Dar es Salaam. Chadema secretary-general John Mnyika has taken responsibility for organising a meeting that the prosecution alleges was used by the party’s chairman, Tundu Lissu, to make statements amounting to treason.

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Testifying on Friday, August 28, 2026, in the treason case against Mr Lissu before the High Court’s Dar es Salaam Sub-Registry, Mr Mnyika said he was involved in every stage of organising the April 3, 2025 meeting.