TANZANIAN President Benjamin Mkapa said too many Tanzanians were being jailed for insufficient reason, resulting in overcrowded prisons, the press reported on Friday. ”I believe we jail so many people without justifiable reasons,” Mkapa was quoted in newspapers after meeting with senior officials on Thursday at a prison in Moshi, in northeastern Tanzania. Mkapa cited cases where a person was jailed for six months for stealing a hen worth 2 000 shillings (about $2.2) costing the state about $24 a month to feed the inmate. ”Who is punished here, the government or the thief? It is evident we need a more reasonable system of punishment,” the president said. Jails in Tanzania are at least twice their capacity, officials say. – AFP