Dar es Salaam. Lawyers have urged Tanzanians to give the newly established commission investigating criminal offences linked to violence surrounding the 2025 General Election time to complete its work, saying its composition and mandate provide a credible basis for establishing responsibility.
The six-member commission, chaired by Court of Appeal Judge Shabani Ally Lila, was launched on August 7, 2026, by President Samia Suluhu Hassan and has five months to complete its work.
The commission includes Petrus Tileinge Damaseb, Namibia’s Deputy Chief Justice, and Cheborion Barishaki, a Judge of Uganda’s Court of Appeal. Other commissioners are retired judges Gad John Mjemmas, Awadh Mohamed Bawazir and Aishieli Nelson Sumari.
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