Tanzanian ex-MP Godbless Lema (left) with his family and the Chadema party chairman Freeman Mboye in Nairobi shortly before his departure for Canada. Courtesy
Josephine Christopher is a senior business journalist for The Citizen and Mwananchi newspapers
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What you need to know:
Mr Lema flew out of Nairobi, Kenya, where he has been staying with his wife and three children since fleeing across the border from Tanzania after expressing fears for his life.
