Tanzania, Aug. 11 -- Dar es Salaam. The treason trial of Chadema chairman Tundu Lissu which resumed yesterday, descended into a legal dispute after a prosecution witness linked his alleged calls to disrupt the 2025 General Election to the tearing of ballot papers.

The claim was made by the 16th prosecution witness, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Amin Mahamba, while giving evidence before the High Court in Dar es Salaam.

However, Mr Lissu challenged the testimony, arguing that the alleged tearing of ballot papers was not part of the charge against him and had not featured in the witness statement presented to him.

The three-judge panel, led by Judge Dunstan Ndunguru alongside Judges James Karayemaha and Ferdinand Kiwonde, ended ...