TANZANIA EMBASSY WANTS CORPSE FOUND

MANZINI – Progress! The High Commission of Tanzania in Maputo has engaged the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to assist the family of the late Gladness Kimaro Edje in pressuring the relevant stakeholders to locate her missing body.

This was revealed by Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Under Secretary (US) Jennifer Neves yesterday. 

According to Neves, the ministry received a letter from the High Commission of Tanzania in Maputo, requesting its assistance in engaging the national commissioner of police (NATCOM) on the matter. 

Peace

The contents of the letter included a request for the national commissioner of police to ensure that the case was dealt with the utmost attention, and efficacy so the family of the deceased found peace. This, she said, the ministry subsequently did and further informed the High Commission of Tanzania that their message was transmitted.

Neves said the ministry, in collaboration with the relevant offices, promised to ensure that the matter reached a speedy conclusion in order for the family to mourn their loved one, peacefully. 

Meanwhile, the family of Edje put an online petition meant to put pressure on the Royal Eswatini Police Service (REPS) and government to locate her body. The petition has continued making rounds on social media since last Friday, after this publication reported that the late Edje’s body had gone missing from the National TB hospital last month. 

After making an appeal to the public to assist them find closure by sharing information that would lead to the discovery of their mother’s corpse, the family resorted to seeking assistance from social media users and the international community in locating their mother.

As of yesterday, the petition had closed with 988 supporters. The petition was widely shared on social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, where social media users appealed to their followers to assist the family with additional information which could assist them locate their mother’s body. 

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