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1985, 1986 and 1987 a said to have coincided with the increase in this paret ofthe Republic of the wagunya and Wasomali. The District commissionerproduced no statisticseither in terms of the increase of the mentionedoffecences in thisa part of the Republic measured against other parts of thisRepublic where such offences couldoccur nor did he produce numbers orstatistics to show the suggested or stated influx into Songes of the Wagunyaand Wasomali. Not that provision of these mummers would have been of muchsignificance in connecting the Wasomali and wagunya to the alleged increasein the type of the crime the District Commissioner talked about but it wouldhave provided a been The fact that even this important tool in making decisionswas not existing goes to show the superficial attention given by the RegionalAdminstration to this grave and sensitive problem. Increase in dealing inGovernment trophies that theDistrict commossiner of Songea District hastestified to could be explained by many other factors apart from the coming ofthe Wagunya and Wasomali in his District even if their influx were proved Publicawareness of the crime leading to the rendering of timely assistance by givingtips to the police applus or pay off for the party and the Government mobilizationdrives in this direction efficient functioning of the Anti Poaching unit and policeforce to more detection of crimes of that nature, expansion of villages into theside to the Rural part of the Republic enabling easy detection as Government atParty functionaries get nearer of the arethe area where such crimes areordinarily prevalent more explanations could be found their tab the said influx ofSomalis and Wagunya for the increase in the crimes. Before me only ten434