{"id":13272,"date":"2024-09-10T11:27:45","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T11:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/?p=13272"},"modified":"2024-09-10T11:27:45","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T11:27:45","slug":"tanzanian-leader-condemns-the-killing-of-mohamed-ali-kibao-an-opposition-figure-doused-in-acid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/13272\/tanzanian-leader-condemns-the-killing-of-mohamed-ali-kibao-an-opposition-figure-doused-in-acid\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanzanian leader condemns the killing of Mohamed Ali Kibao, an opposition figure doused in acid"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tanzania’s Presdident Samia Suluhu Hassan has denounced the brutal killing of a senior member of the main opposition party Chadema, who was kidnapped, beaten and doused with acid.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Mohamed Ali Kibao, 69, was forced off a bus by suspected security agents while travelling from the country’s biggest city, Dar es Salaam, to his hometown Tanga.<\/p>\n

The post-mortem found that Mr Kibao had been \u201cseverely beaten and had acid poured on his face\u201d, party chairman Freeman Mbowe told the AFP news agency.<\/p>\n

His death comes amid concern by the opposition and rights groups of a clampdown on political activity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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President Samia condemned the \u201cbrutal acts\u201d and called for an investigation into the murder.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have ordered the investigation agencies to bring me detailed information about this terrible incident and others like this as soon as possible,\u201d she said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur country is a democracy, and every citizen has the right to live,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Hundreds turned out for Mr Kibao’s funeral in Tanga, where people called for Home Affairs Minister Hamad Masauni to step down as he tried to address the mourners.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere is the government? People are being abducted and [there is] no action. Minister Masauni resign, resign, resign,\u201c they shouted.<\/p>\n

Mr Mbowe, who was also at the funeral, intervened, urging the crowd to allow the minister to complete his speech.<\/p>\n

The US Embassy in Tanzania voiced their support for an \u201cindependent, transparent, and prompt investigation\u201d into the killing of Mr Kibao.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot allow our people to continue disappearing or being killed like this. The lives of Chadema leaders are currently at risk,\u201d Mr Mbowe told AFP.<\/p>\n

Mr Kibao was a retired military intelligence officer and joined Chadema in 2008.<\/p>\n

The killing of Mr Kibao has sparked widespread condemnation across Tanzania, with many asking the government to take action over reports of several other people being abducted and killed.<\/p>\n

The US Embassy in Tanzania said: “Murder and disappearances, as well as last month\u2019s detentions, beatings, efforts to disenfranchise citizens ahead of elections, should have no place in a democracy”.<\/p>\n

Last month senior Chadema leaders,\u00a0Mr Mbowe and his deputy Tundu Lissu, were arrested\u00a0after they attempted to hold a youth rally.<\/p>\n

Police banned the rally, saying it was intended to cause violence.<\/p>\n

In July,\u00a0an artist was accused of burning an image of President Samia and sentenced to two years in prison.<\/p>\n

Many people fear Tanzania could be returning to the repressive rule of late President John Magufuli, despite his successor Ms Samia lifting a ban on opposition gatherings and promising to restore competitive politics.<\/p>\n

In August, Human Rights Watch said the increase in arrests of opposition activists was a “bad sign” with the 2025 presidential elections around the corner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tanzania’s Presdident Samia Suluhu Hassan has denounced the brutal killing of a senior member of the main opposition party Chadema, who was kidnapped, beaten and doused with acid. On Friday, Mohamed Ali Kibao, 69, was forced off a bus by suspected security agents while travelling from the country’s biggest city, Dar es Salaam, to his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13273,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":48,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","source_name":"BBC"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,2362,33],"tags":[504,3102,464,3103,131],"class_list":["post-13272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-africa","category-featured","category-politics","tag-chadema","tag-mohamed-ali-kibao","tag-samia-suluhu","tag-tanga","tag-tanzania"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}