Dar es Salaam, Feb. 11 -- MOROGORO: MINISTER for Information, Culture, Arts and Sports, Professor Palamagamba Kabudi, has directed the relevant authorities to arrest and prosecute those involved in stealing plaques from the graves of freedom fighters and soldiers who died during the World War I.

Speaking recently during a visit to the Dakawa cemetery in Morogoro, Prof Palamagamba said that these sites are protected by law under the Protected Areas Chapter 74, which carries a penalty of imprisonment.

“If two or three individuals are caught and sentenced to 30 years in prison for damaging stones with no value other than commemorating the fallen, others will take notice,” Prof Kabudi said.

He urged citizens to respect the ceme...