The agony of a father of three slain children

What you need to know:

  • Relations between Mr Danford Nziku of Ikando Village, Kichiwa ward, Njombe and his nephew, Joel Nziku (35), had been frosty for quite a long time but little did the former know that their icy relationship would result into lifelong misery to him.
  • Earlier this week, Danfold’s three children: Godliva Mwenda (11), Gasper Nziku (8) and Giliad Nziku (5), were buried in Njombe after they were brutally killed in the ongoing spate of ritual killings of children in the Southern Highland region of Tanzania.
  • Police in Njombe is still holding Joel, the son of Danfold’s brother who died several years ago, in connection with the killings of his own uncle’s children.