As a series of abductions continues to take Tanzania by storm, the latest victim in the horrid occurrences is the Director of Dar24 Media, Maclean Mwaijonga who was captured by unknown people and is still missing.
Maclean Mwaijonga was last seen leaving his office at the Data Vision International Limited located at Mikocheni section of Dar-es-salaam city, near Rose Garden, driving a black Toyota Landcruiser Prado with registration numbers T 645 DEE.
According to the statement from the management of Dar 24, when Mwaijonga left the office on the 31st day of October he did not arrive home and hardly reported back to work on the following day.
According to the Director of Marketing at Data Vision, MacMillan George, it is now the third day since Maclean Mwaijonga was last seen in Dar and until now there are no reports of his whereabouts.
Co-workers, fellow journalists and relatives are appealing to all people who may have any information which can assist in the ongoing search for Mwaijonga to call, text or report the issue using mobile number +255 713 249 003.
The Tanganyika Law Society recently convened a national symposium in which participants discussed and debated the burning issue of ‘Enforced Disappearance of People in Tanzania.’
It was also pointed out during the symposium held in Dar-es-salaam that, until now Tanzania has no specific data regarding the number of people who have been disappearing until now.
Some say every week people keep disappearing, more than ten still missing but since 2018 nearly 40 cases were reported.
During the Forum, retired Judge of the High Court of Tanzania Justice Robert Makaramba who is also the Former Commissioner, Commission of Human Rights and Good Governance (CHRAGG), called upon the government to formulate an act to ratify ‘Enforced Disappearance,’ to be a serious crime.
Dar 24, on the other hand is an online media outlet which has been popular, active and fearless in reporting current affairs, events and political happenings in Tanzania.