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High Court of Tanzania

This is the second level in the Judiciary justice delivery hierarchy. It has both appellate and original powers on civil and criminal matters. It also hears appeals from the Courts of Resident Magistrate, the District Courts, and the District Land and Housing Tribunals in exercise of their original, appellate and/or revisional jurisdiction. The High Court is divided into Zones and specialized Divisions.

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24 Kivukoni Road, P O Box: S.L.P. 9004

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June 2018
Republic vs Ally s/o Malindo (Criminal Sessions Case No 152 of 2014) [2018] TZHC 3499 (8 June 2018) Equivocal preliminary‑hearing admissions and an untested post‑mortem plus unsafe night identification do not sustain a murder conviction. Criminal procedure — post‑mortem report — improper reliance without compliance Criminal procedure — preliminary hearing (s192(4)) — admitted facts deemed proved but may require formal proof — equivocal admissions insufficient Evidence — Burden of proof — prosecution’s duty to prove death, cause and link to accused never shifts to accused — Visual identification — caution required in unfavourable night/time/distance circumstances (Waziri and subsequent authority)	8 June 2018
Republic vs Maromo Kulomwa and Dotto Kwenzi (Criminal Sessions Case No 247 of 2014) [2018] TZHC 3500 (8 June 2018) A vague dying declaration naming 'in‑laws' without independent corroboration was insufficient to convict; accused acquitted. Criminal law — dying declaration — admissibility versus sufficiency for identification — no-case-to-answer and acquittal	8 June 2018
February 2018
Didas s/o Magesa vs The Republic (Criminal Appeal No. 35366 of 2024) [2018] TZHC 2977 (3 February 2018) Victim’s credible testimony and corroborative medical evidence upheld conviction; impotence defence unproven. Criminal law — Unnatural offence (sodomy) — proof of penetration — Medical evidence Evidence — Criminal burden of proof — Burden of proof on impotence defence — court inspection of private parts improper	3 February 2018