Shot Tanzanian MP Out of Intensive Care

Tanzanian member of parliament Tundu Lissu, who has been in a Nairobi hospital after gunmen shot him multiple times over a month ago, is out of intensive care. A spokesman for the MP's opposition political party said there were now plans to move Lissu to another hospital - but would not say where. Lissu is on trial in Tanzania for calling President John Magufuli a dictator.

Singida East MP and Tanganyika Law Society president Tundu Lissu.

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