Tundu Lissu Biography
Tundu Lissu ( Tundu Antiphas Mughwai Lissu) was born on 20th January 1968 in Tanzania. He is a Tanzania lawyer and politician. He is the Member of Parliament for Singida East constituency since 2010.
Tundu Lissu is the President of Tanganyika Law Society (TLS),the bar association of Tanzania mainland, and Chief Legal Officer for Tanzanian opposition party CHADEMA.
Tundu Lissu Education Background
- 1995 – 1996: Masters Degree, University of Warwick, UK.
- 1991 – 1994: Bachelor’s Degree in Law, University of Dar Es Salaam.
- 1983 – 1986: CSEE, Ilboru Secondary School
- 1987 – 1989: ACSEE, Galanos Secondary School
- 1976 – 1982: CPEE, Mahambe Primary School.
Tundu Lissu Professional Positions
- 2003 – 2008: Director of Researcher, Lawyers’ Environmental Action Team (LEAT)
- 1999 – 2002: Researcher, The World Resources Institute (WRI), USA.
- 1998 – 1999: Researcher, Lawyers’ Environmental Action Team (LEAT).
- 1994 – 1997: Advocate, D’Souza Chambers
- 1990 – 1991: Teacher at Bondeni Secondary School.
Tundu Lissu Political Career
In 2010 he was elected as the Member of Parliament for Singida East constituency and was re elected in 2015. He is the opposition Chief Whip.
List of Shame
He was responsible for the research and preparation of the document that revealed the involvement of the state high ranking official in national economic looting famously known as the LIST OF SHAME.
Tundu Lissu Arrest
In 2017 he was arrested at least six times accused of insulting the president and disturbing public order, among other charges. On 23 August 2017 his home was searched by the police after he was arrested and questioned over allegations of sedition and insulting President John Magufuli, calling him a ‘petty dictator’. His arrest came after he revealed to the public that a plane bought for thenational carrier had been impounded in Canada over unpaid government debts.
Tundu Lissu Shot
On 7th September 2017 during a parliamentary session break he was shot and seriously injured by unknown assailants in an attack near his parliamentary residence in Area D, Dodoma almost three weeks after revealing in public that certain people instructed by IGP Sirro and the Head of Intelligency unit Mr Kipilimba, has been hunting him for three weeks back. He received emergency treatment for some hours at Dodoma General Hospital[13] before, in fear of his safety, was air-lifted to Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya.
”The attack on me was purely an assassination attempt by the people in power in Tanzania. It is by God’s grace that I survived.My attackers had no intention of leaving me alive as evidenced by the use of military grade weapons in the attempt on my life. I still have one bullet lodged just below my spine. Doctors feel it’s not a threat to me and believe it would be risky to remove it.A government that sends assassins to target politicians for having contrary views should be condemned by the international community.” Tundu Lissu told journalist in January 2018 at Nairobi Hospital.
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