Home Affairs minister’s remarks on Tundu Lissu incense Chadema
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- Chadema expresses disappointment over call by Home Affairs minister for police to arrest Singida East Member of Parliament
Dar es Salaam. The main opposition political Party for Democracy and Development, Chadema, has expressed disappointment over remarks made by Home Affairs minister Kangi Lugola on the condition and whereabouts of the Singida East Member of Parliament, Mr Tundu Lissu.
Speaking to reporters yesterday, the minister said he was surprised that the police had not as yet arrested the MP the way they routinely arrest loiterers.
“I am surprised that the police force hasn’t arrested Mr Lissu just as they have been arresting other loiterers…he (Lissu) has been loitering around the world, insisting that he is still sick,” said Mr Lugola.
But speaking to the Press on Thursday, February 14, the Chadema director of Operations, Mr Benson Kigaila, faulted the minister.
He said that, instead of wanting for the police to arrest Mr Lissu, he should direct them to investigate and arrest the people who attacked Mr Lissu in the nation’s capital Dodoma more than a year ago.
“We are most disappointed by Mr Lugola’s remarks… As a responsible senior minister, we thought he should offer solutions,” Mr Kigaila said at a press conference held at the party’s headquarters in Dar es Salaam.
Mr Lissu has been abroad for treatment since September 7, 2017 when he was attacked by unknown assailants. He has already undergone 22 surgical operations after the attack -- and is scheduled for another operation soon.
