Council mayor reports attempted poisoning

Mwanza city council mayor Mr James Bwire

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Efforts to reach the mayor for his comment failed as he didn’t answer his phone.

                Mwanza. Police have launched investigations towards allegations that some unknown people tried contaminate  Mwanza city council mayor Mr James Bwire with poison. 

Mwanza regional Police Commander Mr Ahmed Msangi confirmed saying:  “Yes it is true that the incident has already been reported and we are currently conducting an investigation; for now I can’t tell you much." 

On Monday the finance committee failed to hold its meeting after the mayor suspected his office, where the meeting was supposed to take place was contaminated with poison.

The mayor, who had just arrived from his tour of markets in the region refused to enter his office after he claimed that he smelled something like poison.

The incident occurred during the mayor’s first day in office after he returned from Nairobi where he went for treatment. The mayor spent some weeks in Nairobi undergoing treatment in his respiratory system.

Efforts to reach the mayor for his comment failed as he didn’t answer his phone.