Controversy brews over foreign judges on Tanzanian election violence investigation team

Dar es Salaam. The appointment of Namibian Deputy Chief Justice and High Court President, Mr Petrus Damaseb, to a six-member commission investigating the perpetrators of October 2025 election violence has sparked intense domestic and regional debate.

Alongside Justice Damaseb, Ugandan Court of Appeal Judge Cheborion Barishaki was appointed to serve on the five-month inquiry.