Tanzania, June 7 -- Dar es Salaam. Augustino Lissu, son of Chadema national chairman, Mr Tundu Lissu, has testified before officials of the United States Senate and Congress, describing how his family has been separated and how he has been unable to share a normal life with his father.

In his account, Augustino said the Lissu family, whose father has spent more than a year in prison as his case continues in court, has endured a long history of attacks, exile, imprisonment, and separation.

Mr Tundu Lissu was arrested on April 9, 2025, in Mbinga, Ruvuma Region, during a public rally where he was promoting Chadema's "No reforms, No election" campaign, which calls for electoral reforms.

The politician, who survived an assassination attempt...