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Tanzania police question Lowassa over seditious remarks

Former Tanzania Prime Minister and the 2015 Opposition presidential candidate Edward Lowassa. PHOTO | FILE

Tanzania's former Prime Minister Edward Lowassa was Tuesday questioned for four hours by police for allegedly making seditious remarks.

Mr Lowassa, who is also a member of opposition Chadema’s Central Committee, was grilled at the police headquarters in Dar es Salaam before he was released on bond.

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