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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. Ponjoro wa Kinondoni

    Kwanini Mbowe aliahirisha ghafla safari ya kwenda Dar na siku hiyohiyo Lissu akapigwa risasi?

    Wakuu kwema? Nini kiitokea kikafanya Mbowe aahirishe ghafla safari aliyokuwa ameipanga? Hamuoni kwamba ana machale? Nashauri tumpitishe kwa kishindo ili machale yake yaendelee kukibeba chama. Makamada piiipooooz.
  2. R

    Lissu kuhusu mustakabali wako CDM, jifunze Kwa JK kuliko kufuata ya Lowwassa.

    Hellow!! Kuna wajinga humu wanakudanganya kuwa Eti ikitokea umeshindwa uenyekiti Kwa namna yoyote Ile kwamba ukiondoka CHADEMA utasomba umati wa wanachama wengi na kukiua CHADEMA! Hii Si Kweli, ni kujillisha upepo, wewe ni mtu mmoja, CHADEMA ni Taasisi. Ni vyema ukajifunza Kwa Jakaya Kikwete...
  3. The Father of All

    Makosa ya Mbowe wala Lissu ni yapi wakati hiyo ndiyo siasa aka mchezo mchafu ambao machawa wanataka kuutimia kuumiza wapinzani wao wakubwa na tishio?

    Humu jf kuna bifu kati ya mashabiki wa Freeman Mbowe na Tundu Lissu na machawa wa pande zote. Wengi ima hawajui mchezo wa siasa au hawana hata chembe juu ya demokrasia. Chadema, tofauti na CCM ni chama cha kila mmoja. Hivyo, wawili hawa wanapopambana kugombea uenyekiti si tatizo. Siyo sawa na...
  4. Mikopo Consultant

    Karata nzuri iliyobaki kwa Mbowe ni kufanya maridhiano na Lissu, asisubiri aibu kuu siku ya uchaguzi

    Mbowe anazungumzia maridhiano na CCM na Samia, ila kwa hali ilivyo sasa, hiyo nguvu ya kuridhiana na CCM aitumie kuridhiana na Tundu Lissu, tena afanya hivyo walau wiki mbili kabla ya uchaguzi, na baada ya hayo maridhiano, atangaze kujitoa kugombea na kumuunga mkono Tundu Lissu. Hiyo kwangu ndo...
  5. Joseph Ludovick

    PreGE2025 Tundu Lissu afukuzwe CHADEMA haraka

    Nimeona mchakato huu usipite bila kutoa neno japo dogo kwa kuanzia. Kwa mambo aliyofanya na kusema mpaka sasa, kuna jambo moja pekee ambalo ni muafaka kwa Tundu Lissu nalo ni Kufukuzwa CHADEMA. Kwetu sisi tunaomfahami hasa maisha yake nje ya media, tunajua kuwa ni Muongo na mjanjamjanja sana...
  6. Mkalukungone Mwamba

    Olengurumwa atoa wito wa upatanisho kati ya Freeman Mbowe na Tundu Lissu kabla ya uchaguzi

    Wakili maarufu na mwanaharakati wa haki za binadamu, Onesmo Olengurumwa, ameandika ujumbe wa kipekee katika ukurasa wake wa mtandao wa kijamii wa X, akitoa wito wa upatanisho kati ya Freeman Mbowe na Tundu Lissu kabla ya uchaguzi wa nafasi ya uenyekiti wa Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo...
  7. MSAGA SUMU

    Kwa mara ya kwanza ndani ya miaka 25 Mbowe asherekea Xmas Dar badala ya K'njaro, kweli Lissu sio mtu wa mchezo mchezo

    Huku Mbowe akiona uenyekiti ukipita katikati ya vidole vyake na kumpokonya. Kwa mara ya kwanza ndani ya miaka 25, ( kutoka kwa watu wa karibu wa Mbowe), mheshimiwa anasherekea sikukuu za mwisho wa mwaka ndani ya Dar es Salaam badala ya Kilimanjaro. Mbowe na timu yake wameamua kutumia muda huu...
  8. mkuuwakaya

    Lissu yuko vema

    TAL anahaki ya kugombea. Lakini nawaibia siri kwamba akina Msigwa na kikundi chake ndio walimshauri TAL aache kugombea nafasi ya umakamu na agombee nafasi ya Mwenyekiti. Na ndio maana unakuta TAL kama anakitu kinafukuta moyoni. Kama ni kuleta mabadiliko atayaleta hata akiwa mjumbe au...
  9. L

    PreGE2025 Mbowe ndiye aliyepambania Uhai wa Lissu kwa Jasho na Damu Mpaka Kumvushia Nairobi Kenya lakini leo Lissu anampaka matope na kumuona hafai

    Ndugu zangu Watanzania, Tenda Wema nenda zako na wala usisubiri shukurani,ni bora Umfadhili Mbuzi kuliko Mwanadamu.Duniani hapa Watu wanaumizwa na Wameumizwa sana na watu wale wa karibu sana yaani wale ambao waliwasaidia kwa jasho na Damu lakini Mwisho wa siku wamegeuka na kubakia Maadui...
  10. econonist

    Ushauri Kwa wajumbe wa CHADEMA, kula kwa Mbowe ila Kura kwa Lissu.

