Tanzania: Lissu’s ‘Seditious Case’ Postponed Till Next Month

October 5, 2017

THE outcome of the trial of Singida East Member of Parliament (MP) Tundu Lissu, who is charged with abusing the President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Dr John Pombe Magufuli (JPM), by calling him a dictator, will be known early next month.

Resident Magistrate Godfrey Mwambapa, who is hearing the case at the Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court in Dar es Salaam, was yesterday scheduled to deliver his ruling on whether the MP under Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema) has a case to answer or not in respect of the offence charged.

However, the session was pushed to November 16, this year on two grounds, including the absence of the lawmaker, who is currently undergoing medical treatments at Chandaria Accident and Emergence Nairobi Hospital in Kenya.

The other reason was related to the failure of the Chief Whip of the opposition camp in Parliament, to present his submissions after closure of prosecution’s case in the matter. Advocate Peter Kibatala, for the MP, undertook to file the submissions in question by October 9.

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Tanzania: Govt Fails to Shed Light On Suspected Lissu’s Attackers

September 28, 2017

Tanzania’s Home Affairs minister Mwigulu Nchemba on Thursday September 28 failed to explain how many suspects linked to the assassination attempt on the life of Singida East MP Tundu Lissu had been arrested.

But he said, so far they have seized 10 vehicles that match the looks of the one the unknown assailants used on the material day.

Mr Nchemba made the statement during an interview with a local TV station, where he also assured on the capacity of local security organs to probe the incident.

“We are holding 10 vehicles in connection with the attempt but I can’t divulge more details on how many people have been arrested, the police continue with their investigations,” he said.

“People should trust their police as they are on duty 24/7, even the government isn’t happy with the blood shedding incidents as our core responsibility is to guarantee safety to everyone,” he added.

Mr Lissu, who is also an opposition Chief Whip and president of the Tanganyika Law Society (TLS) was showered with bullets on September 7 outside his Area D home in Dodoma as he was coming from Parliament.

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Tanzania/Kenya: Lissu’s US Trip Now Awaits Medic’s Nod

September 21, 2017

Doctors at the Nairobi Hospital will determine whether Singida East Member of Parliament Tundu Lissu is stable enough to be transferred to the United States for further treatment.

Singida North Member of Parliament Lazaro Nyalandu, who flew to Nairobi on Tuesday, revealed this through a post on his Facebook page.

“It is the third day that we are waiting for Mr Lissu’s medical report from doctors ta Nairobi hospital. We need the report so that we can share with specialists in the US to determine whether Mr Lissu is strong enough to be flown to there,” wrote Mr Nyalandu. Mr Lissu was flown to the Nairobi Hospital after an attempt on his life in Dodoma a few days ago. The gun wounds left him fighting for his life.

The legislator was shot several times by unidentified assailants in the stomach and legs. After Mr Lissu was assaulted, Chadema well-wishers started raising funds to facilitate his treatment. An online fundraising campaign https://www.gofundme.com/Lissumedicalcare was started.

As we went to press a total of $21,890 had been raised through the campaign by 465 well wishers in the past seven days.

On Monday, Chadema director of Foreign Communications and Foreign Affairs John Mrema said the party had raised $30,000 from well-wishers through bank accounts and mobile money banking.

Chadema is working to raise $50,000 (about Sh111.25 million) for the purpose.

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Tanzania: Diaspora Raises Sh22.3m to Facilitate Lissu Treatment

September 18, 2017

A total of $9,968, which is equivalent to Sh22.3 million, has been raised in four days by Chadema supporters in the diaspora.

The supporters embarked on a fund-riser last week in a bid to collect enough money to facilitate specialised treatment of the ailing Singida East MP, Tundu Lissu in the US.

The Chadema sympathisers in the diaspora organised an online fund-raising campaign with contribution being channeled through https://www.gofundme.com/Lissumedicalcare/donate. Party’s target was to collect $50,000 (Sh112m), which would make it possible to fly Mr Lissu to the US for further treatment.

According to the status of contributions, the opposition party faces a task of raising $40,032 (Sh89.6m) in order to meet the target.

The Chadema Secretary General, Dr Vincent Mashinji, has been listed as the guarantor of the fundraiser.

The firebrand lawmaker is admitted at the Nairobi Hospital in Kenya where he was air-lifted hours after he was hit with five out of 32 bullets sprayed on his vehicle by unknown assailants.

