Inspector General of Police,Ernest Mangu contribute point to the Senior
Police Officers meeting on better good services to the public in
Kilimanjaro Region yesterday.
An angry mob has torched 24 houses at Kilombero Village here protesting the brutal death of Felister Mathias, 55, allegedly committed by people from Kisumo Sama clan.
Unofficial reports here claimed that the clan was also involved in five other deaths in which machetes were used.
Following the allegations, the residents went on a
rampage and razed four houses belonging to the clan and 20 others used
by its members.
“The angry residents have torched 24 houses, four
of them owned by members of Kisumo Sama clan whom villagers allegedly
are behind killings of Felister,” said Mr Martin Mataba, Rwamgasa
Village executive Officer.
Explaining further on the cause of the conflict,
the daughter of the deceased, Ms Christina Charles, said her mother had a
quarrel with a member of the Kisumo clan, Korogwe Kisumo, who also
serves as communal guard (Sungusungu) secretary after her livestock
accidentally grazed in their farm.
“Prior to the killing of my mother, there was a
dispute between her and a Kisumo clan member. One of our livestock
keepers accidently let the animals graze in his farm. But my mother paid
them Sh40,000 as compensation,” she said, adding that relations between
them cooled.
She said three days later a group of five people
raided their house and butchered her mother. Village chairman Sospeter
Bulengeti admitted the clan anomosities are the cause of violence. He
said that the clan members arrived at the village after they were kicked
out of Msalala Village in Nyang’hwale District.
“We conducted a vote after the killing and the
clan was voted to have been involved. The leader of Sungusungu from the
clan fled the village after polls,” said the chairman.
The residents torched the clan’s houses after its members failed to attend an emergency meeting when the woman was killed.
Geita District commissioner, who doubles as the
district security chaiman, Mr Manzie Mangochie, gave a ten-day notice to
the village authority to ensure all those involved in the killings and
burning of houses faced legal measures including being taken to court.
“I give you ten days to ensure all those involved
in killings and burning houses are brought before justice,” the DC
ordered the village chairman.
DC Mangochie warned he would arrest village top officials if they failed to execute his order.
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