[kictanet] Tanzanian lecturer charged with insulting president on WhatsApp

Sat Sep 24 08:55:56 EAT 2016

Unless I got this wrong. Insult in Swahili means "Kutukana". In which case
the response to an insulting person (a fool) is to keep quiet. Arguing with
a fool is foolish.

This does not look so good in many ways for a public figure like him.

On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 8:51 AM, Alex Watila <awatila at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> I think if someone insults you, you sue for liable because you have to
> prove to the courts that what was said was not true.
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> Regards,
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> Alex
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> *From:* kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+awatila=yahoo.co.uk at lists.
> kictanet.or.ke] *On Behalf Of *Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet
> *Sent:* Saturday, September 24, 2016 8:39 AM
> *To:* awatila at yahoo.co.uk
> *Cc:* Ahmed Mohamed Maawy <ultimateprogramer at gmail.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Tanzanian lecturer charged with insulting
> president on WhatsApp
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> Question: Is insulting a *cybercrime* per se?
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> As a mwanainchi why cant I arrest a person for insulting me on WhatsApp?
> (Let along Facebook or Twitter) ??
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> On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 6:54 PM, Sidney Ochieng via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
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> It shouldn't matter if he insulted or criticised. It's laws like this that
> are used to shut down legitimate criticism. Studies have shown just the
> threat of censure/arrest has wide effects outside the person being
> censured/arrested.
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> Bringing this back to a local context, isn't the law that got Wadi
> arrested still on the books?
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> On 23 September 2016 at 17:16, Mildred Achoch via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
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> The nature of the insult was not indicated in the article. I'm just
> wondering whether the lecturer insulted or criticized. There is a
> difference between the two...or is there?
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> Regards,
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> Mildred Achoch.
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> On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 4:29 PM, Grace Githaiga via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
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> A Tanzanian lecturer has been charged with insulting President John
> Magufuli in a WhatsApp message, a senior police official said on Friday, *bringing
> the number of people charged under a tough new cybercrimes law to 10.*
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> http://www.reuters.com/article/us-tanzania-president-idUSKCN11T14C?il=0
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> <http://www.reuters.com/article/us-tanzania-president-idUSKCN11T14C?il=0>
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> Tanzanian lecturer charged with insulting president on WhatsApp
> <http://www.reuters.com/article/us-tanzania-president-idUSKCN11T14C?il=0>
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> *www.reuters.com*
> <http://www.reuters.com/article/us-tanzania-president-idUSKCN11T14C?il=0>
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> A Tanzanian lecturer has been charged with insulting President John
> Magufuli in a WhatsApp message, a senior police official said on Friday,
> bringing the number of people charged under a tough new cybercrimes law to
> 10.
> <http://www.reuters.com/article/us-tanzania-president-idUSKCN11T14C?il=0>
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> <http://www.reuters.com/article/us-tanzania-president-idUSKCN11T14C?il=0>
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