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The treason trial against Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu (Case No. 19605/2025) is set to resume at the High Court, Dar es Salaam Circuit, from February 9, 2026, to March 6, 2026.
This schedule was confirmed by CHADEMA’s National Legal Director, Gaston Galubindi (also referred to as Gaston Garubindi in some reports), following an official notification from the Deputy Registrar of the High Court on January 14, 2026.
The case will be heard by a panel of three judges: Justice D. Ndunguru, Justice J. Karayemaha, and Justice Kiwonde.
Lissu, the national chairperson of the main opposition party Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA), has been in custody since his arrest on April 9, 2025, during a public rally in Mbinga, Ruvuma Region (southern Tanzania). As of mid-January 2026, he had spent over 280 days in remand prison, primarily at Ukonga Prison in Dar es Salaam.
This schedule was confirmed by CHADEMA’s National Legal Director, Gaston Galubindi (also referred to as Gaston Garubindi in some reports), following an official notification from the Deputy Registrar of the High Court on January 14, 2026.
The case will be heard by a panel of three judges: Justice D. Ndunguru, Justice J. Karayemaha, and Justice Kiwonde.
Lissu, the national chairperson of the main opposition party Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA), has been in custody since his arrest on April 9, 2025, during a public rally in Mbinga, Ruvuma Region (southern Tanzania). As of mid-January 2026, he had spent over 280 days in remand prison, primarily at Ukonga Prison in Dar es Salaam.
