Court to deliver judgment on Ponda case on Monday

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The Secretary of Council of Islamic Organization, Sheikh Ponda Issa Ponda.

 
THE Morogoro Resident Magistrate’s Court is expected on Monday to deliver its judgment in the

 case against the Secretary of Council of Islamic Organization, Sheikh Ponda Issa Ponda who is

charged with seditious offences

Resident Magistrate in Charge Mary Moyo was previously set to give the verdict on November 18,

 but could not make it because she was attending to other official matters, including training on how to

 handle election petitions.

The magistrate will deliver the judgment after going through the evidence produced by the prosecution

 and defence as well as their respective final submissions presented in the criminal matter.

In the trial, Principal State Attorney Bernard Kongola is appearing for the prosecution, while

advocates Juma Nassoro and Abubakar Salum are for the Muslim leader.

According to the charge sheet, the prosecution states that Sheikh Ponda is accused of uttering

words with intention to injure religious feelings and inciting members of the public.

The prosecution alleges that Ponda issued statements with seditious intention, saying the government

 deployed an army to Mtwara to contain chaos from citizens who were objecting to the construction of

a gas pipeline.

Ponda was also quoted as saying that citizens who were 90 per cent Muslims were raped, killed

 and intimidated while the government turned a blind eye during the conflict between residents of

Loliondo.

The residents who contain 90 per cent Christians were up in arms after a certain Arab was allocated a

portion of hunting block. In his examination in chief during the defence hearing, Sheikh Ponda

admitted to have uttered some statements at a meeting held on August 10, 2013, at Ndege Primary

School ground in Morogoro Municipality.

However, the Muslim leader pointed out that what he spoke was just a repetition of words that were

said by citizens of Mtwara Region. According to him, what he was doing at the meeting is to convey

the message and concerns of the people of Mtwara region to the citizens of Morogoro on the subject

regarding gas extraction.

Ponda told the court that he quoted several other words at the meeting that were spoken by the

people of Mtwara, but was wondering why the prosecution decided to select only a few of them and link

 him with the sedition case.

He claimed that the words he spoke had no impact because there was no negative reaction that

came out from the people in Morogoro region where the meeting was held.

Independence funds to upgrade Mwenge road

01 December 2015

 

 

Dr Magufuli instructed that the construction work on the 4.3 kilometre should start immediately to ease  traffic congestion along the route, according to a statement issued on Monday by the Directorate of Presidential Communications.He made the instruction during a meeting with the Chief Executive of Tanzania National Roads Agency (Tanroads), Engineer Patrick Mfugale at the State House in Dar es Salaam yesterday, the statement read in part.The construction work will see the stretch of the road expanded to five lanes from the current three and  the money has been already been disbursed to Tanroads.Last week, the Chief Secretary, Ombeni Sefue announced that this year there will be no official ceremony to celebrate the Independence anniversary and instead the public should engage in nation building work, including a nationwide cleaning campaign to check re-occurrence of filthy-borne diseases.Ambassador Sefue noted then that the amount of money allocated for the celebrations will be channeled to other development projects. Meanwhile, Dr Magufuli yesterday met and held meeting at State House with former National Chairman of Civic United Front (CUF), Prof Ibrahim Lipumba.During the talks, Prof Lipumba congratulated President Magufuli for being elected to the position and  his excellent speech during the inauguration of the parliament in Dodoma recently. On his part, Dr Magufuli hailed Prof Lipumba for his unwavering stand against corruption and wished him well in his work.

 

Independence funds to upgrade Mwenge road

01 December 2015

Dr Magufuli instructed that the construction work on the 4.3 kilometre should start immediately to ease 

traffic congestion along the route, according to a statement issued on Monday by the Directorate of Presidential

 Communications.

He made the instruction during a meeting with the Chief Executive of Tanzania National Roads Agency 

(Tanroads), Engineer Patrick Mfugale at the State House in Dar es Salaam yesterday, the statement read in 

part

The construction work will see the stretch of the road expanded to five lanes from the current three and the 

money has been already been disbursed to Tanroads.

