Johnson Nguza Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/johnson-nguza/ The low down on African affairs Mon, 11 Dec 2017 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Johnson Nguza Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/johnson-nguza/ 32 32 Tanzanian President pardons two child rapists https://jjcornish.com/2017/12/tanzanian-president-pardons-two-child-rapists/ Mon, 11 Dec 2017 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2017/12/tanzanian-president-pardons-two-child-rapists/ Activists says they’re furious but not surprised at Tanzanian President John Magafuli pardoning two musicians who raped 10 primary schoolgirls. Earlier this year Magafuli banned pregnant schoolgirls from returning to class. Making his speech during Tanzania’s independence celebrations, President John Magafuli announced he was pardoning musicians Nguza Viking and his son Johnson Nguza who were […]

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]]> Activists says they’re furious but not surprised at Tanzanian President John Magafuli pardoning two musicians who raped 10 primary schoolgirls.

Earlier this year Magafuli banned pregnant schoolgirls from returning to class.

Making his speech during Tanzania’s independence celebrations, President John Magafuli announced he was pardoning musicians Nguza Viking and his son Johnson Nguza who were jailed for raping 10 schoolgirls.

Director of the Arusha-based Community for Children Rights Kate McAlpine says it shows Magfuli lacks understanding about violence against children.

By keeping pregnant girls out of school he shows he has a blind spot when it comes to recognising children as victims. Pregnant schoolgirls are pregnant because they are victims of violence

Childrens’ rights activist Helen Kijo Bisimba says forgiving those criminals will add more pain to the family and parents

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