19871012 TZCA Dar es Salaam4

.AT '111i.FGA 1. ~\O.\ I·L:;_:j_'.l'TI Q 2. 1°1.LLI T.?.:.:LlI:)I f• 0 (1~pi)o.::l fr·on~ th,=, conviction of t>.c "·I;r.-f1"ou~t of ;_~•0~1zc:;nio 1:;t ~~1:-:n::_·,1~ (;:;;:;~8: J:) ci2tGcl. thf 10th C.8Y of l·Tu:,rchs 1986 in OHAR 2 J ,,\.. 3 The two appell£mts were chargGd with G nd convid:.:d of murd.er of one Kat2kwa Noel @ Homb:-.::sc. They c1.re now a~,p::.·Jlil',:;. Kotekwa and one _;\bdJllah otrugel:iJ1f_r, over o knife. -~-'hc,ro \WS a pressure l.:rnp burr1.il1f;, 'J: hc:c1 thc;,rc CJE,c- thL.' :first 2:_J})C:llant Zoa and 1 lmife. In the co1;u.·00 of the c.1tru::;gle the \'.::.i.L:E: cut :Joe GD the finger 9 deceased succeeded to get :po.:-:.-;e.':'s iol! 0.f t '.10 lv.1 i.fr bent it ond cut it to pieces nnd threw ii; m~ay. Zoa t_hen slqu-cGt~ ·;;:wt b( had. been cut .:ind l1~. ,·,oulcl. not accept that and. l1e rrius"c kill. Zoa appi·oached. ,·~lly th.:, second. i..rppeHant and. said., :rAlly civo ,i:G a lmife~ ,Uly wGs seen t2kinc 8 . . ~.:.:~:.£\:· from his loin Emd govo it to :,\oa. 'l"hen Zoa was heard saying :,r om looking for IT\Y' enemy 1 I must kill him 11 • The deceased wbo was standing aside could not h::1v2 heard what Zoa said and he wDs suddenly struck on tl1e chest. ' The impact ,.)f the stabbing r:md.e a noise as if tl:t: :1 ccc: .:. · 1:c1 had been hit with a fist 9 P.W.1 (?Xplained.. The sarne :,icht dcco:::oed. was taken to hospital and P.W.1 never saw him olive .suain. P. w.2 Esau lu-.:mn st8tcct t:"~·t on 11th Septci:;ix.1:.· 9 J.982 Jt 2 p.m. · while asleep in hiG \J.::mc:: ::,-t C'.~'J.,))::1[;eni he, hcord 8 lmock ot his door and. saw the f:i_rst B_kip,::,llant rmd one ;,bdall.s ~ they c1.-::·:~cred. his house and he noticed thoy were pan-tinG .:1ncl Zoa bcc.1. 8 cut 1,.,olmd on his palra and on the sbou1<ler 9 ..'~b::'.2lla '10:1 no injury Dt o::.i.J.~ ·:[103r told hiu that .. ·..• /2 V ;I 2 they had gone to Chur;,,)t:,:;eni to avoid toi.n:.~ fo:,_lowocl 1:J/ ·crouble rnGkers. The followine: c1a7 be WL'nt to ,wrk C:t1:! n 1:ver s2w Zoa ,L'_;c: in till in the court roon two years lDte.'.~. 'l'ho first ay.>pellnnt 2oa in his defence c:Gniv.' -~o l12ve stabbed the- dc-c~c:rnocl. Ik s2ici. he lGft immed.fately after he was cut during the strugcle fox.• cl lmife when he intervened in a fight to sepcJrate I~bdalla and the deceased. Zoa said he went ancl rested. in the house of AbdGlla. f till th<'.' following L,ornu1g when he:• left for h-:mo 9 on -c.:1c ,-my he met Abd.alla and the latter Dchris,:;cl hL1 acDin,st 3::-io-:7 to '.1ir3 i::.ome c.ind so they decided. to go to the house of P.i!.2 :i:Jsr;,u c.t c:•. .cib;:,·~·e:1i where they spent 1 a d.ay, and. on tbo f ollcwin,::; d.oy on Sunday llf:.' wm-'c c.iuhore -to bey fish and he was .arrested end chc.ir13ed wE:·1 tliil.i l:IU±der. :-~oa (~011ied stabbing deceased he denied ·bJki!1g ri )·:::.i:'e fr0;:: ,'i.l:y 9 tb.G Gecon:] D}/(),::1::!.~mt. Ally the second appellant in hif.' du:ence S('L; b~, i-J:JG 11-..·:er ot thu t.r,;i.jitiona1 dances at Usa 6 1u'o on the r.18krir.il cv;::ninc ~ ci:1.:l could r,o·c hove -:;iven his lm ife to brother of the dcc',2sod.; be would tli12rcfo:ce lnvl,j D.,: ~:c-ccrcst to serve. Further the noisG <~ t tl-;.c ~;;lace m::>Je i'c unliL.1y tll,;t ? • .v.l could have threat heard. the L whj_ch h2 said w::s utt(,:~ed by :;co :'n-'.. GVer.. vory unlikely that he Zoa coulJ be sr::cn by i1 .iJ.1 asking r'0:~' ::. l~::::__.:'o :~·,:0-:.1 the ascond appellant AlJ.y. ·:::i:1i:.: ~ .;p08t of the □atter hos been od.equately d.eal t with by the lec::rnecl trial judge and we see no reaso:ri to <1 isac-rac with him. The defcmco of the appellant,'3 does not J:'D ic,;:; ony clouM ori. the truthfulneSs of thG })I'osc:cution story o bespealrn of culpD'bf:.ity -· in cob.'; i:n th; ,.. ,i:·.1y k,m·:: .y:·. the uon1ing to the house of a friend at c:r.mi·b,::r:eni tc ::;J.Gcn ;,T, o .. 1c•i:· to k,:ep away frorn trouble r,1okc:r.-1.:0. As we h~•v', poirri.;c,J 0ut 9 -~at J;;pu:t ,_,_;_ cr-~·•::~_:,::..lit,;' o.L· witnGsses -~ 1 hod been scti8f2c'boi'Hy dcsl t ,ri.tl·. i,y t:1: l,;ornl:l1. '!;:i_·:'cJ. .juct:;\:: 2nd, we 1 have no rE.,2con to c1iffer. 1-fo ecco!'tLn,.::J.:.- LL;x1 t:. ·:; LJO<-' ~ D':1 Ally b...2rd. We 8ccorc1incl-:,- U)lold conviction 8:,Jiin~Jt i:o•:;;~ ::.)··1c:1J.onts and dismiss their e ppeol. I·• oc.cooo/)e ,l,,· ,• / O om•--:.)IclV1J a: •a