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Kigoma prisons congested

    NAIROBI

    The Tanzanian ‘Guardian’ daily said prisons in the Kigoma region were congested “as a result of an increase in the number of refugees being locked up for criminal offences”. It quoted the Kigoma regional commissioner Abubakar Mgumia as saying “unlawful refugees” from the DRC, Burundi and Rwanda were a “huge burden” to the authorities. One prison with a capacity for 60 people was now holding 500 inmates, the newspaper said.

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