Tanzania: Albinos Call for Public Hanging of Murderers
24 September 2009
The Tanzania Albino Society (TAS) has called for the public execution of three people who were yesterday sentenced to death for murdering an albino.
Masumbuko Madata, 32, Emmanuel Masangwa, 28, and Charles Kalamuji, alias Masangwa, 42, all residents of Shinyanga Region, were sentenced to death by the High Court sitting in Kahama for the brutal murder of a 13-year-old boy.
TAS national chairman Ernest Kimaya urged President Jakaya Kikwete to assent to the death sentences as soon as possible.
"The society hopes that President Jakaya Kikwete will authorise the death sentences the soonest, and that the executions will be carried out publicly to show that the Government is serious in its war on albino killers," he said.
He commended the Government for expediting the trial and the High Court for "delivering justice".
Nominated MP Al-Shymaa Kwegyir said she was delighted by the sentence, adding that people who murdered fellow human beings had no right to live....
FULL ARTICLE: http://allafrica.com/stories/200909240143.html
After reading some of the responses to this thread, I thank the author for bringing this topic to light. About one year ago, before I decided to take a hiatus from posting on ALL internet sites (except for my own blogs), I wrote a post here dealing with changes in the natural environment, within the galactic "electromagnetic field", that is leading to mutations within our "cosmic DNA". This is further proof of that assessment. It is no laughing matter. The dilemna here is how will African people systematically deal with an increasing biological/genetic condition that is a natural occurence, and has been since the birth of humankind. Where is our humanism when dealing with our own people?