THE government will continue to deal with all trouble makers in the country, the Prime Minister, Mr Mizengo Pinda, told the National Assembly.
"We are now tired with these trouble makers. We are going to arrest them and if they resist and cause chaos they are going to be beaten with the law enforcing organs," Mr Pinda said.
The premier was answering Mr Murtaza Mangungu (Kilwa North-CCM) who had wanted to know why there are many cases of breach of peace, referring to recent events in Arusha and Mtwara as an example.
"If we don't have peace in the country productivity will go down," Mr Mangungu said in the routine Thursday's question time to the the Prime Minister. Mr Pinda blamed political leaders, particularly Chadema for causing recent chaos in Arusha.
He urged the party's leaders to obey the law of the land to avoid ugly incidents and unnecessary clashes between police and the people.
Meanwhile, the prime minister reiterated that Tanzania want to see peace is restored in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) through dialogue.
The premier was responding to Mr Rajab Mbarouk (Ole - CUF) who had wanted to know why there was misunderstanding between Tanzania and Rwanda since President Jakaya Kikwete suggested that the Kigali government should talk with rebels.
"That is the position of Tanzania. We believe that dialogue can end civil war in DRC," the premier stressed. In another development, Mr Pinda said yesterday that every Tanzanian must play his or her part in the war against corruption.
The prime minister, however, differed with the Director General of Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB), Dr Edward Hoseah, on giving the bureau more powers.
"It is not good to allow one institution to arrest suspects, investigate and prosecute people," the premier said.
Meanwhile, the Leader of the Official Opposition in the National Assembly, Mr Freeman Mbowe, who had gone "missing" since Tuesday, emerged from his "hide-out" yesterday and called for an independent commission of inquiry to probe last weekend's bombing incident that claimed four lives in Arusha.
Mr Mbowe, who is also the National Chairman of CHADEMA, issued the call at the Arusha Central Police Station where he and Arusha Urban MP, Mr Godbless Lema, reported for questioning after "going underground" for the last two days.
"The police here are accusing us of unlawful assembly. But we stand to our position that it was not an unlawful assembly, the opposition leader stated. People had gathered at the Soweto Grounds to pay their last respects to the victims of the planned attack at the Soweto grounds on Saturday, June 15, when our party was winding up its campaign for the ward by-elections," said Mr Mbowe.
The opposition leader insisted that his party had all the evidence showing that the police bombed the Soweto rally shortly before using guns to shoot innocent people; including three young children -- and that the incident was fully recorded in video clips.
"But we cannot submit the evidence to the police because they are the prime suspects; we, therefore, call on President Jakaya Kikwete to form an independent commission of enquiry to probe the incident," Mr Mbowe defiantly stated.
Earlier, the Commissioner of Training and Operations in the Tanzania Police Force, Mr Paul Chagonja, had appealed to Mr Mbowe to at least handle the said DVDs that allegedly show the incident to religious leaders now that the CHADEMA leader has lost trust in security organs.
"It is taking us too long to wrap up the case; we, therefore, appeal to Mr Mbowe and other CHADEMA officials to at least summon religious leaders of their choice and hand over the evidence to them so that we can work on the case," said Mr Chagonja, who was dispatched to Arusha from the police headquarters in Dar es Salaam to investigate the matter.
Meanwhile, thousands of Arusha residents turned up to escort the body of the former CHADEMA official, the late Ms Judith Mushi, from the City Mortuary to her home in Sokon-One for burial. Ms Mushi was one of the four people killed during the bombing incident. Mr Mbowe, Mr Lema, Mr Vincent Nyerere and other CHADEMA officials presided at the funeral mass in Sokon-One ward.
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