HISTORY OF TUNDU LISSU
Tundu Antiphas
Mughwai Lissu is a Tanzanian lawyer, CHADEMA politician and Member of
Parliament for Singida East constituency 2010-2019. 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.
Lissu was born
on 20 January 1968 in Ikungi district, Singida, Tanzania. He attended Ilboru
Secondary School in 1983.
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Tundu Lissu In Tanzania National Service (JKT), 1980’S |
Lissu began his career in public interest advocacy. He worked with the
Lawyers Environmental Action Team (LEAT) and the World Resources
Institute as a lawyer and worked on various land rights issues with
regards to protected areas and mining. Lissu entered politics in 2010 by
winning the Member of Parliament seat for Singida East.
VIDEO 1 – Watch video about Tundu Lissu
Assassination Attempt and Exile
In 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 assailants in the parking lot of his parliamentary residence
in Area D, Dodoma.
Tundu Lissu received emergency treatment for some hours at Dodoma
General Hospital before, then he 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.
VIDEO 2 – Watch video about Tundu Lissu
Presidential Apirations
On 27 July 2020, Lissu returned to Tanzania after three years in exile to contest in the general elections. He was chosen as CHADEMA’s presidential candidate
on 3 August 2020 and will challenge Magufuli for president in the 2020
Tanzanian general election.
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| Tundu Lissu in General Election 2020 |
