Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu has pardoned 5,001 prisoners from different correctional facilities across the East African country.
Of these prisoners, 1,516 have been released after a quarter of their sentences were reduced in lieu of a standard one-third reduction under the provisions of the Prisons Act chapter 58.
Other inmates numbering 3,485 have had their sentences reduced by a quarter under section 49 (1) of the Prisons Act chapter 58.
The released prisoners were urged to use the training they received in prison in nation-building and also respect the national laws.
President Suluhu also asked Tanzanians to use the 57th anniversary of the Union to reflect on the various efforts made in nation-building and the role of each in continuing to build a strong nation.
Also a statement issued by the Director of Presidential Communications, Gerson Msigwa, the 3,485 prisoners whose sentences have been reduced will continue to serve the remaining part of their sentences in prison.
The pardoning of prisoners has been observed on yearly basis especially during Union Day, when both Tanganyika and Zanzibar came together to form the Republic of Tanzania on 26th April 1964.
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