Trial of Chadema bosses takes new shape

NINE senior officials of Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema), including the National Chairman Freeman Mbowe, yesterday filed an application seeking stay of criminal proceedings in the seditious charges they are facing at the Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court in Dar es Salaam.

Through their advocates Peter Kibatala and Jeremiah Ntobesya, the top leaders of the opposition party are requesting Principal Resident Magistrate Wilbard Mashauri to suspend the proceedings pending hearing and determination of another application for revision they have filed at the High Court.

The prosecution led by Principal State Attorneys Faraja Nchimbi, Paul Kadushi and Dr Zainabu Mango as well as State Attorney Wankyo Simon requested the court to file an affidavit to counter that of the accused persons that had been lodged to support their application in question.

Since the application has been filed under certificate of urgency, the magistrate directed the prosecution to file its counter affidavit the same yesterday, while the defence would lodge their reply to the counter affidavit today.

He ordered the hearing of the application to continue today. Other accused persons, apart from Mbowe, are Vicent Mashinji, who is the party’s Secretary General, John Mnyika, Deputy Secretary General (Mainland), Salum Mwalimu, who is Deputy Secretary General (Zanzibar) and Peter Msigwa (Member of Parliament - MP) for Iringa Urban.

The rest are Ester Matiko (Tarime Urban MP), Halima Mdee (Kawe MP), John Heche (Tarime Rural MP) and Ester Bulaya (MP for Bunda Urban).

The accused are charged with 11 counts of conspiracy to commit offences, unlawful assembly, rioting after proclamation and inciting commission of offences, raising discontent and ill-will for unlawful purposes and sedition allegedly committed between February 1 and 16, 2018 in the city.

The prosecution alleges that on February 16, 2018 along Kawawa Road at Mkwajuni area, being assembled with intent to carry out a common purpose, jointly and together, all accused persons conducted themselves in such a manner as to cause a fear of breach of peace.

It is claimed further that on the same day and place, with more than 12 other persons not in court, having riotously assembled, in disobedience of proclamation given by a police officer, the accused persons failed to disperse and continued to take part in the riot.

Thereby, according to the prosecution, the accused persons breached the peace and terrifying the public culminating in the death of National Institute of Transport (NIT) student, Akwilina Akwiline Baftaa and injury of two police officers, Police Constable Fikiri and Corporal Rahim Msangi.

According to the prosecution, on the same day at Buibui grounds, while addressing Kinondoni residents at a public meeting, Mbowe, Mdee and Heche made statements likely to raise discontent and promote feelings of ill-will amongst the inhabitants of the United Republic of Tanzania.

The prosecution alleged further that Mbowe, in related offences, made seditious statements with the intention of bringing hatred and contempt to the citizens of the United Republic of Tanzania against the lawful authority of the government.

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