SPECIAL Seats MP Shally Raymond (CCM) has urged the government to abolish the death penalty due to many sentences not being carried out due to various reasons including the right to life.

However, she has asked the government to implement the advice given by MPs on the castration of men found guilty of rape and defiling.

Shally made the argument yesterday in the National Assembly when debating the Ministry of Constitution and Legal Affairs estimates for 2024/25 tuned at 441.26bn/-.

"He who is found guilty finds himself serving a long prison term against his sentence while those who accused him fail to see justice being done. I recommend that this penalty be cancelled if its implementation is not possible," she said.

She asked the Minister to provide the parliament with the statistics of death sentences carried out to the present since the enactment of the law to hang criminals so that legislators know the actual situation of the implementation of the law.

"It is better that a bill be brought here in parliament for amendment so that everyone knows that the government is not ready to implement the death penalty," she said.

She further challenged the government to provide information on the delay in criminal proceedings, especially murder proceedings citing the case of her relative’s murder which has been in court for more than ten years now despite the arrest of the suspect.

Regarding cases of rape and defiling of children, the Member of Parliament asked the government to strengthen the punishment against those found guilty of such offences.

She argued that such cases have not been handled properly where the accused are granted bail and returned to the streets regardless of the harm they caused to the victims.

"Bail is the right of the accused, but for these crimes, a bill should be brought to parliament to amend the bail procedure for those accused of these crimes to be effectively held accountable," she said.

She added that due to these crimes continuing to be committed against children of all genders, it is time for the government to see the importance of adopting the idea so that these people are dealt with properly.