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Trafficker of albinos in Tanzania sentenced to 17 years
by Joseph Earnest August 19, 2010
Newscast
Media -- Local media outlets in Tanzania have reported that a court
in the region of Mwanza has convicted Nathan Mutei, a Kenyan, after he pleaded
guilty to charges of human trafficking. Mutei has been sentenced to 17 years in prison in
northwest Tanzania for trying to sell an albino man to witchdoctors. Mutei, 28, was arrested earlier this week for trying to sell Robinson Mkwana, who is also a Kenyan, for $263,000. Story continues below
Mkwana told the Reuters news agency that Mutei brought him from Kenya to the neighbouring country saying he would help him get a job. "I am warning albinos to not accept people who are pretending they want to help you to secure a job, while they are looking to make some money by selling you," he said. Albino hunters kill their victims and then take their bodies to witchdoctors, who use the body parts to make potions, which they believe will bring them good luck and prosperity in life. Most of the killings have reportedly taken place in the remote northwest regions of Mwanza and Shinyanga. Albinism is a rare congenital disorder in which people lack pigment
in their skin, hair and eyes. There are around 170,000 albinos living in
Tanzania. "However, we feel that nine years in jail is such a lenient sentence. This man should have been sentenced to life in prison because he knew very well that this poor albino he was trying to sell would have been butchered."
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