Insulting Kenya's president on Facebook lands blogger in prison

[Askari Kanzu]

Insulting Kenya's president on Facebook lands blogger in prison
Mixed reactions online as Alan Wadi sentenced to jail time for posts on social media.

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta. (AP/SAYYID AZIM)

A blogger in Kenya has been sentenced to jail time for insulting President Uhuru Kenyatta on Facebook.

The 25-year-old blogger, Alan Wadi Okenga, also known as lieutenant Wadi, was convicted of hate speech for posts he allegedly made about Kenyatta's ethnic group. Wadi was sentenced to one year in jail and a fine of $2,200 after reportedly pleading guilty to the charges. If he chooses not pay the fine, he will face another year in jail.

Al Jazeera

My take: Kenya is becoming a banana republic.
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Rep Qadid Sparrow
Leaders should be the custodians of criticism. They should not view it as an abuse.
1 hour ago

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Emmanuel Emendack
What did the Lt. actually do. If he criticised the President and got locked up, then that's the P's… See More
43 minutes ago

Bogonko Jr Benjamin
I have seen the words that boy jailed for 2years for abusing the president. They were heavy words but… See More
38 minutes ago

Derryck Griffith
I got news for you President Uhuru Kenyatta. You are next to be thrown in the Garbage Bin.
54 minutes ago

 

[bagamoyo]

The big brother is watching you Kenyans in your homeland so don't abuse unlimited freedom provided by Jamiiforums just be reasonable and constructive when you argue, remember Mwl Nyerere's tip ''argue don't shout''.

 

[MK254]

The big brother is watching you Kenyans in your homeland so don't abuse unlimited freedom provided by Jamiiforums just be reasonable and constructive when you argue, remember Mwl Nyerere's tip ''argue don't shout''.

Big brother is always everywhere, attempt to insult Kikwete too, call him names and see what comes down on you. No one has a right to insult anyone even in those uswahili ghetoes of yours. Criticizing a president is one thing, but taking it further by insulting him, is something else altogether.

 

[Iconoclastes]

Askari Kanzu How is Kenya becoming a banana republic, by enforcing the rule of law?
It is illegal everywhere in this world to insult and slander another person on whichever media. This dude used bad words in his tirades against the president, he should go to prison.

Try doing that in Tz today and come tell me tommorrow if u really had dinner with your family in your own house or if you were guest of the state..

 

[MK254]

Askari Kanzu How is Kenya becoming a banana republic, by enforcing the rule of law?
It is illegal everywhere in this world to insult and slander another person on whichever media. This dude used bad words in his tirades against the president, he should go to prison.

Try doing that in Tz today and come tell me tommorrow if u really had dinner with your family in your own house or if you were guest of the state..

These guys normally behave like juvenile, he is busy calling us banana republic just because someone was arrested for insulting the president, yet in their country, three patriotic Tanzanians were arrested because of walking for 37 days just to see the president https://www.jamiiforums.com/kenyan-...ku-37-kumuona-rais-ila-washikwa-hatimaye.html
Which one of the two incidents is more bananaish.

 

[Dhuks]

I must admit i had my reservations as i thought he had been jailed for criticizing but after seeing what he posted i agree with the sentence 100%

 

[Elungata]

hayo matusi mbona jk anayaoga daily humu,
kumbe kenyata dick tator?

 

[MK254]

hayo matusi mbona jk anayaoga daily humu,
kumbe kenyata dick tator?

Hamna, Watanzania waoga sana, hebu onyesha post hata moja ambayo Mtanzania amefikia kiwango cha huyu jamaa, yaani Mtanzania ambaye amekua hadi na ujasiri wa kuagiza Kikwete auawe. Hata kwa Obama ukithubutu yanakukuta, hebu ona hii.

[h=1]Lawrence Man Arrested for Threatening Obama's Life[/h]

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Stephen Perrotti, 28, with his attorney Steven Van Dyke, right, in Lawrence, Mass., District Court on Friday during his arraignment on firearms charges in connection with an investigation into alleged threats against President Barack Obama.AP/Paul Bilodeau/The Eagle-Tribune
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By Mikaela Lefrak
Boston.com Staff | 08.01.14 | 2:38 PM

A Lawrence man who allegedly threatened to kill President Barack Obama via Twitter was arraigned Friday on nine firearms charges in Lawrence District Court, according tomultiple reports.
Stephen Perrotti, 28, allegedly threatened to kill the President "even if it takes a lifetime," according to a police report obtained by the Eagle-Tribune. The arraignment is in connection with a US Secret Service investigation into the alleged threats, according to the Eagle-Tribune.
Perrotti was arrested on Thursday after the Secret Service contacted Lawrence Police about the threats, according to CBS. Secret Service agents and Lawrence police officers went to Perrotti's residence and searched the premises.
According to The Boston Globe:

[Essex District Attorney Jonathan] Blodgett spokeswoman Carrie Kimball Monahan said five large capacity firearms were found inside his residence on Byron Avenue Thursday night, leading to Perrotti being charged with five counts of illegal possession of large capacity firearms.
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The firearms included an AR-15 assault rifle. Three scopes, four high-capacity magazines, and ammunition were also allegedly in his possession.
Perrotti will return to court on September 8th for a dangerousness hearing. He is being held without bail.

