Dr Mwaka still out of police radar

“Police operatives are still tracing him; we will arrest him whether in Dar es Salaam or anywhere in the country. He is aware that we are looking for him and he has been dodging us,” Said the Ilala Regional Police Commander, Salum Hamdun.

The RPC would not go much into details of the manhunt, stressing, however, that the police were working around the clock to arrest him.“After Mwaka learned that we were looking for him, he could have presented himself over but since he has chosen to hide, then we will go after him,” the Ilala police boss told this paper in a telephone interview.

The order of arrest for the self-proclaimed doctor was issued last Friday by Deputy Minister for Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children, Dr Khamis Kigwangalla, after an impromptu visit at the herbalist’s clinic located at Ilala in Dar es Salaam.

Among others, Mwaka is accused of providing services to people even after his clinic, Foreplan Clinic, was deregistered on July 11 by the Traditional and Alternative Health Practices Council (TAHPC) for violating regulations and guidelines of the council.