Tanzania, Sept. 1 -- Dar es Salaam. Kigoma Urban Member of Parliament (CCM) Clayton Chipando, popularly known as Baba Levo, will be forced to return to court following the High Court's decision to set aside a Sh100 million award he won in a defamation suit against Webiro Wasira.

In a judgment delivered on Friday, August 28, 2026, and published on the Judiciary website on Monday, August 31, Justice Cleophas Morris ordered a retrial before another resident magistrate at the Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court.

The decision follows the High Court's determination that Mr Wasira, popularly known as Wakazi, who resides in Dar es Salaam and Houston, USA, was not properly served with summons in Civil Case No. 1696 of 2025.

Justice Morris render...