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No mercy for Godbless as Pombe cracks whip

Godbless Lema (left) and Wajackoyah in Tanzania. [Courtesy, Standard]

The crackdown on Tanzanian’s opposition has intensified, barely a week after President John Pombe Magufuli was sworn in for a fresh five-year term, forcing critics to flee the country.

Yesterday, the immediate former MP for Arusha Urban Constituency Godbless Lema, who had served for two terms, was arrested in Kajiado County after he and his family crossed over into Kenya through the Namanga border.

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