Tanzania: Sugu Case - Defence Lawyers Resign As Magistrate Remains Adamant

Mbeya — Lawyers, representing the Mbeya Urban Member of Parliament on the ticket of the opposition Chadema, Mr Joseph Mbilinyi, have resigned from the case after a Senior Resident Magistrate for Mbeya Resident Magistrate Court, Mr Michael Mteite, dropped a plea to have him step aside from presiding over the case.

Mr Mbilinyi - commonly known as Sugu - along with the political party's secretary for the Southern Highland Zone, Mr Emmanuel Masonga, are charged with delivering a 'hate speech' against the president of Tanzania, Dr John Magufuli - an offence they allegedly committed at the Mwenge primary school grounds in Mbeya city on December 30 last year.

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