DAR ES SALAAM, Aug. 26 -- THE High Court has dismissed, with costs, an application by Zitto Kabwe, seeking to compel businessman Harbinder Singh Sethi to deposit 100m/- in court as security for costs, pending the determination of a defamation suit against him.

Sethi has filed a petition demanding 10bn/- in compensation, alleging that Zitto falsely and maliciously defamed him on the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter).

Presiding Judge Arnold Kirekiano ruled in favour of the businessman, stating that Zitto, the former leader of the Alliance for Change and Transparency (ACT–Wazalendo), failed to cumulatively satisfy the conditions required for such an order, particularly the claim that Sethi is not a resident of Tanza...