Mr SUGU jailed for defaming president MAGUFULI:

By Emmanuel Elias Kehogo -


A Tanzanian court on Monday handed five-month jail terms to two regime opponents, including a lawmaker, for defaming President John Magufuli, their defence counsel said.

Joseph Mbilinyi, a lawmaker with main opposition party Chadema in the southern town of Mbeya, was sentenced with party regional secretary Emmanuel Masonga

They were charged with linking Magufuli in December to the attempted September assassination of senior opposition lawmaker Tundu Lissu and the abduction of other opposition supporters.

Lissu, shot several times at his home, is currently recovering in hospital in Brussels.
"The Myeba court gave the accused five months for insulting president Magufuli. As we speak they are already in jail," defence lawyer Peter Kibatala told AFP by phone.

He added an appeal would be lodged and that he was calling for their release in the meantime.
Mbilinyi says he was not even present when the reputed comments were made linking Magufuli, nicknamed "Tingatinga" (bulldozer in Swahili), with the assassination attempt.

The 58-year-old took office in 2015 as a corruption-fighting "man of the people" but has earned criticism for his authoritarian leadership style with detractors saying he has clamped down on opposition and freedom of expression.

who is Joseph Mbilinyi?

Joseph Mbilinyi (born 1 May 1972), known for his stage names mr II and Sugu and 2-proud, is one of the founders of the hip hop music scene in Tanzania He was also elected to the Tanzanian Parliament in 2010 and then 2015 to 2020.

Mr. II was stems from Songea in Southern Tanzania, started to rap in 1990, in his youth when he was still in school. His inspirations were Ice cube, Niggaz with attitude and above all Mr. II was the first Tanzanian rap artist to have major success with his music.

 Through his music and language he express and addresses politics, social inequalities and other problems that affected Tanzanians. Most would consider his music as a voice for the voiceless, his brand of rap is soulful, lyrical, rhythmical and from the heart. This is because Mr. II is not afraid to tell it like it is, undertaking sensitive issues of concern to many Tanzanians such as democracy, child prostitution, police brutality and corruption.

He became so popular that his music reached audiences even in rural areas where rap had not been heard before. Due to the quality of his music and the message in his music, older people were more acceptance to his music and contributed to making him the first Tanzanian rapper to have a mainstream hit.

Also making Mr II the M-Net Best Male Artist Grammy Award Winner for Tanzania in 2001. Mr. II is the African Great Lakes region's most popular Bongo F lava  icon, and through this genre he was able to make a difference and create opportunities for the youth.

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A 17-year-old girl from Kakamega county facing charges of assault and causing grievous harm told the court the victim pushed her to action through continuous mockery over her HIV status. The girl who is a form one student at a school in Likuyani Sub-County is accused of attacking and hurting her 14-year-old classmate on February 5, 2018 before disappearing.
Read more at: https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001271359/17-year-old-girl-attacks-classmate-for-revealing-hiv-status
A 17-year-old girl from Kakamega county facing charges of assault and causing grievous harm told the court the victim pushed her to action through continuous mockery over her HIV status. The girl who is a form one student at a school in Likuyani Sub-County is accused of attacking and hurting her 14-year-old classmate on February 5, 2018 before disappearing.
Read more at: https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001271359/17-year-old-girl-attacks-classmate-for-revealing-hiv-status
A 17-year-old girl from Kakamega county facing charges of assault and causing grievous harm told the court the victim pushed her to action through continuous mockery over her HIV status. The girl who is a form one student at a school in Likuyani Sub-County is accused of attacking and hurting her 14-year-old classmate on February 5, 2018 before disappearing.
Read more at: https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001271359/17-year-old-girl-attacks-classmate-for-revealing-hiv-status
A 17-year-old girl from Kakamega county facing charges of assault and causing grievous harm told the court the victim pushed her to action through continuous mockery over her HIV status. The girl who is a form one student at a school in Likuyani Sub-County is accused of attacking and hurting her 14-year-old classmate on February 5, 2018 before disappearing.
Read more at: https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001271359/17-year-old-girl-attacks-classmate-for-revealing-hiv-status
A 17-year-old girl from Kakamega county facing charges of assault and causing grievous harm told the court the victim pushed her to action through continuous mockery over her HIV status. The girl who is a form one student at a school in Likuyani Sub-County is accused of attacking and hurting her 14-year-old classmate on February 5, 2018 before disappearing.
Read more at: https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001271359/17-year-old-girl-attacks-classmate-for-revealing-hiv-status

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