78 Tanzanian beggars detained ahead of deportation from Nairobi

[Don YF]

78 Tanzanian beggars detained ahead of deportation from Nairobi​

Once smuggled in, the children are forced into begging and denied contact with families.​

In Summary
• “We have talked to Tanzanian authorities and agreed to round up these people and take them to their home in Tanzania,” said Nairobi police boss James Mugera.

• The authorities said they raided several properties in Nairobi, freeing several disabled beggars.

Robbery with violence suspect arrested in Bungoma County.​

At least 78 beggars from poor rural regions of Tanzania have been arrested in Nairobi in an operation targeting a secret trafficking network ring.

The ring brings the disabled persons from Tanzania and forces them into a life of modern-day slavery, begging on the streets of Nairobi.

Authorities said the move will result in the deportation of the individuals.

“We have talked to Tanzanian authorities and agreed to round up these people and take them to their home in Tanzania,” said Nairobi police boss James Mugera.

He said the operation will continue and spread to other parts of the country.

This follows concerns that the beggars had spread to other rural towns in the country.

Mugera said they arrested two people behind the trafficking syndicate.

The hunt for more of the trafficking gang is ongoing.

A BBC Africa Eye investigation exposed a trafficking network bringing in disabled children from poor rural regions of Tanzania and forcing them to beg on the streets of Nairobi.

It showed how the traffickers prey on the hopes of families in Tanzania, promising them a better life for themselves and their disabled children.

Once smuggled into Kenya, the children are forced into begging and denied all contact with their families.

The children do not receive a penny of the money they make from begging and are subjected to physical and psychological abuse by their captors.

The arrest of the two and planned deportation unmasked a cartel of Tanzanian nationals using their physically challenged relatives and friends to solicit money on Kenyan streets.

The trend of foreign beggars on Kenyan streets seems to be gaining currency in the country.

To the traffickers, disabled children from impoverished families represent a lucrative source of income, officials said.

No one knows the full scale of the trafficking problem or how many youngsters have been forced into begging.

No authoritative study has ever been done but experts estimate that there are hundreds, perhaps thousands of victims, each representing a life of exploitation and a family torn apart.

The authorities said they raided several properties in Nairobi, freeing several disabled beggars. Some were either put into the care or returned to Tanzania.

Authorities said regional security agencies had been asked to conduct operations and get the groups for returning to their homes.

 

[Restless Hustler]

That did not happen. You just want to devalue our country

 

[Mamndenyi]

That did not happen. You just want to devalue our country

We never know if it happened, if not what's the meaning of that.

Kwamba hali imekuwa ngumu bongo mpaka watu wanavuka kuomba Kenya,

Au bado wanahasira ya vikuku vileee, mbona Mheshimiwa aliyamaliza.

Waambie waache kusema mlima Kilimanjaro uko kwao.

 

[Song il gok]

We never know if it happened, if not what's the meaning of that.

Kwamba hali imekuwa ngumu bongo mpaka watu wanavuka kuomba Kenya,

Au bado wanahasira ya vikuku vileee, mbona Mheshimiwa aliyamaliza.

Waambie waache kusema mlima Kilimanjaro uko kwao.

Kuna documentary ipo ya BBC eye,nimeicheki last week ni kweli na wahanga wengi ni watoto walemavu kutoka wilaya Maswa

 

[Mamndenyi]

Kuna documentary ipo ya BBC eye,nimeicheki last week ni kweli na wahanga wengi ni watoto walemavu kutoka wilaya Maswa

Maswa tena, nilijua wachaga wamevukia hapo Taveta.

 

[Song il gok]

Maswa tena, nilijua wachaga wamevukia hapo taveta,

 

[Song il gok]

Maswa tena, nilijua wachaga wamevukia hapo taveta,

Yes aise, inasikitisha sana na waliokuwa wanafanya hiyo issue ni walemavu wenzao wanadanganya familia husika kuwa watatumiwa pesa kila mwisho mwezi kumbe hamna kitu.

 

[Mamndenyi]

Yes aise,inasikitisha sana na waliokuwa wanafanya hiyo issue ni walemavu wenzao wanadanganya familia husika kuwa watatumiwa pesa kila mwisho mwezi kumbe hamna kitu.

But, if you enter in must be someone who took them kutoka kwao kwa faida yake, alipoona hawezi kuwatunza kawaacha.

 

[luangalila]

We never know if it happened, if not what's the meaning of that.

Kwamba hali imekuwa ngumu bongo mpaka watu wanavuka kuomba Kenya,

Au bado wanahasira ya vikuku vileee, mbona Mheshimiwa aliyamaliza.

Waambie waache kusema mlima Kilimanjaro uko kwao.

Jamaa hawata acha vita ya kutuchafua hata siku moja

 

[luangalila]

Sasa iyo BBC reporter wake wengi wapo hapo Kenya, na ndio maana siku izi hata iyo Bbc swahili haina mvutoo coz jamaa kwanza wamekuwa cheap sanaa hata habari zao za siku izi ni cheap.

 

[Jaji Mfawidhi]

It's my prayer and humble request to our beloved president, HAWA WAGOGO warudishwe dodoma na walimishwe mashamba ya mkonge warudishe gharama ya kuwatoa NAIROBI.

 

[Smart911]

Majirani mnatuchokoza...

 

[starlightz]

78 Tanzanian beggars detained ahead of deportation from Nairobi​

Once smuggled in, the children are forced into begging and denied contact with families.​

In Summary
• “We have talked to Tanzanian authorities and agreed to round up these people and take them to their home in Tanzania,” said Nairobi police boss James Mugera.

