A police commander in Tanzania’s capital, Dodoma, has been faraway from her put up following controversial feedback by which she linked an alleged gang rape sufferer to intercourse work.
Earlier this month a video showing to point out a younger girl being assaulted by 5 males went viral within the East African nation, prompting an outcry among the many public.
On Sunday, the police commander within the capital, Dodoma, was quoted in a Tanzanian newspaper as saying the “girl in query gave the impression to be engaged in intercourse work”.
Following a backlash and accusations that the remark minimised the girl’s ordeal, Tanzania’s nationwide police drive apologised and mentioned the commander had been transferred.
“The police drive wish to apologise to everybody who was touched and offended by the assertion circulating within the media whereas monitoring is being completed to seek out its accuracy,” nationwide police spokesperson David Misime mentioned on Monday.
Mr Msime added that in her feedback to native newspaper Mwananchi, Dodoma Regional Commander Theopista Mallya had mentioned that even when the girl was a intercourse employee, “she didn’t need to be handled that approach”.
These phrases didn’t seem in Mwananchi’s report.
Within the video showing to point out the girl being raped, the suspects reportedly interrogate her, forcing her to apologise to somebody known as “afande”.
In Tanzania “afande” is commonly used to consult with a soldier or police officer, so many activists and social media customers expressed outrage {that a} sexual assault may have been carried out on the orders of a member of the safety forces.
“The investigation revealed that the youths weren’t appearing on orders from any officers; they have been merely inebriated and medicines,” Ms Mallya advised Mwananchi.
“Nevertheless the girl in query gave the impression to be engaged in intercourse work,” she mentioned.
Following the general public backlash over Ms Mallya’s feedback, Tanzania’s nationwide police mentioned she had been transferred to the police headquarters, although it’s not clear whether or not that is short-term or everlasting.
