Quash Ponda application, govt urges

Sheikh Ponda Issa Ponda confers with his lawyer, Mr Juma Nassor, at the High Court in Dar es Salaam yesterday. The court rejected Sheikh Ponda’s request for a review of incitement and sedition charges brought against him in a lower court. Story on Page 3. PHOTO | VENANCE NESTORY

What you need to know:

  • In the application, Ponda who is represented by advocate Juma Nassor, wants the High Court to review a decision by the Morogoro Resident Magistrates’ Court that refused to withdraw sedition charges against him.