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Recent Judgments
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Appeal dismissed for want of prosecution due to appellant's repeated non‑appearance and disobedience of court orders.
Civil procedure – Dismissal for want of prosecution – Non‑compliance with court orders – Order XXXIX Rule 17(1) CPC – Disobedience of court orders and section 124 Penal Code.
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14 January 2026 |
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The appellant’s repeated non‑appearance and disobedience of court orders warranted dismissal of the appeal for want of prosecution.
Civil Procedure – dismissal for want of prosecution – non‑compliance with court orders – Order XXXIX Rule 17(1) Civil Procedure Code – contemptual implications under section 124 Penal Code – costs awarded.
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14 January 2026 |
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Court dismissed extension to file revision for failure to show sufficient reasons and an apparent error on the record.
Extension of time – sufficient cause – need to account for each day of delay – illegality as ground for extension – error apparent on the face of the record – probate proceedings – inadmissibility/low weight of unsupported oral submissions.
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9 January 2026 |
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Dismissal for want of prosecution quashed where tribunal failed to meet statutory conditions and ensure fair hearing.
Land procedure—dismissal for want of prosecution—Regulation 13(1)–(2) GN No.174/2003—requirement of two consecutive absences and calling party to proceed—right to fair hearing (Art.13(6)(a))—exercise of discretion—remittal for hearing on merits.
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9 January 2026 |
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High Court may continue an election petition despite a notice of intention to appeal; interlocutory orders are generally non-appealable.
Election law (sui generis) – interlocutory decisions not ordinarily appealable – notice of intention to appeal does not automatically stay High Court election proceedings – duty to expeditiously determine election petitions – refusal of indefinite stay.
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9 January 2026 |
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Appeal struck out for failure to serve the memorandum of appeal as required by Rule 97(1) of the Court of Appeal Rules.
Civil procedure — Service of memorandum of appeal — Rule 97(1) mandatory — Non‑compliance renders appeal incompetent; Court declined to determine other preliminary points or substantive issues concerning registration of foreign judgment.
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9 January 2026 |
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Extension granted to appeal where apparent illegality in sentencing justified relief; affidavit typo corrected.
Criminal procedure — extension of time to appeal — illegality apparent on face of record — sentencing irregularity under section 225 Penal Code — custodial sentence mandatory; curable typographical errors in affidavits — substitution of words to correct record.
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9 January 2026 |
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Court reduced statutory security for an election petition to Tsh 500,000 per respondent, requiring substantiated evidence to justify reduction.
Election law — Security for costs in election petitions — Section 140(2) and (5) Elections Act — Court’s discretion to reduce or waive security — Burden to prove inability to pay — Affidavit must be supported by particulars/documentary evidence — Access to justice balanced against statutory protection.
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9 January 2026 |
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Court exercised discretion under s.140 to set security at TSh 1,000,000 per respondent (TSh 3,000,000 total).
Elections — Security for costs under s.140(2) — Court’s discretion under s.140(5) to reduce or waive statutory cap — Evidential burden to prove indigence — Appropriate security TSh 1,000,000 per respondent (three respondents: TSh 3,000,000).
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9 January 2026 |
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The applicant's conviction based on an uncorroborated confession and tenuous circumstantial evidence was unsafe.
Criminal law — Murder — Circumstantial evidence — Oral extrajudicial confession and cautioned statement — Requirement of corroboration — Exhibits v. items marked for identification — Inconclusive DNA — Conviction unsafe.
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9 January 2026 |
Recent Legislation
| Government Notice 685 of 2025 | 19 December 2025 | |
| Government Notice 690 of 2025 | 19 December 2025 | |
| Government Notice 688 of 2025 | 19 December 2025 | |
| Government Notice 686 of 2025 | 19 December 2025 | |
| Government Notice 689 of 2025 | 19 December 2025 | |
| Government Notice 652 of 2025 | 7 November 2025 | |
| Government Notice 650 of 2025 | 7 November 2025 | |
| Government Notice 649 of 2025 | 7 November 2025 | |
| Government Notice 654 of 2025 | 7 November 2025 | |
| Government Notice 651 of 2025 | 7 November 2025 |
Recent Gazettes
| 21 November 2025 | |
| 14 November 2025 | |
| 7 November 2025 | |
| 7 November 2025 | |
| 7 November 2025 |
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