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10:00 CAT | 31 Oct 2017
AFP / President John Magufuli's critics say he is showing intolerance towards the opposition
A prominent opposition MP in Tanzanzia, Zitto Kabwe, has been freed on bail – after being arrested twice today.
Police first arrested Mr Kabwe – the leader of the opposition Alliance for Change and Transparency – for allegedly uttering seditious words during a by-election campaign rally in the main city, Dar es Salaam.
He was released, only to be re-arrested and released again.
Mr Kabwe told reporters that he has to report back to police next Tuesday and then go to court to face charges of releasing false statistics and breaking cyber-crime law.
On Twitter at the weekend, Mr Kabwe casts doubts about the credibility of the government’s quarterly economic growth figures for 2017.
President John Magufuli recently called for the Statistics Act to be strictly implemented.
Under the law, a person can be sentenced to up to two years in jail if convicted of giving misleading government statistics.
Source: BBC
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