{"id":721036,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/721036/?format=json","text_counter":631,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Anami","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":2773,"legal_name":"Lisamula Silverse Anami","slug":"lisamula-silverse-anami"},"content":"Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you will be surprised at our efforts to establish police posts and police stations. They are becoming counter-productive. Communities do not know whether to accept them or to refuse them. I have had an instance where members of the community say: “Now, Mheshimiwa, you are putting up a police post here. It means a lot of torture to our youth and the mothers of this community.” Indeed, that happens. We had an instance where in a Pentecostal Church, we have a person called Mama Assembly, the woman exemplary leader who represents the interests of women. Such a person can never be associated with brewing of chang’aa . So, when the police did not find chang’aa in her house and she was not ready to part with money, they assigned her a few jericans of chang’aa. Mama Assembly was then arrested and asked to take a bond because she did not give them a bribe. Let us deal with this thing holistically. I would like to support the Prevention of Torture Bill and even ask that we structure it in such a way that it does not just concern public officers. Let us be concerned with other remedial initiatives. Thank you."}