Respondents’ testimonies and submission what they did was to inform the Public the investigative news concerning the allegations made by the President. To prove their defence, Exhibit D1 was tendered where DW2 informed the court that the same was the President’s speech which he downloaded and saved it in the flash disc (Exhibit D1). The same was played before this court where it is true that the President stated that: “Unanunua viwanja kule na wewe unakwenda nunua maeneo fulani unayaandika kwa majina fulani tukichunguza tunakuta wewe ndio yako…” Taking from the above quoted speech, I admit that there was the allegation from the then President although the same were in the hidden way. Therefore, in my view as I have stated earlier that, reputation is one’s precious property and to ensure fairness and balance, the Respondents who identified themselves as professional journalists who investigated the allegation, they were duty bound to come out with a real /hard evidence to prove the quoted allegations. Any reasonable person could expect that they could come out with tangible evidence as to where the Petitioner bought the Plots the same place with NHC, the real proof as to when and who travelled to Dubai, for how long, which hotels they slept in and how much they spent. Astonishingly, instead of reporting to the Public what was stated 25

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