Reject impunity lurking behind ‘immunity for head of state’ tag
The late Tanzania's former president John Magufuli. Catholic clergy have called for the removal of a spurious immunity that was legislated under him. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
Two statements, one coming on the heels of the other, may help convey the feel of what it is to be working in the governance labyrinth that is Tanzania, and the frustration that could beset you from time to time.
The first statement came from a representative of TEC, which is an organisation of the Catholic clergy, and it called for the removal of a spurious immunity that was legislated under the late president John Pombe Magufuli, placing a number of officials above the law by giving them immunity in cases which would normally burden them with responsibility, civil or criminal.
