19880930 TZHC Mtwara1

DJ TitJ HIGH COURT OF TJ'ilTZ}J:ITA AT rITWAPJl.. APP::CLLLT:J JURU.IDIUI1ION HICL:: COURT CRTIUITJJ., .l'..PF.LL F0.39 OF 1988 ( Consolidafocl CTinina,l .:A,J?J.)Ciils n-0:'3iF ii 44/88) · Ori,:;i112J. C:rininsJ. Cas0 lfo.122 of 1987 of the Dist:.:·:Lct Cowt of 1,1'.Jin::;a Dis-t:i. :Lot at hbinca 0 J3efo:-c·e~ A.H. San.:;a :Jsq. 1 S.D. Hacistrato .L.TID!JLL/JI KBOLD APPELL.i.''..NTS ::JRi:'..;;8T K,.'J.1fONGJ. versu.s 12':Li llEPUBLIC ooooooooocooo 1 RTIJSPONDDNT JUDGl\l:::DlTT Rubama, Jo A1xlallah MlJole and ::Tirnest Kawonc;a were convicted of roh1:,ery with violence cont*y to section 286 and 285 of tl10 Penal Code. Bach was sentenced to seven ;yoro·s ir,rp1•isonm:-:;nt. J3oth have a].)j?ecled. ar;ainst convictions and sentences and t!1eir appeds have "been consolidated. On the 10th Octo;)or, 1987 at 10.00 a.r.1. Marietha Nyoni PiI.l a rosidont of Myt:JJ.G2,3n::i.nca village l'.ibinca District was robbed of shso8,ooo/= as she was coin:; shopping accom:pc.niod "by Tumaini Nga:ponc.a PW ~4• Botb. N2,,ri0thn. N;y-o:.u. and Tumaini Nc;G.pond2, t0stified in cour:b that tho two a)?pelle.nts uor.-o tho onos who h2.d c0Li:-.1i tted tho robl)ory in 1)road. day light around CoCeH• officeso :Both ap:poll,111ts deny the allocc.tion. Tho t:-..~id magist3:'D. te accepted tho i)rosecution cc.s.e and convictod.. On examination of tho evidence on :eeco:;.u, I find th0 convictions were properly ento:sodo As tho tri2,l L1a~'istrr,to riGhtly points out, the robbery was cor:uJi ttod in broad dci,y li5J:1t c1rrl wr.o wi tnesscd by two people.. J3oth rfo,rj_otl::.o, lJjroni 2.Xl.d Jiurn1ini 1Jc2-ponda thoueh stranec1·s to tho appoll2.nts, J.12;:l nru1%ed to pick tho r.-,~L)::)Olle..nts as the p001)le who had robbed tfa:det:.12, Uyoni wi tl1out difficulty a short time follouine; the robbery$ 1faon 22::2ostod li.bd.allali. Mbolo hro oon:fessod. to ha~.ring commi ttcd the of:foncc of rob~Je17 ru1d went on to iJOntion Drnost Kc.woneo, as tho other person who hod participe,to<l. in the 1·ob::0ry. When arrested Ei"'llost Kawonc;a wo..s fom1.d with sor.10. money ,i;cic::c ho stated he.d bclon[;"Cd to Lbddlal1 Mboleo Tho dcfoncos of' 1)ot11 e,p::_,ol12J1ts thf~t they did not know eeoh ot:101' and tho..t tho r:1onoy found on each of them was 2 earned tr.ccough lauful r.102,ns i3 notl1ing but lioso Tho 2,ppoll2,nts and thoir wi tnes::::cs cont:rwiict OD,cl1 otlL)l' on t:.,G issue of whore t:1oy ,:_;ot that money t'..103r ·wo:c·c founcl vritll and fo1° wJ.12.t objectives thc;:r HC:i..'C coinc to use it. ThoiI· u1ibio wc1·0 1,ropo:rl.2r :cojoctccl 7Jy tho t:;:,ie,1 col.ll'to I soc no 1:1ori t in tho o,:p~)OD.ls lJy J...1)d:.:,llc.:'::. JT!Jol0 and ::Jrnost Kawonga. Eacl1 is hereby dir.mi.ssod., Judc;o 3009088