Tuesday Oct 6, 2015 | Text Size Search IPPmedia  Govt must act
to stop mob justice  2nd March 2012 Editorial Cartoon  A highly
regrettable incident occurred in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday
morning.  A young man, alleged to have stolen a motorcycle, was
beaten and then set on fire by an angry mob, who then watched
him, burn to death.  The whole grisly incident recorded by
television cameras, happened at a busy suburb of Dar es Salaam
City, but within running distance of Oysterbay Police Station.
We are not in a position to say whether the young man was guilty
or not of the crime, for which the mob executed him and neither
are his executors, indeed murderers in this case.  The young man
was thus not afforded a natural right that is enshrined in our
justice system. This is the right to be heard and judged
accordingly.  Worryingly there are quite a few such incidents in
various parts of the country.  We shudder at the thought of how
many innocent lives could be lost of this manner of
‘administering justice’ contin