THE Kinondoni District Commissioner (DC), Mr Ally Hapi, yesterday ordered police officers to arrest the Kawe Member of Parliament (MP), Ms Halima Mdee, for inflammatory statements against President John Magufuli that she uttered on Monday.
DC Hapi told a press conference in Dar
es Salaam that his district is not a place for politicians to utter
inflammatory statements against government leaders and abusing the
president.
He said as the Chairman of the Peace and
Secu rity Committee in Kinondoni District he ordered the law
enforcement officers to arrest Ms Mdee and hold her for interrogation
for not less than 48 hours before further legal measures.
“I want police officers to arrest Halima
and detain her for 48 hours so as she gives cooperation to the officers
in connection with the statements that she made,” he said.
He emphasised that the action of Kawe’s
MP to say that President Magufuli has bad behaviour was against the laws
of the country and according to the country’s regulations Act 33, it
does not allow anyone to use inflammatory words or statements against
the President.
He added that the arrest of Halima will
be a lesson to other people who have the similar ill conduct as her for
disrespecting government leaders.
Meanwhile, the Acting Dar es Salaam
Special Zone Police Commander, Mr Lucas Mkondya, told this paper that
the process of arresting Kawe’s MP is underway.
“We heard the DC’s order and we are looking for her. We will inform you once she is arrested,” said Mkondya
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