Tanzania: Lowassa, Sumaye Watch As Top Chadema Brass Arraigned

Dar es Salaam — A member of the Chadema Central Committee, Mr Edward Lowassa was among notable personalities who attended the bail application ruling of the opposition party's top brass at Kisutu Resident Magistrates' Court on Thursday, 29 March.

Chadema chairman Freeman Mbowe, Dr Vincent Mashinji (Secretary General), Mr John Mnyika (Deputy Secretary General (Mainland), Mr Salum Mwalimu (Deputy Secretary General (Zanzibar), Rev Peter Msigwa (Member of Parliament, Iringa Urban) and Ms Esther Matiko (MP for Tarime Urban) were charged on Tuesday facing eight counts of sedition and raising discontent and illwill for unlawful purposes.

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