Tundu Lissu MP
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HARDtalk's Stephen Sackur speaks to Tanzanian opposition MP, Tundu Lissu.
Tanzania is one of Africa's fastest growing nations economically and demographically - it's also governed by one of the continent's most controversial leaders: president John Magafuli, otherwise known as the 'Bulldozer'.
Tundu Lissu is one of his leading domestic opponents, at least he was, until gunmen pumped more than 20 bullets into his body in 2017.
Lissu survived and has rejoined the fight against a ruler he describes as a petty dictator. But maybe Tanzanians like strong man rule?
The Tanzanian opposition politician, Tundu Lissu says he is "more than ready" to run for the presidency of Tanzania in 2020 if his party wants him to.
Mr Lissu, who is chief whip for the Tanzanian opposition party Chadema, is currently living in Belgium where he has been undergoing medical treatment after an assassination attempt in Tanzania in 2017. He has undergone 20 operations.
He told Hardtalk's Stephen Sackur he would return to Tanzania when the doctors declared him "fit to go". When he returned, the government would have a responsibility to ensure he was safe.
Mr Lissu also said he believed Tanzania's laws against homosexuality violated people's right to privacy and so were unconstitutional.
"We should never allow the government to start peeping into people's bedrooms," he said.