Tanzania’s Dodoma police boss transferred amid controversy over comments on gang-rape victim

Former Dodoma Regional Police Commander Theopista Mallya. PHOTO | FILE

By  Bethsheba Wambura

Engagement Assistant

Mwananchi Communications Ltd

What you need to know:

  • Mallya reportedly described the victim as a sex worker and suggested that the perpetrators might have been intoxicated with alcohol or marijuana.
  • She also implied that the woman might have been engaging in prostitution.

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