WATANZANIA ARE ARRESTED IN KENYA FOR BEGGING, WHILE KENYANS ARE ARRESTED IN TANZANIA FOR TRADING
Six Tanzanian beggars arrested in Kenya as more flock Makueni, Migori
By Michael Mutinda For Citizen Digital
Published on: September 14, 2019 17:23 (EAT)
In Summary
- In 2017, Citizen TV aired an expose on beggars from Tanzania flooding Kenyan streets.
- The report revealed that many of the beggars are lured to Kenya by able-bodied men who are the main beneficiaries.
- The Tanzanian beggars would remain destitute despite years of donations from well-wishing Kenyans.
Six Tanzanian beggars were arrested on Friday in Makueni.
Some of the suspects were on wheelchairs but when police got to them, they rose to their feet and tried to flee.
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”When we went to arrest them, one of them took off on a motorcycle,” Makueni Police Commander Joseph Ole Napeiyan said.
”On further interrogation, we were able to determine that the six were from a neighboring country,” he added.
It is alleged that the six are are part of a group that was brought to Wote every morning and left in the streets to pose as beggars.
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They include one man and five women, all of whom were carrying children.
The police boss said they will remain in custody to assist with investigations.
The incident comes days after Migori MCA Esther Onana urged the government to take action against beggars from Tanzania who she said are a menace in the county.
According to Ms. Onana, the beggars from Tanzania are tainting the reputation of people living with disability in Migori who do not begging on a street.
“We want the government of Kenya to repatriate the beggars from Tanzania urgently,” she said last week.
On her part, Mrs. Julie Minyoso who is the Migori county coordinator for the National council for People Living With Disability, urged locals to report cases of aliens on the street.
In 2017, Citizen TV aired an expose on beggars from Tanzania flooding Kenyan streets.
The report revealed that many of the beggars are lured to Kenya by able-bodied men who are the main beneficiaries.
The Tanzanian beggars would remain destitute despite years of donations from well-wishing Kenyans.
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Kenyans arrested for crossing the border to trade, sio kuomba omba..,
Governor saves 26 women from Tanzanian jails
Some of the 26 Maasai women shortly after they were rescued from a one-year jail in Tanzania by Kajiado Governor Joseph Lenku.The governor flew to the country on Thursday where he was engaged in high-level negotiations with Tanzanian security and judiciary officials to secure the release of the women. [Peterson Githaiga, Standard].
Kajiado Governor Joseph ole Lenku rescued 26 women from the county from serving a one-year jail term in Tanzania.
The women traders had crossed over to a Tanzanian market to sell their wares, where they were arrested, arraigned and convicted of being in the country illegally. They were each ordered to pay Sh1 million fine or serve one year in jail.
Governor Lenku flew to Tanzania on Thursday and engaged in high-level negotiations with Tanzanian security and judiciary officials to secure the release of the women most of whom are said to have left young children at home.
Interestingly, it is not the first time women from Kenya have gone across the border to trade.
By the time Lenku moved in to rescue them on Thursday evening, they had been in prison for four days.
Speaking to the Sunday Standard at the Namanga border after they were released, the women complained of hunger and thirst.
"Since we were arrested by the Tanzania authorities we have eaten nothing, not even water to drink was provided," said Joyce Santetua.
Lenku lamented that Tanzanian authorities had formed a habit of harassing Kenyan traders for no reason.
Serikali ya Tanzania iko na matatizo sana, afadhali ya Uganda ni jirani mwema. Sina ubaya na raiya, ni huruma tu huwa nawaonea.