Court jails hosts to 83 illegal migrants
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Court jails hosts to 83 illegal migrants
A COURT here has sentenced two Tanzanians to 23 years in prison after finding them guilty of hosting and facilitating movement of 83 undocumented foreigners.
Reading the sentence here yesterday, Resident Magistrate Mwanakombo Mmanya sent Julius Shija, a resident of Bagamoyo to 20 years in prison after the prosecution proved that he was found hosting 16 of the migrants at his house last month.
His alleged accomplice, Eliah Lekule, a resident of Arusha, was sentenced to three years in jail after he was found guilty of facilitating the movement of some migrants at Bagamoyo.