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Grumeti does not supervise wardens

  1. Posted on Friday 2 September 2011 - 17:48
    Mugini Jacob Mwera
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    Grumeti does not supervise wardens
    Mugini Jacob, Africa News reporter in Serengeti, Tanzania
    The Management of Grumeti Reserves Ltd does not supervise three Village Game Scouts (VGS) who are being held by police in Serengeti District over murder allegations, the company said in a brief statement yesterday.
    “There was a secondment agreement of the VGS in 2009 and from that time they have been working under the government supervision”, he said.
    The agreement was signed between the Director of Wildlife in the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism and Grumeti Reserves Ltd in March 21 2009, according to the statement made available to this reporter.
    The Tanzanian police force has since last week been holding four wardens including the VGS in connection with the death of one Richard Desman a resident of Rwamchanga village in Serengeti district of Mara region.
    Mara Regional Police Commander(RPC) Assistant Commissioner of Police(ACP) Robert Boaz named the suspects as Mathis Maduhu(30), Peter Gorobani(33), Kabiji Suma(27) and Davik Jaoko(47) a game officer in charge of Nyamuma station that is under the management of government’ wildlife department.
    The suspects took part in arresting the deceased after finding him poaching animals in the game reserves several days ago, according to the RPC.
    “We are going on with investigations because medical examination has revealed that the deceased’s spleen had burst. But we want to establish the truth and if he was beaten”, the regional police chief was quoted by local media as saying on Thursday this week.
    Grumeti Reserves Ltd is owned by an American tycoon Paul Tudor Jones who has heavily invested on conservation and tourism sectors in the western Serengeti over the past few years.
    The investor has set up luxurious lodges that attract high paying visitors from mainly overseas. The lodges are Sasakwa, Farufaru and Sabora.

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