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]]> A Tanzanian lawmaker’s been jailed for five months for defaming President John Pombe Magufuli.

He’s judged to have delivered a hate speech at a political rally at the end of December.

The jailed MP is  Joseph Mbilinyi, popularly known as ‘Sugu’.

He’s a member of Tanzania’s  leading opposition party Chadema.

Party worker Emmanuel Masonga has jailed with him.

The prosecution produced five witnesses and an audio exhibit that was said to have been recorded by the fifth witness, a police officer.

Sugu’s a musician who’s been a long time critic of the government.

In the 2015 general election, he garnered the most votes of all MPs.

The verdict’s been slammed on social media, with many describing Magufuli’s regime as increasingly dictatorial.

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