Banana Republic alert: Tanzanian charged for insulting president on WhatsApp

Sammuel999 · 2016-06-21T16:06:30+00:00

Sasa kama kutusi JPM kwa whatsapp lands you in court in Tanzania wangekuwa wakenya twitter si nchi yote ingewekwa korokoroni???? Kila siku watu humshambulia uhuru na matusi twitter the only illegal thing to do on whatsapp is POST PICTURES OF DEAD SOLDIERS!!!! Sammy Awami BBC Africa, Dar es Salaam A Tanzanian is facing charges after he allegedly shared comments on Whatsapp calling President John Magufuli an imbecile. Mulokozi Kyaruzi has been charged under the controversial cybercrime law. He is the second person to be charged under the law for insulting the president. The law was highly criticised for infringing freedom of expression when it was enacted last year. Here is the statement of the offence: Here's a translation of what he is alleged to have said: Mnyika, mentioned in the statement, refers to John Mnyika, a young and very vocal opposition MP. Read more about Tanzania's controversial cybercrime law . 14:32 “Doesn’t [President John Magufuli] have advisers? Isn’t he advisable? Or is he simply an idiot? He is such an imbecile; he doesn’t consider the law in place before opening his Ndio maana hamkuna maandamano south mtauliwa nyote!

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Start date Jun 21, 2016

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