Long lost Kenya’s son in Tanzania finally emotionally reunites with family

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A Kenyan man arrested by Tanzanian immigration authorities over unspecified reasons has finally re-united with his family back home.

Hamisi Juma from Kinango Constituency in Kwale County was first detained by Tanzanian police at the Horohoro border Police station late December last year before being transferred to Tanga and later Tanzanian commercial capital of Dar Es Salaam.

However, intervention by both the Foreign Affairs Ministry and Mombasa based civil society organisation, Haki Africa managed to secure the young man’s release on Friday.

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It emerged that authorities in Tanzania had mistakenly taken him in as a person of interest only to back track and declare him free from any ongoing investigations.

Juma, a trainee graduate with mining firm, Base Titanium, expressed his delight at being freed from Tanzanian police cells where he was held since his capture at the Horohoro Immigration border post near Lunga Lunga , Kwale county on December 24, 2018.

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” I am grateful to all those who in one way or the other ensured my safe return home. I knew from the word go that I had not done anything wrong to warrant my incarceration in Tanzania,” Zuma who was flanked by his expectant wife Zaitun said at the Pandya Memorial Hospital yesterday.

At the hospital, underwent a full medical check up to determine his health status after his ordeal at the hands of Tanzanian police.He told media that he was treated well and was never tortured.

Zaitun could not hide her joy after re-uniting with her husband

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