Last week, the Chief Secretary, Ombeni Sefue announced that this year there will be no official ceremony 

to celebrate the Independence anniversary and instead the public should engage in nation building work, 

including a nationwide cleaning campaign to check re-occurrence of filthy-borne diseases.

Ambassador Sefue noted then that the amount of money allocated for the celebrations will be channeled 

to other development projects. Meanwhile, Dr Magufuli yesterday met and held meeting at State House with

 former National Chairman of Civic United Front (CUF), Prof Ibrahim Lipumba.

During the talks, Prof Lipumba congratulated President Magufuli for being elected to the position and his 

excellent speech during the 

inauguration of the parliament in Dodoma recently. On his part, Dr Magufuli hailed Prof Lipumba for his 

 unwavering stand against corruption and wished him well in his work.

12 held over missing containers

01 December 2015

The Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI), Mr Diwani Athumani

POLICE are holding 12 suspects over the 349 missing containers at the Dar es Salaam Port,

including high-ranking officials from the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) and several

Salim Said Bakhresa Company Limited staff working at its Inland Container Depot (ICD).

DIAMOND DECLARES THAT HE IS IN TEAM MAGUFULI

Diamond ampigia chapuo Dkt. John Magufuli

Kutokana na demokrasia kila mtu ana haki ya kumchagua kiongozi ambaye anadhani kuwa anafaa bila shinikizo la mtu, hii imetokea pia kwa baadhi wasanii ambao wamegawana katika makundi ambapo kuna baadhi wapo team Lowassa na wengine team Magufuli.

Hadi sasa kuna baadhi ya mastaa wa Tanzania, wameweka wazi watu wanaowakubali kati ya wagombea wawili, miongoni mwao ni Wema Sepetu aliyeweka wazi kumsupport Magufuli, muigizaji Jacqueline Wolper na Aunty Ezekiel wanamsupport Edward Lowassa na sasa ni Diamond ameweka wazi kuwa yupo team Magufuli.

Kupitia mtandao wa kijamii Diamond ameandika “Iwe Msanii, Mtangazaji, ama Mwanamichezo, ila Kila Mtanzania anahaki ya Kuchagua kiongozi anaeamini ni Bora, Mchapa kazi, Mwenye Afya na Msimamo ili kutuendelezea Nchi yetu… Kwa Uchunguzi na tathmini niliyoifanya tangu hizi mambo za Kampeni zianze nimegundua na kuamini kuwa huyu ndio Jembe,”.

Akamalizia “Nitakuandikia na kukupostia ushahidi kukuthibitishia kwanini nimeona John Magufuli Pombe ndie anaefaa… unapohisi na wewe una fact za kumtetea umtakaye karibu uniambie hapo halaf na mi nikumwagie zangu, ila usijisumbue Matusi coz hayatokusaidia wala kunisaidia kunibadilisha akili yangu kwa sababu sanasana ntakuona Huna akili Maana nishayazoea, nipe fact zako nami nikupe zangu ili pamoja Tujenge nchi.

KINGWENDU; THE FAMOUS TANZANIAN COMEDIAN RUNS FOR MP

KINGWENDU; THE FAMOUS TANZANIAN COMEDIAN RUNS FOR MP 

Thursday, August 20, 2015

Kingwendu akikabidhiwa fomu ya kuwania ubunge jimbo la Kisalawe kwa tiketi ya CUF.

Katika hali ya kuonyesha kuwa UKAWA imedhamiria kushika dola, mgombea wa ubunge jimbo la Kisarawe kwa tiketi ya Chama Cha wananchi (CUF),  Rashid Mwinshehe 'Kingwendu' jana amechukua fomu ya ubunge na kuahidi kuwa muda wa kwenda kubutua mijicho yake na kutoa ulimi nje umewadia, huu ndio muda wa heno heno.