lissu

Tundu Antiphas Mughwai Lissu (born 20 January 1968 in Ikungi district, Singida) is a Tanzanian lawyer, CHADEMA politician and Member of Parliament for Singida East constituency since 2010. He is also the former President of Tanganyika Law Society (TLS), the bar association of Tanzania mainland, and Chief Legal Officer for Tanzanian opposition party CHADEMA.
Over the years Lissu has built a reputation as a prominent lawyer, fierce opposition figure and outspoken government critic, especially with his repeated confrontations with the government in President Magufuli's tenure in the country. Lissu was responsible for the research and preparation of the document that revealed the involvement of the state's high ranking officials in plundering of public funds, famously known as the LIST OF SHAME. The fierce lawmaker has been arrested at least six times in 2017 alone, accused of insulting the president and disturbing public order, among other charges. On 23 August 2017 his home was searched by the police after he was arrested and questioned over allegations of sedition and insulting President John Magufuli, calling him a 'petty dictator'. His arrest came after he revealed to the public that a plane bought for the national carrier had been impounded in Canada over unpaid government debtsIn the afternoon of September 7 2017 during a parliamentary session break, Tundu Lissu, whilst in his car, was shot multiple times and seriously injured by unknown assailant (the so called unknown people who engaged in many kidnaping and assassinate opposers) in the parking lot of his parliamentary residence in Area D, Dodoma. This happened merely weeks after Lissu declared publicly that certain people instructed by IGP Sirro and the Head of National Intelligence unit Mr Kipilimba, had been stalking him for weeks. Tundu Lissu received emergency treatment for some hours at Dodoma General Hospital before, in fear of his safety, was air-lifted to Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya where he was hospitalized for months before being flown to Belgium to undergo further treatment and rehabilitation . He was hospitalized at the Leuven University Hospital in Gasthuisberg, where he has reportedly undergone nineteen (19) operations to date. Until today, it is still uncertain when Lissu will return home; his brother and family spokesman, advocate Alute Mughwai added that the family would prefer his young brother to stay in Belgium for treatment until he fully recovers.
With his preceding political stance, the recurring arrests plus the recent attack on Lissu have been condemned as 'cowardly', 'heinous' and 'an attack on democracy' by political, human rights and religious organizations. Lissu's party officials openly addressed their concerns to the public and to President Magufuli, who is also Chairman of the nation's ruling party CCM, that the attempt on Lissu's life was politically motivated and just another retaliation on the lawmaker's repeated run-ins with the government. While President Magufuli said on Twitter that he was 'shocked' and 'saddened' by the shooting and was praying for Lissu's 'quick recovery', a number of Tanzanian politicians have aired their comments on the attack, with CHADEMA Chairman Freeman Mbowe and opposition figure Zitto Kabwe hinting on the necessity of having a foreign body man the investigation on the brutal attack.

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  1. Zack Abdul

    JamiiForums Kifungo cha Tundu Lissu kinatufundisha kwamba kuwa mwanasiasa si kinga dhidi ya sheria.

    Mwenyekiti wa Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA), Tundu Lissu, amehukumiwa kifungo cha miaka minne jela baada ya kupatikana na hatia ya kosa la uchochezi. Hukumu hiyo imetolewa Ijumaa, Novemba 6, 2026, na Mahakama Kuu ya Tanzania, Masjala Ndogo ya Dar es Salaam Kuna watu wanaamini...
  2. lord atkin

    JamiiForums Nina uhakika Tundu Lissu angeachiwa CHADEMA ingeingia kwenye maridhiano.

    Wakati Serikali ikitumia kumshikilia Tundu Lissu kama njia ya kushinikiza maridhiano, CHADEMA na Lissu wanachukulia kushikiriwa Tundu Lissu kama sababu ya kugomea maridhiano. Kumbe njia ilikuwa rahisi tu ni kumuachia Tundu Lissu halafu unaitisha maridhiano ya kweli ni wazi chadema na lissu...
  3. Carlos The Jackal

    JamiiForums Wakili Frank Lubasha: Serikali inayojitambua ni lazima Itumie Brain ya Lissu kwa Manufaa ya NCHI. Lissu sio wa kutukanwa, sio wa kufungwa!

    Niliwahi Mimi binafsi kuandika humu Jamiiforums, Ni ajabu sana Kuona watu waliofeli na wajinga wàjinga wasiokua na akili na wenye ELIMU za kuunga unga ovyoo, akina Samia, Mafwele, na magenge yao KUMSUMBUA LISSU. Lissu ni Mtu mwenye Akili isokua kawaida, huyu alishushiwa hili kipawa cha Akili...
  4. L

    JamiiForums Kifungo Cha Lissu Kiwe Funzo kwa Vijana Wa CHADEMA na kutambua Hakuna Aliye juu Ya Sheria . Leo Lissu Yupo Gerezani Mwenyewe Na Maisha Yanaendelea.

