Tundu Lissu lists conditions for his return from exile
Tanzania’s exiled opposition leader Tundu Lissu has issued a set of demands to be met before he returns to the country, indicating an existing mistrust with the government.
Mr Lissu, who ran against late President Joseph Magufuli, and came a distant second in last year’s polls, says the case surrounding his assassination attempt should be dealt with.
The Chadema vice chairman (Mainland) demanded the government’s assurance on his security, the release of political prisoners jailed during Magufuli’s time and the return of the car he was riding in when gunmen sprayed it with 16 bullets in Dodoma in 2017.
The former Singida East lawmaker survived an attempt on his life, recovering in hospitals in Kenya and Belgium for months. The police have never arrested or prosecuted anyone re...