By Evarist Baimu Nyaga Mawalla - Home

The District Commissioner Songea District testified that he had written to theTown Director of Songa town council directing him not to issue business licencesto Somalis and Wagunya. He testified that he had given the directive incompliance with the directive that he had in turn receive from the RegionalCommissioner Ruvuma. In his testimony he stated that this decision had beentaken because the two tribes namely Wasomali and Wagunya were suspected ofbeing involved in illegal trade in Government trophies . it was felt that as it wasdifficult to detect and capture the culprits said to be belonging to the Wasoli. AndWagunya tribes because these have been using the local populace in theconduct of the illegal trading it was flit better to first refuse business licince to theWaosmali and Wagunya thereby putting them out of their businesses and then toapply Cap. 104 for their removal from the District. He dismissed suggestions bythe defence that some of the applicatisn were involved in agriculture. He was firmthat Wasomali and Wagunya were essentially tradesmen. No inquiries werehowever hade by him regarding his subject. He admitted lack of intimateknowledge of the activities of the six applicants in the Songea applications otherthan those that required business licinces. He offered no rebutting evidence onthe evidence of some of these six that they were also involved in agriculture. Hedealt at length with the case of Mohamed Omare PW5 whose business liceuchas been confiscated by the Regional Crimes (PW5) was taken at District level.He testified that Mohamed Omari PW5had obtained his business licencescontrary to the procedure required to be complied with by members of Ujamaavillages. Business licenc applications for members of such villages had first to be428