    Ndugu zangu Watanzania, Nafikiri Kifungo cha Tundu Lissu Kitawaamsha Usingizini Vijana wa CHADEMA waliokuwa wanapenda sana Uropokaji mihemko kutukana Matusi na kutoa lugha chafu mbaya na hatari kwa Usalama wa Taifa letu. Walikuwa wanahisi pengine Sheria inaangalia sura ama cheo cha mtu kisiasa...
  5. Mwizukulu mgikuru

    JamiiForums Kama wewe Ni mtoto wa kiume Tena mpambanaji huwezi kufurahia kifungo cha Lissu....

    Wapambanaji tunapitia Mambo mengi Sana Hasa katika utafutaji, kumbuka gereza Halina mwenyewe.muda wowote unaweza ule unaweza kuwa mahabusu au mfungwa, ngoja niwape kisa kimoja kilichotokea mwaka 2017. Kuna Jamaa yangu alikuwa Ni Askari Polisi huko Kanda ya ziwa, huyu jamaa alipata ajira akiwa...
  6. min -me

    JamiiForums Tupunguze stress la lissu

    Kwa utafiti wangu binafsi uke , unaochapwa mara kwa mara hautoi mavitu meupe🤔 Hii ni yangu binafsi , uke ukiliwa mara kwa mara unaonekana msafi mno bila ule utando mweupe 🤔
  7. Sifi Leo

    JamiiForums Huyu kiongozi bado anatuona watanzania wote ni wapumbavu kama hiyo mikatuni iliyomzunguka?yaani maccm?hizo barua Lissu alikuwa alimwandikia baba yake?

    Nachukia sana ninapo ona jitu kama kiongosi limezungukwa na misitu,iliyojifunika minguo ya ccm wakisubiri uongo. Yaani leo hio kiongosi unawadanganya hayo maccm yakuwa Tundu Lissu aliandika barua za kuomba msamaha kabisa?ili jitu likoJe na mikengeza hiyo litakuwa pia ni kiziwi? halisikiii wala...
  8. S

    JamiiForums Katika kuhangaika, chama cha kijani siku si nyingi wataitisha mikutano wa waandishi wa habari na swala la Lissu wataliongelea

    Naomba niwambie fu, hawa watu hawatakaa kwa amani hata kidogo baada ya kufanikisha dhamira yao ovu kwa Tundu Lissu Kwahiyo, katika kuhangaika, siku si nyingi wataitisha mkutano wa waandishi wa habari ambapo pamoja na mambo mengine, warazungumzia swala la Lisu. Moja ya jambo watalokujanalo...
  9. lord atkin

    JamiiForums Baada ya hukumu ya Tundu Lissu 4Rs za Rais Samia zipo wapi?

    Rais Samia Suluhu Hassan alijipatia umaarufu kwa 4Rs yaani akiwa na maana ya; 1. Reconciliation-Maridhiano 2. Reforms-Mabadiliko 3. Resilience- Ustahimilivu 4. Rebuilding-Kujenga upya Sasa ikiwa ni miaka takribani miaka 6 madarakani na akiwa amebakiza miaka 3 na nusu aondoke je sera hii ya 4Rs...
  10. A

    JamiiForums Hukumu ya Lissu mpaka tukaitafute kwa Mitandaoni. Vyombo vya Habari hamuoni aibu?

    Kuna ka clip ka tarehe 6 waandishi kama mia hivi wamemzingira RPC Muliro nje ya Mahakama, wamemrushia vi soft ball ( viji swali mlenda mlenda) viwili kuhusu whether hali mjini ni shwari au sio shwari. Sasa katika wale woote wale hakuna hata kichwa kimoja kilichoingia ndani ya mahakama chenye...
  11. Pascal Mayalla

    JamiiForums Kuhusu Hukumu ya Mwana TLS Tundu Lissu, Natoa Pongezi kwa TLS Kukaa Kimya Bila Kukurupuka Kutoa Maoni Yoyote Kuhusu Hukumu Hiyo, Halafu ...

    Wanabodi, Tundu Lissu ni mwanachama wa Chama cha Wanasheria wa Tanganyika, TLS, Hili ni bandiko la kuipongeza TLS kwa kitendo chake cha TLS kukaa kimya tangu kutolewa kwa hukumu hiyo, TLS imekuwa kimya bila kusema chochote, au bila kukurupuka kutoa maoni yoyote rasmi ya TLS, kuhusu hukumu...
  12. mkuuwakaya

    JamiiForums Kwanini Mahakama kuu imetoa hukumu juu kwa juu kwa kesi aliyokutwa nayo Mh. Lissu wakati kesi kama hiyo ya Ucho alifunguliwa Kisutu na kupata dhamana?

