According to the Africanspotlight.com, the arrests were made in Tandahimba, northern Tanzania sanctioned by the local district commissioner.

The said girls and their parents were later released on bail and a search has been mounted for the men who impregnated them.

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Earlier, some human rights activist had argued that the arrest of the girls and their parent leaving the men who impregnated them was unfair.

Tanzanian is a conservative country that frowns on immorality especially among youngsters, which president of the country, John Magufuli is bent on enforcing.

He is quoted as vowing, “In my administration, as long as I am president … no pregnant student will be allowed to return to school. We cannot allow this immoral behaviour to permeate our primary and secondary schools … never.”