for interrogation after initially refusing to heed a controversially-issued summons in connection to allegations of his involvement in illicit drugs.
Mbowe was initially called upon to visit the station by Dar es Salaam regional commissioner Paul Makonda about two weeks ago, after the RC named him in a list of prominent people with alleged links to the narcotics trade.
CHADEMA’s head of communications Tumaini Makene told The Guardian yesterday: “He (Mbowe) was on his way to the Central Police Station when he met the police along the way, and they (police) decided to escort him the rest of the way.”
According to Makene, the police met Mbowe in the Kawe area near Mlalakuwa Bridge.
The Hai member of parliament is among 65 people ‘summoned’ by RC Makonda for police questioning as part of a new crackdown on narcotics use and dealing.
Makonda said the people he named were suspected of being involved in the illegal narcotics trade, either as users, pushers, or contact persons.
Mbowe has several times vehemently denied the allegations, arguing that it is the duty of the authorities to verify such speculations before naming people in public.
Some other prominent people named and ‘summoned’ by Makonda included Bishop Josephat Gwajima of the Glory Christ Church, and local businessman Yusuf Manji.
Both have already reported to the police and undergone interrogation. While
Gwajima was eventually released, Manji was later arraigned in court on charges of using illicit drugs.
Several local entertainment celebrities have also been nabbed in the ongoing anti-narcotics crackdown. They include a former winner of the Miss Tanzania pageant, Wema Issac Sepetu, who was also formally charged in court of being found in possession of narcotics.
President John Magufuli has voiced his support for the latest anti-drugs war, saying nobody should be spared regardless of public status or popularity.
Magufuli recently presided over the establishment of the Drug Control and Enforcement Authority (DCEA), naming seasoned security officer Rogers Sianga as its first commissioner general, in a move obviously aimed at enhancing chances of eventually winning the anti-drugs war.
The new DCEA chief, Sianga, has said the agency’s first move will be to supply the Chief Justice the names of judges and magistrates believed to be undermining the war by mishandling cases that involve narcotics.
Sianga has also been handed a dossier containing 97 new names of suspected drug barons and kingpins within and outside the country, compiled by Dar es Salaam regional authorities under Makonda’s direction.
Unlike Makonda, he has not made the list public.
Tanzania has long been recognised as a major transit point for international drug trafficking activities, but corruption has in the past been an enormous barrier to effective anti-narcotics enforcement
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Drug traffickers are known to use their considerable financial resources to influence politicians, law enforcement officers, and others in positions of power to turn the other cheek.
Constitutional Affairs and Justice Minister Harrison Mwakyembe has described the current anti-drugs crusade as very tough, noting that given the immense power and resources that drug barons wield, it could definitely turn ugly.
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