DAR ES SALAAM, Nov. 6 -- THE High Court of Tanzania, Dar es Salaam Sub-Registry, has convicted CHADEMA Chairman Tundu Lissu of incitement.

Lissu, who had been facing a treason charge, was found guilty of the lesser offence in a judgment delivered today, Friday, November 6, 2026, by Judge Dunstan Ndunguru, who headed the three-judge panel that heard the case.

In the judgment, the court acquitted Lissu of treason after finding that the prosecution had failed to prove that he intended to threaten the government through his statements.

However, the court convicted him of incitement as a lesser alternative offence to treason, having found that the prosecution had successfully proved the lesser charge.

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