How gemstone brokers’ leader was kidnapped

What you need to know:

Mr Jeremiah Kituyo, who is the chairman of Arusha Gemstones Association said yesterday that he was kidnapped by unknown people while he was in Arusha Region on January 28 this year.

The kidnappers, he said, kept him in a room at a place where he could not easily tell because he was blindfolded and given one meal per day which kept him alive for nine days.