Summary
· "The number of illegal immigrants in prisons costs the government about Sh15.54 million per day and if the situation remains as it is, the government will spend Sh5.673 billion annually to take care of the prisoners,"
Dodoma. The government of Tanzania
spends about Sh15.54 million per day to provide various basic services to
illegal immigration detainees and prisoners, Parliament has been told.
This
was revealed on Monday February 6, by the chairman of the Parliamentary
Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Security, Mr Vita Kawawa
while presenting in Parliament the committee’s report from February 2022 to
January 2023.
Reading
the report, Mr Kawawa said that the information from the Ministry of Internal
Affairs shows that from September to December, 2022, a total of 7,493 illegal
immigrants were arrested in various places in the country.
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