• The authorities said they raided several properties in Nairobi, freeing several disabled beggars.

Robbery with violence suspect arrested in Bungoma County.​

At least 78 beggars from poor rural regions of Tanzania have been arrested in Nairobi in an operation targeting a secret trafficking network ring.

The ring brings the disabled persons from Tanzania and forces them into a life of modern-day slavery, begging on the streets of Nairobi.

Authorities said the move will result in the deportation of the individuals.

“We have talked to Tanzanian authorities and agreed to round up these people and take them to their home in Tanzania,” said Nairobi police boss James Mugera.

He said the operation will continue and spread to other parts of the country.

This follows concerns that the beggars had spread to other rural towns in the country.

Mugera said they arrested two people behind the trafficking syndicate.

The hunt for more of the trafficking gang is ongoing.

A BBC Africa Eye investigation exposed a trafficking network bringing in disabled children from poor rural regions of Tanzania and forcing them to beg on the streets of Nairobi.

It showed how the traffickers prey on the hopes of families in Tanzania, promising them a better life for themselves and their disabled children.

Once smuggled into Kenya, the children are forced into begging and denied all contact with their families.

The children do not receive a penny of the money they make from begging and are subjected to physical and psychological abuse by their captors.

The arrest of the two and planned deportation unmasked a cartel of Tanzanian nationals using their physically challenged relatives and friends to solicit money on Kenyan streets.

The trend of foreign beggars on Kenyan streets seems to be gaining currency in the country.

To the traffickers, disabled children from impoverished families represent a lucrative source of income, officials said.

No one knows the full scale of the trafficking problem or how many youngsters have been forced into begging.

No authoritative study has ever been done but experts estimate that there are hundreds, perhaps thousands of victims, each representing a life of exploitation and a family torn apart.

The authorities said they raided several properties in Nairobi, freeing several disabled beggars. Some were either put into the care or returned to Tanzania.

Authorities said regional security agencies had been asked to conduct operations and get the groups for returning to their homes.

That really happened? it's sad

 

[Jaji Mfawidhi]

That really happened? it's sad

Not "Tanzanias" they are "WAGOGO" from DODOMA which all the time they beg, only beg from childhooh!

 

[Usalama barabarani]

Leave our country please!

 

[Gavana]

Kuna documentary ipo ya BBC eye,nimeicheki last week ni kweli na wahanga wengi ni watoto walemavu kutoka wilaya Maswa

Hata bado , Karma itaendelea kuwapiga tu kwa kuivamia Zanzibar na kuuwa maelfu ya watu

 

[katitu]

Kuna documentary ipo ya BBC eye,nimeicheki last week ni kweli na wahanga wengi ni watoto walemavu kutoka wilaya Maswa

Don't defame sukuma tribe.maswa is far away from Nairobi.

 

[Plastic]

78 Tanzanian beggars detained ahead of deportation from Nairobi​

Once smuggled in, the children are forced into begging and denied contact with families.​

In Summary
• “We have talked to Tanzanian authorities and agreed to round up these people and take them to their home in Tanzania,” said Nairobi police boss James Mugera.

• The authorities said they raided several properties in Nairobi, freeing several disabled beggars.

Robbery with violence suspect arrested in Bungoma County.​

At least 78 beggars from poor rural regions of Tanzania have been arrested in Nairobi in an operation targeting a secret trafficking network ring.

The ring brings the disabled persons from Tanzania and forces them into a life of modern-day slavery, begging on the streets of Nairobi.

Authorities said the move will result in the deportation of the individuals.

“We have talked to Tanzanian authorities and agreed to round up these people and take them to their home in Tanzania,” said Nairobi police boss James Mugera.

He said the operation will continue and spread to other parts of the country.

This follows concerns that the beggars had spread to other rural towns in the country.

Mugera said they arrested two people behind the trafficking syndicate.

The hunt for more of the trafficking gang is ongoing.

A BBC Africa Eye investigation exposed a trafficking network bringing in disabled children from poor rural regions of Tanzania and forcing them to beg on the streets of Nairobi.

It showed how the traffickers prey on the hopes of families in Tanzania, promising them a better life for themselves and their disabled children.

Once smuggled into Kenya, the children are forced into begging and denied all contact with their families.

The children do not receive a penny of the money they make from begging and are subjected to physical and psychological abuse by their captors.

The arrest of the two and planned deportation unmasked a cartel of Tanzanian nationals using their physically challenged relatives and friends to solicit money on Kenyan streets.

The trend of foreign beggars on Kenyan streets seems to be gaining currency in the country.

To the traffickers, disabled children from impoverished families represent a lucrative source of income, officials said.

No one knows the full scale of the trafficking problem or how many youngsters have been forced into begging.

No authoritative study has ever been done but experts estimate that there are hundreds, perhaps thousands of victims, each representing a life of exploitation and a family torn apart.

The authorities said they raided several properties in Nairobi, freeing several disabled beggars. Some were either put into the care or returned to Tanzania.

Authorities said regional security agencies had been asked to conduct operations and get the groups for returning to their homes.

Your article is more on blaming Tanzanians while in actual sense the real traffickers must be from Kenya.

 

[Enkaly]

hiyo documentary kwa dakika nilizosikia na kuangalia, watanzania tunajuana kwa rafudhi zetu. Uongo mtupu

 

[igwee frm anambra]

It's Kenyan nationalities who run these syndicate , They go to Tanzania and lying to desperate families of disabled child and taking their kids to Kenya for begging business in Nairobi. ...for their own gain, thereafter blaming Tanzanian for begging in Kenya.

Watanzania hawana njaa iliyopitiliza....kuwa desperately kiasi hicho.