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SOURCE:By Said Hamdan; GUARDIAN ON SUNDAY
Lindi Urban CCM parliamentary candidate Mohamed Abdul Azizi who is also Iringa Regional Commissionerand his campaign manager Khalfani Mandanje, used abusive and stigmatising language against Lindi Urban parliamentary candidate Salum Barwani from the Civic United Front, saying he was unsuitable because he was an albino.
They told the electorate in Ngapa, Mingoyo, Chikonji and Matopeni wards at varying times of the campaigns that under normal circumstances people with albinism suffered memory loss because of the lack of Vitamin C as they are exposed to sunlight.
CCM candidate Azizi is quoted to have said: In the past, our elders spat on their chests if they met albinos in the morning to drive away any curse.
An embittered Barwani told journalists that people harbouring such attitudes were no different from those who killed albinos for superstitious reasons. He is considering to petition to the national electoral commission.
Meanwhile, Azizi asked the electorate to vote him back into parliamaent so that he could finalise the construction of his hotel. But he did not give details
Angalizo;Hizi ndiyo akili za mtu aliyeshika Ubunge wa Lindi kwa miaka mingi sasa na kuaminiwa hadi kuteuliwa kuwa Mkuu wa Mkoa ktk serikali inayoongozwa na CCM?
Lindi Urban CCM parliamentary candidate Mohamed Abdul Azizi who is also Iringa Regional Commissionerand his campaign manager Khalfani Mandanje, used abusive and stigmatising language against Lindi Urban parliamentary candidate Salum Barwani from the Civic United Front, saying he was unsuitable because he was an albino.
They told the electorate in Ngapa, Mingoyo, Chikonji and Matopeni wards at varying times of the campaigns that under normal circumstances people with albinism suffered memory loss because of the lack of Vitamin C as they are exposed to sunlight.
CCM candidate Azizi is quoted to have said: In the past, our elders spat on their chests if they met albinos in the morning to drive away any curse.
An embittered Barwani told journalists that people harbouring such attitudes were no different from those who killed albinos for superstitious reasons. He is considering to petition to the national electoral commission.
Meanwhile, Azizi asked the electorate to vote him back into parliamaent so that he could finalise the construction of his hotel. But he did not give details
Angalizo;Hizi ndiyo akili za mtu aliyeshika Ubunge wa Lindi kwa miaka mingi sasa na kuaminiwa hadi kuteuliwa kuwa Mkuu wa Mkoa ktk serikali inayoongozwa na CCM?