaga hapa ina uhusiano gani, au ndo chuki binafsi na ukabila.
Mwandishi ameandika anaishi moshi(address) unauhakika gani kuwa yeye ni mchagga?
Whats the need to write "Go to hell"? chuki tu zinakusumbua kila mtu anahaki of "free expression". Again kama huna cha kuongea hapa sio sehemu ya kumtukana mtu au kuonyesha chuki zako.
Anyways hakuna mtu msafi tusubiri mahakama itoe maamuzi.
Peace, One Love...!