What legacy does outgoing Tanzania IGP leave behind?

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In recent years, the police force has come under heavy public scrutiny, accused of complicity in a number of unresolved deaths, disappearances and kidnaps.

Dar es Salaam. Former Police boss Simon Sirro has today July 20, assumed new duties as Tanzania’s envoy to Zimbabwe, leaving behind a legacy that has tainted his stellar career that saw him rise to the very top of the police force.
Sirro was on Tuesday night stripped of the post of Inspector General of Police after serving for five years that would test his mettle as the leader of a force riddled with corruption and accused of major human right violation allegations.
In recent years, the police force has come under heavy public scrutiny, accused of complicity in a number of unresolved deaths, disappearances and kidnaps.
Corruption among the force and the police doubling in politics, and largely against members of opposition parties has also remained a major source of public trepidation.
Mr Sirro was replaced by the former Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Camilius Wambura who will now take over at the helm of the law enforcement body. Both have been sworn in today at State House Dodoma.
Mr Wambura assumes the hot seat amid online protest from a section of opposition leaders and activists.
But despite his rise from a junior police recruit to the office of the IGP, Sirro, has left a record of some unresolved serious crimes that blotted his time in office.
The Citizen online looks at some of the unresolved cases that are yet to be determined in the five years that Sirro served at the top of Tanzania’s Police Force.

What legacy does outgoing Tanzania IGP leave behind?

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