Tanzanian opposition MP Zitto Kabwe. He was arrested in Dar es Salaam on
October 31, 2018, after having claimed that dozens of people were
killed in recent clashes between herders and the security forces. FILE
PHOTO | THE CITIZEN
Tanzanian opposition lawmaker Zitto Kabwe was arrested in Dar es
Salaam Wednesday after having claimed that dozens of people were killed
in recent clashes between herders and the security forces, his ACT
party said.
Kabwe, head of the Alliance for Change and
Transparency and its only member of parliament, is an outspoken critic
of President John Magufuli.
"Our leader was arrested at
his home. He is now being questioned by police. Our lawyers are with
him," ACT spokesman Ado Shaibu said.
"We do not yet
know exactly why he was arrested, but according to initial police
explanations it has to do with our press conference on Sunday," the
spokesman added.
At that briefing in Dar es Salaam,
Kabwe said about 100 people were killed in clashes between police and
herders some 10 days earlier in the western Kigoma province, where he is
from.
Police put the figure at two policemen and two
herders killed, and said the herders had unlawfully taken their cattle
into a protected reserve.
Kigoma police chief Martin Ottieno challenged Kabwe to show for his claim.
On Wednesday, police commander Jumanne Muliro of Kinondoni, where Kabwe was being questioned, told the independent daily Mwananchi: "We will provide more information later on" about his arrest.
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