Speaking at a news conference in Dar es
Salaam yesterday, Dar es Salaam zone immigration chief, John Msumule
said the arrests of illegal immigrants were made after an intense
investigation that was done in the past eight months.
Mr Msumule named the two aliens who were
employed by the government prior to the arrests as Mr Bahilanya
Milingita alias Roy Bilingita who is a Congolese national and Dr Esther
Mwenitumba who is from Malawi.
According to Mr Msumule, Mr Bilingita
entered in the country in 1986 illegally and managed to acquire a
Tanzanian passport by submitting false documents. “He is residing in
Gongolamboto with two wives and he is an electric technician who owns a
company that has a joint venture with Tanzania Electric Supply Company
(TANESCO),’’ he said, adding that he was employed by TANESCO contrary to
the country’s laws.
The other illegal immigrants, according
to the immigration regional chief is Dr Esther Mwenitumba, who prior to
the arrest was working as the chief medical officer at the Mburahati
health centre. He added that the suspects would be arraigned immediately
after completion of investigations.
According to the Non-Citizens
(Regulations) Act, upon conviction, any person who contravenes the law
commits an offence and he/she is liable to a fine of not less than 10m/-
to imprisonment for a term of not less than two years or both.
Yesterday, Mr Msumule warned landlords
who were not getting details of their tenants, insisting that it was
proper if the records of all the tenants were proper, where on any
suspicion, information should be taken to the nearest immigration
office.
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