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Zimbabwe man in court for Mugabe birthday joke
*Jamaa alibisha na kusema Mugabe hana nguvu za kupuliza puto (balloons) kwenye sherehe yake ya kuzaliwa. Hii ilitokea kwenye baa ambako Richmore Chazi alikuwa anakata ulabu na marafiki zake huku wakiangalia sherehe ya kuzaliwa kwa Mugabe kwenye luninga.
*Polisi wamshtaki Chazi kwa utovu wa nidhamu na kosa la jinai. Mahakama yamwachia kwa dhamana na kesi yapigwa kalenda.
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe speaking at a rally marking his 88th birthday in Mutare on February 25, 2012. Photo | AFP |
By AFPPosted Wednesday, February 29 2012 at 15:35
A Zimbabwean man has appeared in court for joking in a bar about whether President Robert Mugabe was strong enough to blow up the balloons for his 88th birthday party last week, his lawyer said Wednesday.
Richmore Chazi was arrested while drinking with friends in a bar in Mutare while watching the live coverage of Mugabe's birthday rally held in the eastern city on Saturday.
"Chazi is being charged for insulting and undermining the authority of the president and will come back to court on March 12 for routine remand," said his lawyer Blessing Nyamaropa.
He was released on $20 bail when he appeared in court on Monday.
Zimbabwe police regularly arrest people who joke about Mugabe, who has ruled the country since independence from Britain in 1980.
- Africa Review
*Jamaa alibisha na kusema Mugabe hana nguvu za kupuliza puto (balloons) kwenye sherehe yake ya kuzaliwa. Hii ilitokea kwenye baa ambako Richmore Chazi alikuwa anakata ulabu na marafiki zake huku wakiangalia sherehe ya kuzaliwa kwa Mugabe kwenye luninga.
*Polisi wamshtaki Chazi kwa utovu wa nidhamu na kosa la jinai. Mahakama yamwachia kwa dhamana na kesi yapigwa kalenda.
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe speaking at a rally marking his 88th birthday in Mutare on February 25, 2012. Photo | AFP |
By AFPPosted Wednesday, February 29 2012 at 15:35
A Zimbabwean man has appeared in court for joking in a bar about whether President Robert Mugabe was strong enough to blow up the balloons for his 88th birthday party last week, his lawyer said Wednesday.
Richmore Chazi was arrested while drinking with friends in a bar in Mutare while watching the live coverage of Mugabe's birthday rally held in the eastern city on Saturday.
"Chazi is being charged for insulting and undermining the authority of the president and will come back to court on March 12 for routine remand," said his lawyer Blessing Nyamaropa.
He was released on $20 bail when he appeared in court on Monday.
Zimbabwe police regularly arrest people who joke about Mugabe, who has ruled the country since independence from Britain in 1980.
- Africa Review
