
Lissu Defence Brings Election-observer Claims and Arrest Accounts Into Treason Trial
Deputy CHADEMA secretary general tells the court the charged excerpts were stripped from a three-hour reform speech.

Deputy CHADEMA secretary general tells the court the charged excerpts were stripped from a three-hour reform speech.

Deputy secretary general tells the court the party’s ‘No Reforms, No Election’ position followed “systematic irregularities” in the 2024 local government polls.

Under sustained cross-examination, the party’s secretary general defends ‘No Reforms, No Election’ as democratic pressure, not a crime.

The party’s secretary general defended the disputed April 2025 address as an officially adopted electoral reform campaign independently broadcast by journalists.

Judging a Vice President by their mother’s birthplace or religion is a test Tanzanians should not set.

Stakeholders at Tanzania’s Democracy Forum doubt a new constitution is possible by 2030 and urge transitional amendments to the current one to avoid a repeat of the 2025 election crisis.

CCM expelled former VP Emmanuel Nchimbi for defying an Ethics Committee summons over his public statements.

Warioba says he can’t reach ex-VP Nchimbi since CCM expelled him following his resignation.

Court allows CHADEMA chair to clarify testimony; SG says Jambo TV independently aired the speech.

There is something increasingly curious about the way Tanzania’s senior political figures leave office. They resign. They retire. They withdraw. They announce that they have