Nairobi, Nov. 9 -- Arusha. Tanzania's former minister of natural resources and tourism, Lazaro Nyalandu, has been blocked from leaving the country for Kenya through the Namanga crossing point.

According to Longido District Commissioner Frank Mwaisumbe, Mr Nyalandu - who contested for the Singinda North Constituency on a Chadema ticket - the ex-minister did not have the required documents.

"It is true that Immigration officials at the border have barred him from leaving the country as he did not have several documents including the car and other items that he was leaving with," he said,

He said the items that Mr Nyalandu wanted to cross with were still being held at the Namanga border and he has been asked to submit related documents.

"W...