Tanzanian ex-MP Godbless Lema (left) with his family and the Chadema party chairman Freeman Mboye in Nairobi shortly before his departure for Canada. PHOTO | COURTESYTanzanian ex-MP Godbless Lema (left) with his family and the Chadema party chairman Freeman Mboye in Nairobi shortly before his departure for Canada. PHOTO | COURTESYTanzanian ex-MP, Godbless Lema, has flown to Canada with his family after being granted political asylum in the country. His lawyer, George Luchiri Wajackoyah, said the Tanzanian politician was granted political asylum with the intervention of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). The Chadema party presidential candidate, Tundu Lissu, also sought political asylum in Belgium over fears for his life.

Source: Daily Nation December 10, 2020 08:26 UTC