THE presidential legal aid campaign will reach every district, ward, village and street across the country to ensure every needy person has access to free legal aid services.
Dr Damas Ndumbaro, the Constitutional and Legal Affairs minister, made this affirmation at the launch of the campaign in Kilimanjaro Region in Moshi yesterday.
He was optimistic that the campaign would enable community members to resolve most conflicts as it will be conducted in two phases, ”so every Tanzanian who has a conflict will be reached and those who are used to violating people's rights will not be left safe.”
The campaign will go through every corner, he said, affirming that in the 16 regions the team has passed it was clear that people thirst for justice. “That is why they have been showing up in the campaign, this is the vision and instructions of President Samia Suluhu Hassan who saw the thirst for justice of Tanzanians," he stated.
"In this campaign, every bush will be cut and burned,” he said, intimating that there are people hiding in the bushes of cruelty, “We will cut them so that justice will be done,” he declared.
The minister, who had a stint in the Culture and Sports portfolio, excited the audience with “the philosophy of touch, let's go” that he said will characterise the campaign.
The campaign has also come up with a philosophy of harming those who violate human rights, those who violate the law, those who commit sexual abuse,” he stated, asserting that they will all be dealt with
Boniface Mwabukusi, president of the Tanganyika Law Society (TLS), said that the service of legal aid to citizens is the responsibility of those who provide that service to do it with humility and diligence.
Many conflicts are related to inheritance and land, caused by people declining to write a will, a situation that has fuelled conflicts after the person dies, he specified.
The TLS constitution refers to legal aid service and its obligation to push legal aid services to the breadth of the population. “We will support the government to help many citizens who are poor to get justice," he declared.
Nurdini Babu, the regional commissioner, commended the team for taking the campaign to the region, hinting at the presence of many people who legal dispute challenges but do not know where to go to get their rights.
"We have legal aid desks in various offices here in the region but after launching today here we will go to all the wards’ to pick up those issues, he said.
Yohana Marko, representing the Government Bar Association, said state attorneys have a legal responsibility to provide legal aid education, affirming that the association will take up with vigour conducting legal, on the basis of guidance of the Attorney General.
This will be a permanent agenda, ensuring that the bar association collaborates with the legal aid team for people to benefit from legal aid services all the time.
Moshi Urban MP Jacob Tarimo said many people have been coming to his office to ask for legal help, so the presidential legal aid campaign is liberation for them.
He said that it was dangerous when citizens believe that justice is bought with money or justice is for those with money, in which case the campaign has come at the right time.
Amon Mpanju, the Social Development, Gender, Women and Special Groups deputy permanent secretary, hailed the minister for making the legal aid service possible for citizens who are unable to get their rights.
The ministry serves the elderly and women groups to ensure they live and enjoy life like other people where the arrival of the campaign will help them get their rights, he added.
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