former Tanzanian Prime Minister and East African Court of Appeal Judge Joseph Warioba said there was a need to collect people`s views

former Tanzanian Prime Minister and East African Court of Appeal Judge Joseph Warioba said there was a need to collect people`s views regarding the necessity of retaining the death penalty in the country`s constitution. Warioba commented in Dar es Salaam at a national workshop to assess the state of human rights in the country. He said that the process of collecting public views on the death penalty was vital because currently most people were aware of human rights compared to the period when the process of enacting the present law was done.
“Between 1966 and 67 the process of collecting public views on death penalty was carried out and people seemed to support it. But it is now high time the government carried out a similar process to get people`s opinions on the matter,” he explained. He explained that during that time human rights were not incorporated in the country`s constitution, adding that even the people's understanding about rights was little. “I don`t see the logic of having the death penalty although it is legally recognised. This is like revenge, and it does not correct the offender,” Warioba observed. He said the offender had better be jailed so that he could change the bad behaviour instead of being condemned to death.