The following day, he said, he was to be the guest of honour at the opening of Nshamba Saccos in Muleba in Kagera Region. But as he was about to set off on the journey, he was informed that the event had been called off. “I later heard that someone influential in the region asked how Sumaye could go there before ‘our person’,” he said. According to the former premier, the two are tainted by corruption and are now trying to use all means at their disposal to please the public. He accused one of them of having accumulated wealth through corrupt deals and was now trying to demonstrate his generosity by dishing out money in church and other ceremonies.
“Kila njia tumefanya tangu Novemba 17 mwaka huu, tumeishia kupigwa ‘changa la macho’, tumesikia askari wamewekwa ndani, lakini tunanong’onezwa usiku wanalala makwao, labda taasisi za haki za binadamu zitusaidie,” alisema Stephania. Mkuu wa Kituo cha Polisi Turiani, Fineous Majura alipohojiwa hakuonyesha ushirikiano akidai kuwa si msemaji bali atafutwe Kamanda wa Mkoa, Faustine Shilogile. Wazazi hao wamegoma kuwachukua watoto wao hospitalini wakiitaka polisi walipe gharama za kuwatoa kama walivyolipa gharama za kiingilio cha matibabu na kisha wawapeleke mahakamani ili wakawawekee dhamana huko.