The prosecutor in the case facing Jamii Media Co Limited's co-founder, Maxene Melo Mubyazi (40), has been directed to speed up investigations of the two charges levelled against him
This comes after State Attorney, Mohamed
Salum who prosecutes both cases informed the court that investigations
in case number 456 and 457, which are before Kisutu Resident Magistrate,
Thomas Simba and Resident Magistrate Godfrey Mwambapa have not been
completed.
State Attorney Salum had earlier told the court that the cases only came for mentioning and requested for another date.
Reading the charges, the prosecutor
alleged that on diverse dates between December 9, 2011 and December 13,
2016 at Mikocheni area in Kinondoni District in Dar es Salaam City, the
accused, as the Director of Jamii Media Co Ltd, operated and used a
website known as jamiiforums.com.
It was alleged that the website was not
registered in the Tanzanian Country code Top LEVEL Domain (ccTLD), dotz.
In the second count, Mubyazi stands accused of obstructing
investigations.
The prosecutor charged that on diverse
dates between January 2016 and December 13, 2016, the defendant refused
to disclose data in his possession as demanded by the Tanzania Police
Force, that was conducting criminal investigations on electronic
communication published on the website.
The prosecutor further claimed in
another case that on April 1, 2016 and December 13, 2016, at the same
occasion and location, the businessperson refused to disclose data in
his possession as demanded by the Tanzania Police Force.
Magistrate Simba and Mwambapa adjourned the cases to January 26, 2017, meanwhile the bail of the accused continues.
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