Tanzanian Opposition Leader Arrested for Inflammatory Speech
- Zitto Kabwe complained about state of economy on Oct. 29
- Lawmaker detained by authorities for second time in two months
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Tanzanian police arrested the leader of the opposition Alliance for Change and Transparency after he gave a speech about the current state of the country’s economy.
The authorities detained Zitto Kabwe on Tuesday and he’s currently being questioned about the speech he made on Oct. 29 in Dar es Salaam, the commercial capital, Abdallah Khamis, the ACT’s spokesman, said by phone. The party’s lawyers are trying to establish specific reasons for the arrest, he said.