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“Today the High Court has confirmed what we have said from day one: the treason charge was a political fabrication. The prosecution failed to prove any intention to intimidate the government. Instead of ordering my release after 577 days in detention, the court has convicted me of an offence I was never charged with and never given a chance to defend. This is not justice. This is damage control. History will record how the court searched for a lesser charge simply to keep me in prison.” Tundu Antipas Lissu November 6, 2027 —Admin.

It is with great sorrow that I mourn the passing of Zimbabwean businessman Mr Wicknell Chivayo, his beloved wife, and three other people who tragically lost their lives in a helicopter crash in Marondera. Zimbabwe and Africa have lost a young and visionary entrepreneur who touched the lives of many. On behalf of the Government and the people of the United Republic of Tanzania, I convey our deepest and heartfelt condolences to His Excellency Emmerson Mnangagwa, President of the Republic of Zimbabwe; the Chivayo family, the families of all those who lost their loved ones and the people of Zimbabwe. May their souls rest in peace. Amen.

Nimeona matusi na sintofahamu nyingi mtandaoni baada ya kuchapisha ujumbe wa kutoa pole kwa Mama Samia, hasa niliponukuu salamu za pole za Mwenyekiti Lissu kutoka gerezani. Kwa sisi jamii tunaodai kupigania uhuru wa maoni na demokrasia, hili linapaswa kutufikirisha. Kutofautiana kwa hoja hakuhitaji matusi, dhihaka wala chuki. Lissu amekaa gerezani takribani mwaka mmoja na miezi sita, akikabiliwa na kesi ambayo sisi tunaamini ni ya kisiasa na isiyo na haki. Anafahamu yaliyompata na serikali iliyomweka mahabusu. Lakini alipofahamishwa kuhusu msiba wa mume wa Mama Samia, akiwa mbele ya mahakama, alitoa salamu zake za pole kwa wafiwa mara mbili. Huu si unyonge. Hii ni hekima, utu na ukomavu wa kiwango cha juu. Na si mara ya kwanza. Aliwahi pia kumtetea Sabaya katika kesi yake Moshi. Wengi tulishangaa, nami nilishangaa. Lakini nilipomuuliza baadaye, nilielewa kwamba kwake haki haichagui upande. Hilo ndilo fundisho kubwa tunalopaswa kulibeba. Tunaweza kupinga serikali, kudai haki na kupigania demokrasia bila kujenga harakati zetu juu ya chuki na kisasi. Lakini kama tunasema tunampenda Lissu, basi pale anaposema ana pumzi ya kuvumilia mateso na kukaa gerezani, sisi tunapaswa kuchukua kauli hiyo kama mwito wa ujasiri, si ruhusa ya kukaa kimya. Kama tunaamini kesi hii si ya haki, basi viongozi tunanapaswa kuwaongoza wananchi katika hatua za amani, kisheria na kidemokrasia za kudai haki, pengine kwa njia ya maandamano. Sio kwenye keyboard tu na microphone. Demokrasia inahitaji wananchi wanaothubutu kusimama kwa kile wanachoamini. Na kama siku moja tutapata nafasi ya kuongoza nchi hii, tusije tukarudia makosa tunayoyapinga leo. Lazima tutawala kwa haki, utu na dhamira njema. Mimi nitasimama kwenye upendo, utu na haki siku zote ktk kazi hii. Anyway , hekima ya Lissu kutoa pole kwa Mama Samia was a top-class thinking. Inaonyesha kwamba hata unapoteseka, unaweza kuchagua utu, hata unapopinga, unaweza kukataa kisasi. Wakati mwingine Mungu hataki umshinde adui yako kwa chuki, bali kwa upendo, hekima na maisha yenye ushuhuda kwamba uovu wake haukukushinda. Mimi niko tayari kusimama kwa amani na kwa ujasiri. Katika hatua ya kupigania uhuru wa Lissu kuwa nje ya kuta za gereza na sio kusema ana pumzi ya kukaa jela hata maisha. Tuna watu wengi sana Chama hiki , pumzi yetu itoke mtandaoni , fikeni tu hata mahakamani kwa sasa na huku viongozi wakuu watusaidie kutafakari jambo muhimu la haki , sheria na amani. “You don’t have to hate those who hurt you. Sometimes the greatest revenge is to rise above them with peace, dignity, and success.” Thank you !!