    Mh. Lissu baada ya kukamatwa alifunguliwa kesi 2 ya Uchochezi ambayo alipata dhamana na ya Uhaini. Uhaini ikaendelea. Uhaini imeonekana imeshindwa ila kuna uchochezi ambayo sawa na ile iliyopaki Kisutu. Sasa inakuwaje Mahakama kuu imalize mchezo juu kwa juu? Yaani baada ya mahakama kuu kumkuta...
  13. Crocodiletooth

    JamiiForums Mungu atuepushie mbali kupata mke jamii ya mke wa lissu

    Ni utaratibu wa kawaida mke na watoto kuwa bega kwa bega pale baba au mwanafamilia mmoja anapopata tatizo lolote iwe maradhi,misiba au hata mashtaka ya kimahakama,tuwe tu wakweli,je mke wa aina hii anafaa kwenye jamii yetu na udugu wetu wa kitanzania? Let be frankly and truly, Maisha ni...
  14. Pascal Mayalla

    JamiiForums Voices from Within: Tundu Lissu Kuachiwa Huru Kesho? Kujiunga na Ndugu Zake Kumzika Kaka Yake Alute Siku ya J.4!

    Wanabodi, Leo asubuhi hii, nilikuwa najibu kwa hasira, post ya jamaa fulani humu jf, baada ya kuniita "kibaraka" ambayo imenitia hasira sana hadi ku invoke the the voices from within!, sasa hata kabla sijamaliza kuiandika kumjibu, na kuiposti, nikiwa katikati, nikaisikia ile sauti, ya kutoka...
  15. Yoda

    JamiiForums Wakatoliki na Walutheri wanaweza kusababisha Lissu kuachiwa

    Waumini Wakatoliki na Walutheri wakigoma kwenda kanisani mwezi mmoja tu mfululizo viongozi Wakatoliki na Walutheri serikalini watasababisha Lissu aachiwe, Dini bado ina nguvu na ushawishi mkubwa sana kwa wanasiasa wa Tanzania na inaweza kutumika kama nyenzo ya mabadiliko raia wakijua kutumia vizuri
  16. Carlos The Jackal

    JamiiForums Watanzania washikamana zaidi, Upendo kwa Lissu waongezeka, Kila Mtanzania anaimba Lissu Lissu ,Maandamano yajayo yatawafurahisha

    Wametuua kwa Maelfu Oktoba 29. Polepole hajulikani alipo Nchimbi hajulikani alipo. Lissu anafungwa jela Kihuni. Ni nani aliyesalama ?.
  17. JF Member

    JamiiForums Mnao furahia Lissu Kufungwa naomba mnijibu

    Wale wale mnao furahia kufungwa kwa Lissu ndio hao hao wanaosema mazungumzo yanaweza kuwa njia ya kumtoa. Sasa swali la msingi ni hili: mnataka nini hasa? Kama mnaamini ana kosa na hastahili kuwa huru, kwa nini kuachiliwa kwake kutegemee mazungumzo ya kisiasa badala ya sheria na haki kutendeka...
  18. ngozimbili

    JamiiForums Yote yanayotokea ni mpango alioupanga Lissu?

    Katika siasa, wakati mwingine kauli za mwanasiasa huwa kama ramani ya safari yake ya kisiasa. Kiongozi anapozungumza kuhusu hatua anazokusudia kuchukua, gharama anazotarajia kulipa na matokeo yanayoweza kumkabili, ni muhimu kuyarejea maneno hayo baada ya matukio kutokea. Hivi ndivyo ilivyo kwa...
  19. L

    JamiiForums Ingekuwa ni jambo la kusikitisha, kufedhehesha na kukatisha tamaa sana kama Lissu angeachiwa huru

    Ndugu zangu Watanzania, Kwa Kilicho sababishwa na kuchochewa na Lissu Ingekuwa ni Jambo la Aibu Fedheha na jambo la kukatisha Tamaa ikiwa Lissu Angekutwa Bila Hatia na kuachiwa Huru Kuingia Mitaani . Haiwezekani Maneno yooote yale ya Uchochezi aliyokuwa anayatoa halafu eti Mwisho wa siku...
  20. The Palm Beach

    JamiiForums Video: Peter Madeleka (Wakili msomi) aichambua hukumu ya Jaji Danstan Nduguru kwa Tundu Lissu. Ni hukumu batili...

    https://youtu.be/eCxcuqDMftY?si=jt5ije0UyztmghrJ KWA UFUPI: Wakili Peter Madeleka: Hii ni Moja ya hukumu ambayo nikipata nakala yake ngumu, nitaiwekea fremu na kuitundika sebuleni kama kumbukumbu... Wakili Peter Madeleka: Mahakama kuu imejipa jukumu la kusikiliza na kutoa hukumu ya kesi ya kosa...
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