Concerns Raised Over Introduction of Evidence Not Charged in Treason Case
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TLDR
- The trial’s resumption comes after a prolonged legal battle over the prosecution’s attempt to introduce additional evidence, which was finally resolved on July 30 when the Court of Appeal ruled in Mr Lissu’s favour.
- Lissu packing his documents after the court session ended He went to the Police Central station and met with the deputy ZCO George Bagyemu where he was handed a case file for treason with file number CDS/IR/727/2025.
- On August 10, 2026, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Amin Mahamba, the chief investigator in the case, took the stand as a prosecution witness before a three-judge panel led by Judge Dunstan Ndunguru.
- In his examination-in-chief led by Principal State Attorney Nassoro Katuga, ACP Mahamba testified that on April 8, 2025, he was assigned to coordinate the investigation into a treason file already opened at the Dar es.
- ACP Mahamba testified that after Mr Lissu was arrested in Mbinga on April 9, 2025, and charged the following day, the police received complaints from some witnesses who feared for their safety.