Mikaela can be reached at mikaela.lefrak@globe.com or via Twitter @mikafrak.

 

[Iconoclastes]

hayo matusi mbona jk anayaoga daily humu,
kumbe kenyata dick tator?

We criticize and mock our president brutally on the social media here, but four-letter-wording him is going a little overboard.

Tanzania may not take action against calling the president and the other senior state officials that, but eish! Some decorum man.

 

[Iconoclastes]

These guys normally behave like juvenile, he is busy calling us banana republic just because someone was arrested for insulting the president, yet in their country, three patriotic Tanzanians were arrested because of walking for 37 days just to see the president https://www.jamiiforums.com/kenyan-...ku-37-kumuona-rais-ila-washikwa-hatimaye.html
Which one of the two incidents is more bananaish.

Now this is quite sad. These young men trekked a whole 37km to see their leader and inform him about their plight in their village. They got arrested for that.
They fought nor insulted nobody.

This other hooligan has actually degraded the dignity of the head of state, and somebody thinks it's wrong that he shld be arrested for that, duh!

 

[Sodium]

Mwanafunzi mmoja nchini Kenya amepewa
kifungo cha mwaka mmoja jela kwa
kumtukana rais wa Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta
katika mtandao.
Alan Wadiu Okengo mwenye umri wa miaka 25
pia atalipa faini ya dola 2,200 la sivyo
ahudumie kifungo chengine cha mwaka mmoja.
Alikuwa ameshtakiwa kwa kutoa matamshi ya
chuki baada ya kusema kuwa watu wa kabila la
rais la kikuyu wanafaa kuwekewa mipaka katika
maeneo fulani.
Mwanablogu mashuhuri nchini humo pia
alishtakiwa baada ya kumwita rais Uhuru
Kenyatta 'rais ambaye hajakomaa'.
Kenya ina mitandao mahiri na mwandishi wa
BBC Emmanuel Igunza amesema kuwa kesi
hiyo imezua mjadala mkubwa kuhusu kile
kilichosahihi katika mitandao.
Source :bbc swahili

 

[dudus]

Huyo mwanafunzi sioni tusi alilomtukana Rais. Kosa lake ni "matamshi ya chuki" na kwa kweli ni kosa lenye kustahili adhabu regardless chuki hiyo ni dhidi ya nani au kundi gani la binadamu, wanyama, au hata mimea. Chuki ni mbaya; rejea chuki za dhahiri za Marehemu Sheikh Ilunga Kapuna.

 

[Mwanamayu]

Kumtukana mtu yeyote kwa kupitia mtandao ni kosa, kwani mtandao ni njia ya mawasiliano kama ilivyo simu au face-to-face ila sifa kubwa ya mtandao ni kwamba tusi litaonekana kwa wengi hata dunia nzima kwa muda mfupi sana na yaweza kuwa ngumu kuliondoa tusi hilo hewani kwani tayari kama ndio twitter litakuwa tayari retwitted.

Jambo muhimu hapa ni kuangalia je kilichosemwa ni tusi? Sheria za Kenya zinasemaje kuhusu tusi, je, kumwambia Rais ameshindwa kazi na kuonyesha vigezo ni tusi au constructive criticism/ informed feedback? Kenya watakuwa wana matatizo yao binafsi!!

 

[Gsana]

Bongo tuna sheria Kali zaidi ila taifa ili halijaamua kuzitumia. Sio kumtusi rais tu bali kutoa matusi kwa yeyote! Cha ajabu hapa kwetu ukitukana maksi zinapanda! Angalia bungeni matusi yanayorushwa na waheshimiwa! Angalia kwenye daladala, konda hajatukania mama zao hajaridhika, na umo kumejaa wazazi wa kila aina ila mila mtu kimyaa!! Wanafunzi wanavotukana laivu makondakta , woote kimya utadhani daladala haina mtu ndani!! Angalia press mbele ya waandishi wa habari uone mabosi wana otukana live!! Angalia mikutano ya vyama wadada wanakata mauno bila hata nguo za ndani mbele ya rais au katibu mkuu ,
NB: matusi sio tafsiri ya wengi ya ile ya kusema ukweli! Ukweli sio matusi, mfano ukisema mafisadi, epa, escrow na kutaja wahusika wake wa wazi na waliojificha sio matusi!!
Mtu anafanya kampeni anasema mbunge Fulani msagaji, pengine utasikia mgombea wa chama flani shoga! Ayo hayakubaliki ila uwa taifa ili linaangalia nani kasema na aliywtukanwa ana hadhi gani, baaasi!! - ile heshima ya utu/humanity uwa imbalanced!
Ni vyema kuheshimiana wooote, matusi has a kwa viongozi hayafai!!

