Only hours after university students countrywide threatened to strike following the disappearance of the Chairman for Tanzania Higher Learning Institutions Students Organization (TAHLISO), Musa Mdede, the student has been found alive.Mdede who is also the President of the Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences (CUHAS) - Bugando students was found on Saturday at Usagara in Misungwi district.
Mwanza Regional Police Commander, Valentino Mlowola, said Mdede was found at between 9:00-10:00hours on Saturday alive and taken to Bugando Referral Hospital for check up.
“It’s true that we found the President alive. He was taken to the hospital for check up on the same Saturday and is now in police hands for investigations and his own security,” said the commander.
The commander said the President was found with the help of good Samaritans.
“It is too early to say how he found himself in Usangara. This is why we are still holding him,” noted the commander.
Vice Presidents for students at CUHAS, Benjamini Thomas said: “It is true that Mdede has been found. We were told by doctors at Bungando that he was at the hospital for check up on Saturday and the Regional Police Commander confirmed that. My office will divulge more information once we meet face to face with Mdede,” said Thomas. Mdede was among candidates contesting for TAHILISO presidential post but was abducted by unknown people last week when he returned his application form at the university.
TAHILISO issued a 20-hour deadline until yesterday morning otherwise they would announce a countrywide strike if the police failed to investigate their colleague’s disappearance within the period.
Meanwhile, University of Dodoma (UDOM)’s school of Humanities and Social Sciences are pressing for loans to undertake research and field work. This comes a few days after alleged information that the school had already received funds from Higher Education Students Loans Board for students in the faculty of business and social sciences except those studying languages. The President for UDOM’s school of Humanities and Social Sciences, Masatu Kyabwene said the students were ready to demonstrate if they are denied loans for research and field work.
According to Kyabwene, the number of students required to go for field work in the social science department – second and fourth years is above 1,000 and each is supposed to get at least 620,000/-. He noted that others are 800 students pursuing law in the second and fourth year who are required to get 100,000/- each.
But after getting the information and not being satisfied with the explanation by one loan officer, Kyabwene said he communicated with Prof Msoffe who said the funds will be returned to the Loans Board as they were mistakenly allocated to the school.
The President noted that the move raises more questions as they requested the loan using all the required channels and the school allowed them to secure places for field.
Acting Head for the school, Dr Frowing Nyoni said since it was a Sunday, he did not have enough information and could not get all the required persons to offer the information.
He therefore promised to give the information today after meeting the loan officers, leaders for students and other concerned staff.
Early last week the lecturers at the school were on striken, pressing for their invigilation allowances amounting to 63m/-.
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN
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