Tanzania, June 9 -- Kigoma. The High Court in Kigoma Sub-Registry has granted leave for a judicial review challenge against President Samia Suluhu Hassan's decision to appoint the chairperson and commissioners of a Presidential Commission of Inquiry into criminal matters linked to electoral violence during and after the 2025 General Election.

The ruling was delivered on Monday, June 8, 2026, by Justice Rwizile.

The case arises from an application for leave to institute judicial review proceedings seeking to contest the President's decision to appoint the chairperson and members of what is commonly referred to as the Lila Commission, currently before the High Court Sub-Registry in Kigoma.

The application was filed by activists Buberwa K...