Public prosecutors alleged that the accused published audio information on a WhatsApp group called the “Soka Group”, that was intended to mislead the public during the October 2015 Tanzanian general elections, which were plagued by accusations of vote-rigging. 
Waendesha mashitaka wa serikali walidai kwamba mshitakiwa huyo alichapisha taarifa iliyokuwa kwenye mfumo wa sauti kwenye mtandao wa Whatsapp wenye jina la “Soka Group”, ulikusudiwa kuupotosha uma wakati wa uchaguzi wa mkuu wa Tanzania uliofanyika Oktoba 2015, uliokuwa na ujumbe wenye madai ya wizi wa kura.