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Tundu Lissu goes for treatment in Europe, blames Tanzania govt

Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu is wheeled by his two sons Agostino Lissu (right) and Edward Bulale to a press briefing held at the Nairobi Hospital on January 5, 2018. He is set to travel to Europe on January 6 for further treatment due to injuries sustained from bullet wounds. PHOTO | FRANCIS NDERITU | NMG

By  AGGREY OMBOKI

Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu, who has been in hospital in Kenya for the past four months, still has a bullet lodged in his body.

Doctors at Nairobi Hospital successfully removed eight bullets from his body after the September 7, 2017 gun attack outside his Dodoma home.

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