Judge rejects prosecution bid to recall Heche over alleged off-court remarks, while Lissu is told only DCI Kingai is expected in court Friday.
Party’s mainland vice-chair links Lissu’s address to constitutional and electoral reform push, while acknowledging Lissu vowed to stop and disrupt the 2025 election.
The court says the prosecution—not the defence—had to prove whether alleged threats were felt, while finding that three senior security officials could give relevant evidence.
John Heche told the High Court that an April 2025 speech explained a party policy adopted after disputed local polls, following Brenda Rupia’s cross-examination.
Brenda Rupia told the High Court that the disputed excerpts were a fraction of a much longer reform speech and that Jambo TV, not Lissu, controlled content it recorded and broadcast
Judges grant a two-week extension to the case after the defence called Brenda Rupia to testify on who convened the April 2025 meeting and invited the media.
Dar es Salaam — A CHADEMA leader testifying for Tundu Lissu accepted on Friday that the party chairperson wanted his April 3, 2025 speech to
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.
The party’s secretary general defended the disputed April 2025 address as an officially adopted electoral reform campaign independently broadcast by journalists.