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There is disbelief in Tanzania and East Africa in general as new elected President John Pombe Magufuli breaks with the past - introducing policies which a growing base of displeased elites are angrily branding as "arrogance" and a creepy Dictator. However as the First Action leader has been branded with slogans like '' what would Magufuli do?'' he is created alot of followers and lovers especially on social media who rather find his decisions relevant but hostile and quick.
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4 civilians were killed yesterday night respectively in the villages of Gouzoudoum (Kolofata) and Kaldjiwa (Mora) in the Far North region of Cameroon following two raids by Boko Haram insurgents. The terrorists looted Shops and took away motorcycles belonging to villagers.
Cameroon has recently been handing out motorbikes and bicycles to vigilante groups in these affected areas to monitor its porous northern border with Nigeria. It hopes the youths can track down suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers.
About 50 vigilantes sing and dance to local war songs as they prepare to venture into Cameroon's northern frontline with Boko Haram. They know the terrain to their finger tips and are capable of outmaneuvering the insurgents.
They wield different versions of handmade machetes, a few Kalashnikovs and anything they could use to scare off the Islamists. Since their inception, they have had some amount of success fending off an already weakened Boko Haram.
By giving the vigilantes motorbikes and bicycles, Midjiyawa Bakari, who is the Governor of Cameroon's Far North region, told DW that he hopes they can "track down unwanted visitors."
"After a long period of time spent encouraging people to contribute to the fight against Boko Haram, the inhabitants of villages bordering Nigeria have been joining these self-defense groups in large numbers," Bakari said.
"Those members that died protecting Cameroon did not lay down their lives in vain. Their country will always remember and honor them," he added.
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There is still the Senate for the revised Penal Code to pass through,North West lawyers are now staging a peaceful demonstration against the bill.The Lawyers want the bill withdrawn from the parliament.
The bill that has 370 articles, seeks to update the Penal Code that Cameroon has been using since 1967. Many of the provisions of the almost half a century Penal Code are obsolete and stand at variance with the evolution of time. They are at odds with the current socio-economic and political dispensation of the country.
According to the protesting Lawyers, it is wrong to think that Ministers should have immunity worst still the fact that any judge who tries a minister and sentences him will be sent to jail.
They express their discontent with the new law which says that says tenants who do not pay rents for two months will be thrown in jail.
The Lawyers are also saying that it is hypocritical to say that homosexuality should be fined for FCFA 20 000 if found guilty. Considering the act of homosexuality as repugnant to natural justice, the law users say everyone could be homosexual and careless if dragged to court "after all if found guilty what is 20 000frs."
Here are a few pictures we have been gathering on the protest.
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Jean Marie ATANGANA MEBARA former Secretary General at the Presidency has just been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment by the Special Criminal Court for embezzling the sum of 5 million dollars,about 2.9 billion francs.
This adds to 15 and 20 years jail sentence in separate verdicts over embezzlement.
This sentence comes when the Human Rights arm of AU asked Cameroon government to pay the former S G 400 million francs as reparation for damages.
Senior Barrister DAVID MAKONGO explains how it will function
hear him "When sentences run concurrently, defendants serve all the sentences at the same time.But when sentences run consecutively, defendants have to finish serving the sentence for one offense before they start serving the sentence for any other offense".
"His lawyers must be smart to ask the judge to allow him serve his recent sentence concurrently with the previous 2. If the judge agrees, he will only spend 25 more years in prison this latest being the highest sentence.The key here is that the lawyer must ask
And the judge in this case has discretionary powers either to agree or deny".
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Cameroonian ministers going by article 127 of the revised penal code, will have immunity just like MPs and President. SDF MPs walked out of Parliament in protest. According to Hon.
Esther Ngala, appointed ministers cannot have same immunity with the People's representative, this means the power of MP has been reduced.
Joshua Osih, 1st National Vice Chairman at Social Democratic Front had this to say:
Because the immunity of Ministers (Article 127) is contrary to good governance and transparency of public finances,
Believes imprisoning citizens because they have two months of unpaid rent (Article 322) is a dispute that can be resolved by civil remedies instead of inserting drastic sanctions in our criminal code;
Because several provisions are contrary to our international commitments;
Because the death penalty (ART 18) is contrary to all our commitments and our humanity,
I cannot afford in the state to vote this law on the penal code currently under debate.
It will take a change in diet to bring Cameroon in modernity.
For best Cameroon,
Hon. Joshua Nambangi OSIH
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Militants and sympathisers of the Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement (CPDM) thronged the ruling party’s birthplace at the Bamenda Congress Hall to be witnesses to the commissioning of pioneer Permanent members of North West Regional and Divisional delegations of the Central Committee on June 22, 2016.
While enjoining them to improve the quality of political work and increase performance, the Secretary General of the Central Committee, Jean Nkuete, prescribed solidarity among the new structures conceived to accompany and support grassroots militancy.
Leading the North West Delegation was H.E. Philemon Yang with members and Chargé de Missions who include; HRH Aneng Francis, Mrs Regina Mundi, Alhadji Baba Ahmadou Danpullo, Dr Nwana Sama Bernard and Okie Johnson. Hon. Waingeh Albert Ndim, Shey Jones Yembe, Nji Fidelis, Uphie Chinje Melo, Prof Daniel Lantum and Atanga Nji Paul respectively head the Boyo, Donga Mantung, Menchum, Ngoketunjia, Bui and Mezam delegations.
Going back to the December 9, 2015 and May 19, 2016 appointment decisions by the CPDM National Chairman, Paul Biya, Jean Nkuete said it is all about a vast modernisation exercise which involves major political and strategic operations to firmly sustain the CPDM party. Setting the tone for the event, Mezam 1B Section President, Cletus Anye Matoya appealed for party Chairman, Paul Biya to launch the next Presidential elections in Bamenda, North West region whose party faithful have stated preparedness to stand by him as their candidate.
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