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Tanzania appoints new police chiefs, Simon Sirro named ambassador to Zimbabwe
7:41 CAT | 20 Jul 2022
Image: @TanzaniaInsight
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has appointed a new head of the police amid criticism over recent human rights violations by the country’s security officers.
Ms Samia on Tuesday appointed Camillus Wambura, the former director of criminal investigations, as the new inspector-general of police.
He replaces Simon Sirro, who has been named Tanzania’s ambassador to Zimbabwe.
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President Samia also appointed Ramadhan Hamisi Kingai as the new director of criminal investigations.
Upon the reshuffle of the top bosses, President Samia said that her government’s priority was to have an efficient force that would observe the rights of the people and their property. There will be a committee to assess police performance, she said.
However, human rights activists describe the changes as “delayed”.
The changes come a month after some accused the Tanzanian police of violently evicting Maasai herders from their ancestral land in the northern Ngorongoro district.
At least 30 people were wounded during clashes between protestors and security forces.
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BREAKING: Rais Samia Suluhu Hassan amempandisha cheo Kamishna Msaidizi wa Polisi (ACP) Ramadhan Hamisi Kingai (kushoto) na kumteua kuwa Mkurugenzi wa Upelelezi wa Makosa ya Jinai (DCI) akichukua nafasi ya Camilius Wambura (kulia) ambaye ameteuliwa kuwa (IGP)#MorningExpress pic.twitter.com/jD53mBg2HQ
— UFM 107.3 DSM (@ufmradiotz) July 20, 2022
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Tanzania President @SuluhuSamia has appointed DCI Camillus Wambura the Inspector General of Police (IGP), State House said in a late night statement issued at 2am
He replaces unpopular Simon Sirro, who becomes Tanzania ambassador to Zimbabwe pic.twitter.com/xk2DvEkdC2
— Tanzania Business Insight (@TanzaniaInsight) July 19, 2022
Source: BBC
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