Tanzania: Politician Detained at Border, Barred from Travelling to Kenya.

Tanzanian opposition leader Godbless Lema said immigration officials at the Namanga border post stopped him from travelling to Kenya for a medical visit. The former Arusha MP said he had waited for over four hours before being told to return home and report to immigration headquarters in Dodoma for further instructions.

The Tanzania Immigration Service Department later confirmed Lema’s passport had been seized, but denied claims that CHADEMA leaders were under a blanket travel ban. Lema criticised what he described as a worsening climate of repression under President Samia Suluhu’s government.

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