Police yesterday beat up Arusha Urban MP Godbless Lema during the town's chaotic mayoral elections.
The officers punched and arrested the 33-year-old MP inside the City Hall, where the elections were being held. Mr Lema had allegedly defied an order by the newly-elected mayor, Mr Gaudence Lyimo, to get out of the building. Mr Lyimo is a member of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM).
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