Dar es Salaam, Aug. 15 -- The High Court in Dar es Salaam on Thursday rejected an application by ousted Member of Parliament (MP), Tundu Lissu to have the Speaker of the National Assembly temporarily barred from swearing in legislator-elect for Singida East constituency, Mr Miraji Mtaturu.
It is the first blow for the former MP of the constituency since he decided to knock doors of the court on August 7, 2019, in an attempt to challenge the decision of the Speaker to announce stripping him from being a member of the august House.
Advocate, Peter Kibatala, for the former constituency MP, had asked Judge Sirilius Matupa to allow the parties to lock horns on whether or not the court should issue the interim order pending hearing and determin...