A Police State

A Police State

Zaidi ya miaka minne iliyopita.

Mko wapi mnaodaigi mimi ni mfia Magufuli?
 
Kiranga said:
Tanzania is a police state.

Magufuli is a country bumpkin.
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I can’t believe I wrote this over 4 years ago and it is as relevant today just like it was back in 2016!

But then again one doesn’t need to be a MENSA genius to see Magufuli for what he is.

Even more disturbing, he seems not to be smart enough to prove his critics wrong.
 
Nyani Ngabu said:
I know what I wrote and I stand by it.

What is your definition of a police state?
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Generally the below characterizes a police state:

From google.

''A police state is a government that exercises power through the power of the police force. Originally, a police state was a state regulated by a civil administration, but since the beginning of the 20th century it has "taken on an emotional and derogatory meaning" by describing an undesirable state of living characterized by the overbearing presence of civil authorities. The inhabitants of a police state may experience restrictions on their mobility, or on their freedom to express or communicate political or other views, which are subject to police monitoring or enforcement. Political control may be exerted by means of a secret police force that operates outside the boundaries normally imposed by a constitutional state. Robert von Mohl, who first introduced the rule of law to German jurisprudence, contrasted the Rechtsstaat ("legal" or "constitutional" state) with the anti-aristocratic Polizeistaat ("police state").''

From Collins dictionary:

''A police state is a country in which the government controls people's freedom by means of the police, especially secret police.''

To my knowledge I have never seen secret police in Tanzania.
 
Wacha1 said:
Generally the below characterizes a police state:

From google.

''A police state is a government that exercises power through the power of the police force. Originally, a police state was a state regulated by a civil administration, but since the beginning of the 20th century it has "taken on an emotional and derogatory meaning" by describing an undesirable state of living characterized by the overbearing presence of civil authorities. The inhabitants of a police state may experience restrictions on their mobility, or on their freedom to express or communicate political or other views, which are subject to police monitoring or enforcement. Political control may be exerted by means of a secret police force that operates outside the boundaries normally imposed by a constitutional state. Robert von Mohl, who first introduced the rule of law to German jurisprudence, contrasted the Rechtsstaat ("legal" or "constitutional" state) with the anti-aristocratic Polizeistaat ("police state").''

From Collins dictionary:

''A police state is a country in which the government controls people's freedom by means of the police, especially secret police.''

To my knowledge I have never seen secret police in Tanzania.
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Bingo!

And that’s exactly what the Magufuli govt. is doing.
 
Nyani Ngabu said:
The arrest of Freeman Mbowe and Godbless Lema [one among many].
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The Police have powers to arrest anybody within the law for a certain period of time before he/she appears to court, that does not prove/warrants the state to be described as a police state.
 
Nyani Ngabu said:
Hahahaaaa!

Halafu kuna majuha huwa wanadai yetu sijawahi hata mara moja kumkosoa Magufuli....
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Hahaha una take easy tu, humu ni kama simba na yanga, unachagua upande unaushabikia.

Wa upande wa pili wakikuzidia mashambulizi, unawasubiria siku nyingine una wakimbiza vilevile.

Uki panic unaweza susia JF.
 
Wacha1 said:
The Police have powers to arrest anybody within the law for a certain period of time before he/she appears to court, that does not prove/warrants the state to be described as a police state.
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Yes it does!
 
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