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The CHRGG director for Research and Documentation, Ms Epiphania Mfundo, said yesterday that out of 1,265
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human rights violation complaints reported by people to the commission since it came into force in 2002, 80 per cent
of them involved the police force.

“Most of the complaints were about police delays in investigating cases and cooking of cases,” she said when Gallery Latest News
making clarifications at a news conference at the CHRGG headquarters at Haki House in Dar es Salaam.

Ms Mfundo named Dar es Salaam as the leading region with more cases of human rights violations by the police,
followed by Mwanza, Tanga, Tabora, Kilimanjaro, Kagera and Mara regions.

Addressing the news conference CHRGG’s chairperson Amiri Ramadhani Manento said the commission had
received 25,753 complaints from members of the public since its inception in 2002.

“Out of these complaints, 24,488 involved infringement of pillars of good governance and 1,265 were about violations
of human rights,” said Judge Manento, who was flanked by the CHRGG vice-chairperson, Ms Mahfoudha Hamid, and
the CHRGG acting executive secretary, Ms Mary Massay.

Judge Manento said most of the complaints on good governance involved poor administrative justice for both central
and local governments in areas such as delays or non-payment of pensions, courts failing to produce copies of case
rulings or judgements and teachers’ transfers.

He said the Commission received complaints from members of the public through the media, letters, emails, short
message services (sms), telephone calls, public rallies and by physical reporting.

Ms Massay said currently the commission has offices in Dar es Salaam, Mwanza and Lindi, adding that plans are
afoot to open offices on Pemba Island, Kilimanjaro, Mbeya and Dodoma regions.

“But the opening of new offices in different parts of the country is being done at a snail’s pace due to budget
constraints,” she observed.

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