- Another Kenyan family is mourning the death of their loved one in Tanzania, following the country’s controversial election
- Albert Kamala, 68, who had been missing for 10 days, was found dead after being arrested by the police on election day
- At the same time, 21 young men are at large facing charges of treason, which has sparked outrage and calls for justice at the border.
For 10 days, the family of 68-year-old Albert Kamala searched for him in the hope that he is still alive.
Those hopes were dashed when they found his body in a morgue in a small health center near the border.
The discovery makes him the second Kenyan confirmed to have died in the country Tanzania following a controversial election.
According to information from Citizen TV, Kamala was arrested on election day in Moshi, Kilimanjaro area.
Witnesses said he was picked up by police officers in an unmarked car, and has not been seen since.
His disappearance raised fear and confusion among the brothers, who were going from one police station to the hospital in search of answers.
John Okoth was also killed in Tanzania
His death is very similar to that of John Okoth, a Kenyan teacher from Siaya who lived and worked in Tanzania for eight years.
Okoth, who was teaching at Sky Schools, was reportedly killed in Gaba, Ubungo, Dar es Salaam.
His body is still in the Mwananyamala mortuary while relatives are looking for help to bring it home for burial.
For grieving families on both sides of the border, the ongoing situation raises many questions, pain, and cries for justice.
While efforts to restore peace in Tanzania are increasing, two Kenyan families are left to mourn their loved ones who crossed the border in search of livelihood, but now they are returning home as figures of an election surrounded by controversy.
Kenyans mourn the death of Albert Kamala
Squangking Cyrus: “We Africans are losing our lives every day. Why don’t we oppose bad governance and corruption?”
Veronica Irungu: “I do not believe if the East African Community will ever achieve the goal of having one currency and one president. The signs are not good.”
Dismas Kipkoech Korir: “Why kill a foreigner when you also have your own people living well in foreign countries? Killing those Kenyans was actually a mistake.”
Moses Otieno: “The President of Kenya should protect Kenyans whether inside or outside the country.”
21 young people arrested in Tanzania
At the same time, 21 young men and women are facing charges of treason for allegedly destroying government property and infrastructure during the unrest.
The distressing videos showed the suspects getting off the prison bus, many of them weak and some walking with a limp, raising concerns about the torture they may have suffered at the hands of the police.
Among those arrested is a famous businessman who has been accused of conspiring to commit treason.
According to prosecutors, encouraging people to buy masks to protect themselves from tear gas was counted as an act of inciting opposition to government authorities.
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