    Naomba niwashauri wajumbe wa mkutano mkuu wa CHADEMA, pesa zikija au kuletwa kwenu kuleni bila huruma ila kura mpigieni mwanamageuzi Lissu. Ushauri wangu kwenu ni kwamba kuleni kwa Mbowe ila kura mpigie Lissu. Asanteni kwa kunielewa.
  11. figganigga

    Tundu Lissu: Bila kuwa na Uwazi na Uwajibikaji, CHADEMA itakufa

    Uwazi na uwajibukaji ndo utafanya CHADEMA idumu sio kuficha Uovu. Amyeaongea hayo kwenye Clubhouse alipoulizwa kwamba haoni kama kuongea mambo kwa Uwazi kunaua Umoja wa kitaifa wa chama? Kwanini asionhelee mambo ndani? Kufanya mambo kwa Uwazi kunaleta uwajibikaji. Wananchi wanatakiwa waambiwe...
  12. figganigga

    Tundu Lissu: Bila kuwa na Uwazi na Uwajibikaji, CHADEMA itakufa

    Uwazi na uwajibukaji ndo utafanya CHADEMA idumu sio kuficha Uovu. Amyeaongea hayo kwenye Clubhouse alipoulizwa kwamba haoni kama kuongea mambo kwa Uwazi kunaua Umoja wa kitaifa wa chama? Kwanini asionhelee mambo ndani? Kufanya mambo kwa Uwazi kunaleta uwajibikaji. Wananchi wanatakiwa waambiwe...
  13. B

    Mbowe dhidi ya Lissu, jahazi la wabangaizaji linazidi kung'ara!

    Inaweza kuwa ni kutokana na umahili, kukubalika, ubora wa sera, n.k: Kuelekea 2025 - Tuzijue "Sera za Mbowe" dhidi ya "Sera za Lissu," uchaguzi mwenyekiti CHADEMA 2025 Ya nini kuandikia mate? Jahazi la wabangaizaji linazidi kung'ara!
  14. Mikopo Consultant

    Ushindi wa Lissu ni muhimu sana kwa wachaga wote, wachaga walihitaji sana kujinasua na ndoano ya kubambikwa uchadema.

    Miaka 20 iliyopita ya harakati za kiasiasa za Chadema, ama niseme ilitokea kwa bahati mbaya au ni kushindwa kwa viongozi wa Chadema, wachaga walijikuta wamejeuka kuwa 'collateral' ya kuvishwa uchadema isivo halali. Na ikaonekana na wengi kwamba, Chadema ni chama cha wachaga na wachaga wote ni...
  15. DR Mambo Jambo

    PreGE2025 NTOBI atengwa na Mkoa wake Wajumbe wa Mkutano Mkuu kutoka Shinyanga wafanya maamuzi na wameamua kumchagua Lissu kwenye Uchaguzi wa Januari wa Chama

    Ikiwa Imebaki siku Chache tu au Wiki kadhaa Kwenye Chama cha Siasa Cha CHADEMA kuingia kwenye Uchaguzi Wa Viongozi Wa Juu sana.. Viongozi waandamizi kutoka Chama cha Demokrasia kutoka shinyanga wameamua Kutoa Msimamo wao Ambao unapingana na Mwenyekiti wa Mkoa Huo hivyo hawakumshirkisha Kwenye...
  16. figganigga

    Tundu Lissu: Kama haujayaweza kwa miaka 20, ukiongezewa miaka Mitano utayaweza?

    Makamu Mwenyekiti Tanzania Bara ambaye ni Mgombea wa Uenyekiti wa chama cha CHADEMA, amesema akioata madaraka, kitu cha kwanza atakachofanya ni reforms. Amesema chama kinatakiwa kiwe na katiba inayoeleza ukomo wa madaraka. Kutokuwepo na ukomo wa madaraka unafanya watu wajione ni Chama cha...
  17. Mr Why

    Dudubaya amshauri Tundu Lissu kuhamia CCM au Vyama vingine akidai hatamweza Mbowe na wala CHADEMA haiwezi kufa

    Dudubaya amshauri Tundu Lissu kuhamia CCM au vyama vingine akidai hatamweza Mbowe na wala CHADEMA haiwezi kufa kwasababu walikuwepo wanachama wakubwa sana akiwemo Chacha Wangwe, Ndesamburo, Lowasa, Alphonce mawazo na walipoondoka CHADEMA haikufifia Tazama Video hii
  18. mkuuwakaya

    Lissu ana akili ila sio ya siasa na uongozi

    Nasema hivi Chama hawezi achiwa Lissu. Mimi namkubali sana Lissu lakini sio aachiwe Chama. Hapo NO kabisa aisee. Staili ya kuchafua wengine ili upate uhalali wa kuwa mwenyekiti hapo hapana. Kwenye sanduku la kura huyu tayari ameshashindwa. Nasema hivi kama angekuja kwa staili ya kutulia...
  19. Q

    PreGE2025 Mbowe yupo kimya anatafuta kura, Lissu yupo bize mitandaoni kukilaumu chama

    The difference is clear. Baada ya kutangaza nia kinachofuata ni kutafuta kura kwa wajumbe, kutangaza sera zako wajumbe wazipime, tofauti na hapo utaonekana kama mpiga kelele. As a result ukishindwa unaanza kusingizia umeibiwa kura kumbe muda mwingi uliutumia kutoa lawama kwa mshindani wako...
  20. J

    PreGE2025 Mwabukusi: Kabla ya Maridhiano huwa tunaanza na Muafaka, Chadema tuonyesheni huo Muafaka wa Kitaifa vinginevyo hayo makubaliano yenu hayako kisheria!

    Rais wa TLS Mh BAK Mwabukusi amesema kabla ya Maridhiano huanza na Muafaka vinginevyo Bila muafaka hayo Maridhiano yanabaki kuwa domestic arrangements hayana nguvu ya kisheria wala Uhalali wa kisiasa Mwabukusi amewataka Chadema watuonyeshe huo Muafaka wa kitaifa Ni Ukurasani X Anaanza kwa...
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