The National Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance (CHRAGG)
Francis Nzuki, an official from the commission, said thorough
investigations on matters that violate human rights do not get proper
attention as the commission gets a mere Sh320m.
He said this amount is spent on salaries, transportation, electricity, cost for investigation and other office operation.
He revealed this during a one-day media workshop to create
awareness on the development and implementation of the national human
rights action plan that was prepared by commission.
He added: “We normally receive Sh100m only which is not enough,”
explaining that they now request funds from United Nation Development
Plan (UNDP) and agencies to support their activities.
The commission has stations at Lindi, Mwanza, and Zanzibar. The headquarters are in Dar es Salaam.
Project coordinator Laurent Burilo said the commission is currently
chairing implementation of the National Human Rights Action Plan
(NHRAP), sponso0red by UNDP.
NHAP is the first holistic plan addressing human rights that
responds to the recommendation of world conference on human rights held
in Vienna in 1993.
The conference calls on all states to consider the development of a national action plan to promote and protect human rights.
It helps to spell out government commitment to human rights and to
guarantee human rights according to international agreement entered into
by the state, he explained.
Secretary General of the commission Ms Mary Massey said the
commission cannot perform several task given under the law because of
insufficient funds.
“We are forced to investigate few assignments, mainly focusing on
Dar es Salaam … if something happens upcountry we fail to go there for
lack f funds,” she said.
She called on the government to allocate more funds to the commission.
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