As the case against Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu kicked off in court on Monday morning, Kenyan activists took to the Nairobi streets, marching towards the Tanzanian Embassy to demand accountability from the Tanzanian government over the arbitrary detainment of Kenyan activists seeking to observe the trial.
Speaking from the premises, they demanded that the East African nation's authorities apologise for the deportation of former Justice Minister Martha Karua and others.
They also sought a declaration that a similar incident would not recur. "We have demands of the Tanzanian authorities, and they are only three.
One, we need an apology to Mama Martha Karua and the people of Kenya," one decried. "Two, we need an explanation from the Tanzanian authorities for why what happened happened, and number three, we need a firm confirmation from the people of Tanzania and the East African Community that what happened yesterday will not happen to anybody coming to East Africa." A screengrab of PLP party leader Martha Karua (Right) and lawyers Lynn Ngugi and Gloria Kimani speaking from the Mwalimu Nyerere International Airport on Sunday, May 18, 2025.
