Tanzania: Ethics - Abolish Capital Punishment

opinion

Disregarding or snubbing this echo of death penalty in the house is not the best alternative. Instead of closing our eyes to, or taking no notice of , MP Ally Mohamed Keissy (Nkasi North — CCM) called for the application of the death penalty to all fellow citizens who contributed to the suffering and death of Tanzanians, due to lack of resources, following gross misconduct in signing extractive industry contracts, we should seek to reflect on the matter.

While there is a worldwide firm trend towards abolishing the death penalty, with progress in some countries in Africa as well as other regions of the world, death penalty has rebounded in the ongoing parliamentary sitting in Dodoma. Disregarding or snubbing this echo of death penalty in the house is not the best alternative.

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