It all started when presiding Judge Sekiet Kihiyo ordered the parties to appear before him in a chamber, wherein party members had to scramble for space to enable them follow the proceedings. Due to limited space inside the chamber, some CUF members believed to be on the Secretary General’s side stood on the door in an attempt to bar the disputed Chairman of the party from entering in.
It was at that point in time when members from the two opposing camps started exchanging abuses. Thereafter, those CUF members started fighting, thanks to police officers around who managed to control the situation. However, when the police intervened, already two people were injured.
No arrest was made at the scene. At the end of the day, Prof Lipumba was allowed to get into the courtroom. But after the court session, he could not use the normal way to leave the place.
Instead, he was whisked away through underground path to the main entrance and left the court’s grounds without delay, with his supporters cheering him. It was a mixture of facts on what transpired before the courtroom.
As was ordered during the last court session, the Attorney General and other defendants, Prof Lipumba and 10 other party members filed their responses to the suit with a set of grounds of objections to the hearing of the matter.
The defendants claim in their grounds of objections that no leave has been granted by the High Court’s Main Registry to determine the suit and that Seif Shariff Hamad has not been authorised by the CUF Registered Trustees from initiating the suit for the party.
source-www.dailynews.co.tz
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