Tanzania: Inmate Refuses to Leave Jail After President Magufuli's Pardon

Mbeya — To be incarcerated denies one his freedom in many ways and many would do anything to regain it, but that is not for Merad Abraham who was pardoned by the President.

He was among the 5,533 pardoned by President John Magufuli on independence but he has since refused to leave Ruanda Prison, in Mbeya to join his family.

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