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@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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Alex
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Question: Is insulting a *cybercrime* per se?
As a mwanainchi why cant I arrest a person for insulting me on WhatsApp? (Let along Facebook or Twitter) ??
On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 6:54 PM, Sidney Ochieng via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
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.
Bringing this back to a local context, isn't the law that got Wadi arrested still on the books?
On 23 September 2016 at 17:16, Mildred Achoch via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
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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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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