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Japhet Ibrahim Matarra vs Republic (Criminal Appeal No. 51 of 2023) [2024] TZHC 77 (22 January 2024)
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA MOSHI DISTRICT REGISTRY AT MOSHI
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 51 OF 2023(Originating from Moshi District Court in Criminal Case No. 435 of 2021)
JAPHET IBRAHIM MATARRA ..................................... APPELLANT
VERSUS
REPUBLIC .................................................................. RESPONDENT
JUDGMENT
13/12/2023 & 22/01/2024
SIMFUKWE, J.
Japhet Ibrahim Matarra, hereinafter referred to as the Appellant was charged before the District Court of Moshi at Moshi with the offence of Publication of false information contrary to section 16 of the
Cybercrimes Act, 2015.
The particulars of the offence were to the effect that in October, 2021,
within the District of Moshi in Kilimanjaro Region, the appellant did publish
data presented in a text in a computer system through his twitter account
bearing words
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marehemu DKT. JOHN POMBE MAGUFULI, unakadiriwa kuwa
Tshs. 11.2B. Upande wa wastaafu inakadiriwa kama ifuatavyo:
JAKAYA KIKWETE (352B), marehemu B.W. MKAPA (461B) na
ALLY HASSAN MWINYI (18.4B) na Rais wetu SAMIA SULUHU
(34.5B)” while knowing that such data was false with intent to mislead the public.
In a nut shell, the prosecution case was that, through the informer, a Police
Officer namely SSP Boniface Mayara (PW5), got information about a
message sent on twitter account concerning wealth of the current and
retired Presidents of the United Republic of Tanzania. The informer named
the person who sent the message to be Japhet Matarra. The message
mentioned the 5th President the late John Pombe Magufuli, the 4th
President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, the 3rd President Benjamin William
Mkapa, the 2nd President Ally Hassan Mwinyi and the 6th President Her
Excellence Dr. Samia Hassan Suluhu.
Upon receiving such information, PW5 went to satisfy himself on the
presence of the message and legality of the sender. He found that the....
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