administratively (disciplinary charges) or through courts of law been called to account for their actions. ARTICLE 6: RIGHTS TO FREEDOM Article 15(1) and (2) of the Constitution ofUnited Republic provides that, every person has the right to freedom and to live as a free person, and that for the purpose of presen,ing this freedom, every individual has a right to live as a free person. The Article also provides that no person shall be arrested, imprisoned, confined, or detained except where it is expressly provided by law or where such prohibition is in accordance with a court order. These constitutional provisions are provided for in various pieces of legislation in order to give them legal and practical effects. Arrest and detention both in the pre-trial, post trial and administrative detention are governed by various laws in Tanzania. Arrest, both by individuals and law enforcement officials, is governed by the Criminal Procedure Act, 1985. Detention can be done by Police at pre-trial stages where an accused person or suspect cannot provide reliable sureties for his bail. In the past years ce11ain officials have been authorized by law to order people to be detained. The officials, like the Regional Commissioner and the District Commissioner could order incarceration of individuals upon being satisfied that an individual has breached peace or is a security risk. The nature and length of incarceration depended on the nature of the offence which the individual was alleged to have committed. These officials could detain individuals for a specific period of time. However, some of those who were vested with the power to detain abused it. The time allowed was either exceeded or an individual could be detained without reasons, which is required by law. People who committed ordinary crimes were treated as security risks, thus detained under the Preventive Detention law. The Regional Commissioners Act, and District Commissioners Acts of 1962, allowed the Commissioners to detain an individual 12