impact of interventions of the Murder of People with albinism in lake Victoria a case of Shinyanga region

Abstract

The aim of the study was to investigate the impact of interventions of the murder of persons withalbinism in Lake Victoria, Tanzania. The study was conducted in Shinyanga Region in two Districtsnamely; Shinyanga and Kahama Districts. A total number of 100 respondents participated in thisstudy, two focus group discussions sessions were conducted, each involving 8 participants and keyinformant interview was done to three traditional doctors used for capturing qualitative responseswhereas data from 52 People With Albinisms (PWAs) and 29 stakeholders of PWAs including heads ofhouseholds of PWAs, friends of PWAs, journalists, and advocacy officers were collected by using thestructured questionnaires for the collection of primary data while documentary review was applied tocollect secondary data. The study has revealed that, in Tanzania there is a high rate of murder of PWAsprincipally for ritual purposes. This belief directly led to the murder of PWAs by people desperate forsuccess in the form of good luck and money. The core of this practice is witchdoctors. The eradicationof such killings has become very difficult and complicated process. Poverty, low quality of settlements,absence of witchcraft law, and inadequate government readiness, to mention a few make interventionsto fail and ultimately increase the murders. The study recommends on the urgent measures to assess andaddress the situation in asylums where PWAs are centered, to enact witchcraft law and provide publicawareness, strong collaboration of all stakeholders, political will, and equal access to socio economicand political opportunities