{"id":143805,"date":"2025-11-10T20:09:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T20:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/chadema-leaders-including-john-heche-released-on-bail"},"modified":"2025-11-10T20:29:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T20:29:33","slug":"chadema-leaders-including-john-heche-released-on-bail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/chadema-leaders-including-john-heche-released-on-bail","title":{"rendered":"Chadema Leaders Including John Heche Released on Bail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Tanzania. <\/strong><\/span>The Police have released on bail several senior officials of the opposition party Chadema, among them the party\u2019s Deputy Chairperson for the Mainland, John Heche.<\/p>\n<p>According to their lawyer, Hekima Mwasipu, the leaders were freed on Monday evening, November 10, 2025, under conditions requiring them to report back to the Central Police Station in Dar es Salaam at 10 a.m. on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is true that the leaders have been released on bail, and they are required to report at 10 in the morning to the Central Police Station,\u201d Mwasipu told The Citizen.<br \/>\nAlongside Heche, those released include the Deputy Secretary-General (Mainland), Amani Golugwa, Central Committee Member Godbless Lema, and Coastal Zone Chairperson Boniface Jacob, popularly known as Boni Yai.<\/p>\n<p>Lema, Golugwa, and Boni Yai were among those recently arrested by the Police on allegations of involvement in protests that turned violent before and after the October 29, 2025 General Election, in several regions including Dar es Salaam, Arusha, Mwanza, Mbeya, Songwe, Kilimanjaro, Dodoma, Mara, and Ruvuma.<\/p>\n<p>Heche had been in police custody since October 22, 2025, following his arrest outside the High Court in Dar es Salaam, where he had gone to attend the treason trial of Chadema Chairperson, Tundu Lissu.<\/p>\n<p><b>Source: The Citizen<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Tanzania<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Tanzania. The Police have released on bail several senior officials of the opposition party Chadema, among them the party\u2019s Deputy Chairperson for the Mainland, John Heche. 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