{UAH} Historian Odhiambo Levin Opiyo on Jacob Zuma Jailing.

'You can't  just  pick an influential leader like Zuma  on a mere charge of contempt and throw him  in prison just like that without expecting repercussions. 

The only time this can be executed  successfully  without consequences  is when the citizens themselves stage a popular  uprising  like what  was witnessed  in Egypt, Sudan  and Libya.

House arrest has been used since ancient times as an alternative to criminal imprisonment, often imposed upon people who either were too powerful or too influential to be placed in an actual prison. 

Hereditary rulers, religious leaders, and political figures, whose imprisonment might spur a revolt by loyalists, would be confined to their homes where they could live comfortably and safely but without any influence.

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