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Tanzania/Kenya: Tundu Lissu still in critical, stable condition after shooting

September 14, 2017

Tanzanian firebrand opposition leader Tundu Lissu, who was shot by unknown gunmen in in Dar es Salaam last week, is still in critical but stable condition in hospital.

Chadema leader Freeman Mbowe, who visited Mr Lissu on Thursday, dismissed reports in a section of Tanzanian media that the life of the opposition party’s chief whip was in danger.

He said while the condition of the Singida MP has been fluctuating, he was on a recovery path, and that there was no cause for alarm.

STRICT CONDITIONS

Mr Lissu, he said, is able to speak and has been receiving visitors under strict conditions imposed on the hospital staff of The Nairobi Hospital.

Visitors, he said, had been limited because they want the lawmaker to have enough bed red as recommended by the medics.

Mr Mbowe called on the Tanzanian government to allow international investigators to help unravel the mystery surrounding Mr Lissu’s shooting.

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Tanzania: Opposition blames Magufuli govt for critic’s shooting

September 13, 2017

Tanzania’s main opposition party claimed Tuesday that the government of President John Magufuli played a role in the gun attack last week that wounded an outspoken politician and shocked the country.

The lawmaker, Tundu Lissu, has had a series of run-ins with the government and has been arrested at least six times this year, accused of insulting the president and disturbing public order, among other charges.

“The government is involved in this attack,” Benson Kigaila, who handles defence and security matters for opposition party CHADEMA, told reporters in Tanzania’s main city of Dar es Salaam.

“Magufuli and his government harassed Tundu Lissu because he wouldn’t stop criticising, in and out of parliament, President Magufuli.”

Lissu, chief whip for the parliamentary opposition, was attacked at his home in the capital Dodoma on Thursday, after returning from a parliamentary session.

He was shot in the stomach and leg, according to local media reports, and the party said he was in critical condition.

After being transferred to a hospital in Nairobi, the party reported that his condition had improved.

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Tanzania/Malawi: Attempted assassination of Magufuli critic irks MLS

September 11, 2017

Malawi Law Society (MLS) has condemned the attempted killing of a vocal critic of Tanzanian President John Magufuli.

The critic, Tundu Lissu, who is also president Tanganyika Law Society (TLS) was shot in the abdomen and other parts on Thursday at his home in Dodoma city, Tanzania.

In a statement that has been issued dated 9th September, MLS has seriously condemned the cowardly and heinous act of violence against Honourable Lissu and has called upon government of Tanzania to take immediate steps to bring those responsible to justice.

According to the statement, the violence unleashed against the person of Lissu, who is also a Member of Parliament, is a culmination of a sustained assault that some within the Tanzanian political establishment have engaged in against the organised legal profession in Tanzania.

“It is difficult to see this attack on Honourable Lissu as anything but a well-coordinated and malicious campaign bent on undermining independence of the legal profession in Tanzania.

“These kind of antics are retrogressive and are deserving of fierce resistance from Tanzanians and all of their compatriots on the continent,” reads the statement.

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STATEMENT OF THE MALAWI LAW SOCIETY ON THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF HONORABLE TUNDU LISSU, THE PRESIDENT OF THE TANGANYIKA LAW SOCIETY

1. The Malawi Law Society (MLS) has learnt with great shock and profound sadness of the attempt on the life of the President of the Tanganyika Law Society (TLS), the Honorable Tundu Lissu, MP on Thursday, September 7th, 2017 at his home in Dodoma, Tanzania. The MLS unreservedly condemns this cowardly and heinous act of violence against Honorable Lissu and calls upon the government of Tanzania to take immediate steps to bring those responsible to justice.

2. The MLS notes that the violence unleashed against the person of Honorable Lissu is a culmination of a sustained assault that some within the Tanzanian political establishment have engaged in against the organised legal profession in Tanzania. It is difficult to see this attack on Honorable Lissu as anything but part of a well-coordinated and malicious campaign bent on undermining the independence of the legal profession in Tanzania. These kinds of antics are retrogressive and are deserving of fierce resistance from Tanzanians and all of their compatriots on the continent.

3. The MLS would like to assure the TLS that in it, it will find an unwavering partner in the cause of promoting the independence of the bar in Africa and the rule of law. The MLS urges the leadership of the TLS to remain steadfast in standing for what is just and right, even in this moment of great tribulation and personal peril. As it has been rightly said ‘the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.’

Issued at Lilongwe, Malawi this 9th day of September, 2017

Signed:

Khumbo Bonzoe Soko Michael Goba Chipeta
Chairman Secretary

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