MINISTER MAGUFULI CONSOLES ALBINO CHILD'S MOTHER-MASWAYETU BLOG

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Minister for Works Dr John Magufuli.

Minister for Works Dr John Magufuli who is also a Member of Parliament for Chato (CCM) has sent a message of condolence to the mother of Yohana Bahati, an albino child who was  abducted recently and brutally killed in his constituency in Geita Region and donated Sh1 million to the bereaved family.

 

In his message, Magufuli condemned the abduction and subsequent killing and expressed the mother of the deceased, Ester Jonas who was seriously injured in a fight with a group of abductors, as a heroine who was ready to sacrifice her life to save her child. 

 

Ms Jonas had struggled in vain to save her child from being abducted by the unknown people.

 

Speaking in Dar es Salaam yesterday, Magufuli condemned the killings, urging Tanzanians to refrain from superstitious beliefs typical of those leading to brutal attacks on people with albinism.  

 

“It is inhuman and an intolerable non-sense believing that a body part of an albino person could make one rich… they cannot become rich by chopping off albino’s body like what they did to child Bahati,” he said referring to dismemberment of the body of the child.  

 

He acknowledged cooperation by the management of Chato District hospital and that of Bugando Referral Hospital in providing  timely medical help to the child’s mother.

 

He also commended  the Regional Security Committee of Geita Region for tireless search for the culprits.