Service of Court summons through an employer

I made a witness statement to the police during investigation of a rape offence that was committed near my house. Instead of the Police serving the Court summons directly to me, they have served the summons through my employer. In a criminal case which does not arise from the workplace, does the law allow serving a summons through the employer?
FM, Dodoma

The general rule provided under section 101(1) of the Criminal Procedure Act is that a summons has to be served directly on the person summoned by delivering or tendering to him one of the duplicates of the summons. In order to prove service, the person serving the summons shall require the witness summoned to sign at the back of another duplicate summons to acknowledge receipt.

However, section 102 of the Criminal Procedure Act, permits service of summons through an employer where the witness summoned cannot by exercise of due diligence be found. Therefore, service of a summons to attend a criminal Court can only be made through an employer where direct service to the witness has been attempted but has failed. Alternatively, the police officer serving the summons can affix one of the duplicates of the summons to some conspicuous parts of the house or homestead of the person summoned. The law does not demand obtaining a Court order before resorting to an alternative service of summons to attend a criminal trial.