 

[Simiyu Yetu]

Akome kutukana viongozi.

 

[Mp Kalix2]

Mwanafunzi mmoja nchini Kenya amepewa kifungo cha mwaka mmoja jela kwa
kumtukana rais wa Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta katika mtandao.
Alan Wadiu Okengo mwenye umri wa miaka 25 pia atalipa faini ya dola 2,200 la sivyo ahudumie kifungo chengine cha mwaka mmoja.
Alikuwa ameshtakiwa kwa kutoa matamshi ya chuki baada ya kusema kuwa watu wa kabila la rais la kikuyu wanafaa kuwekewa mipaka katika maeneo fulani.

Hili la kwanza hata hapa Bongo tena chini ya Makada wa CCM ndiyo wimbo wao-Ohooooooooo CDM ya Kaskazini,mara ya Kiachaga na nk!

Mwanablogu mashuhuri nchini humo pia alishtakiwa baada ya kumwita rais Uhuru Kenyatta 'rais ambaye hajakomaa'.
Kenya ina mitandao mahiri na mwandishi wa BBC Emmanuel Igunza amesema kuwa kesi hiyo imezua mjadala mkubwa kuhusu kile kilichosahihi katika mitandao.
Source :bbc swahili.

Sijui hili la pili kama hukumu yake imetoka ,lakini iko ndani ya uhuru wa mawazo!

 

[Elungata]

kumbe wakenya wanateswa sana na kenyata,matusi laini hivyo mtu anakula mvua,

hapa kwetu afadhali tuna uhuru mkubwa sana.

 

[Sodium]

Nashangaa kwetu Tanzania wanavyotumia maneno ambayo uwa ni kumtus Mh.raisi lakini awachukuriwi atua za kisheria, Tanzania tunapaswa kujifunza kwa majirani wetu Kenya.

 

[Herbalist Dr MziziMkavu]

Kumekuwa na kawaida ya watu wengi kuwa na matumizi mabaya ya mitandao ya kijamii, wengine hutumia lugha za matusi na kuweka picha chafu.Kijana mmoja mwanafunzi wa chuo, Alan Wadi Okengo, amehukumiwa kifungo cha mwaka mmoja jela baada ya kukutwa na hatia ya kutumia vibaya mtandao wa kijamii wafacebook, aliandika ujumbe wa kukosoa jitihada za Serikali ya Kenya, kuhusu masuala ya usalama.Ujumbe wa mwanafunzi huyo aliuandika hivi; “

For the security to be tight Kikuyus from other regions need to be deported to central region! For Kenyans to enjoy their freedom, Kikuyus must be deported to their central region”“The way that silly Bill proposed by silly “president” was passed by silly Jubilee skunks and assented by the same silly “president” was wanting!”“The speed and temerity of the process shows the bang “president” is desperate to dictate and throw away our democratic space! If Judiciary won’t help, the streets will salvage Kenya! If Opposition won’t lead us to the streets, then they might be too “orgasming” with “despotic” leadership!”
Mwanafunzi huyo alikiri kufanya kosa hilo na kutakiwa kulipa faini ya sh 200,000 na kwenda jela mwaka mmoja kwa makosa ya matumizi ya lugha chafu mtandaoni na kumtukana Rais pamoja na Bunge. chanzo.http://millardayo.com/sms-jan3/

 

[tethering]

Mwanafunzi mmoja nchini Kenya amepewa kifungo cha mwaka mmoja jela kwa kumtukana rais wa Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta katika mtandao.
Alan Wadiu Okengo mwenye umri wa miaka 25 pia atalipa faini ya dola 2,200 la sivyo ahudumie kifungo chengine cha mwaka mmoja.
Alikuwa ameshtakiwa kwa kutoa matamshi ya chuki baada ya kusema kuwa watu wa kabila la rais la kikuyu wanafaa kuwekewa mipaka katika maeneo fulani.
Mwanablogu mashuhuri nchini humo pia alishtakiwa baada ya kumwita rais Uhuru Kenyatta 'rais ambaye hajakomaa'.
Kenya ina mitandao mahiri na mwandishi wa BBC Emmanuel Igunza amesema kuwa kesi hiyo imezua mjadala mkubwa kuhusu kile kilichosahihi katika mitandao.
Source: BBC SWAHILI