19890526 TZCA Dar es Salaam2 1

•... .. ,· IF TK; COU;IT1 OF P1PP;",;,'\.L Of:' 'l1 NZATu"IA . -,.,,·. A'.1' }~!.~!.f.4 ,.-,t Co")'i••1TAS' r"¥:_..L-~J,. ·.- T1··" • J.Y j, •'-~ ~t~ ,..l ;.,;; 0 0 C C o O \i O O 0 ( App~e.l from, the conviction of th" IIigh Court of 1l 1a;.1z,.,;.1ia at Iringa) dated the 27th day of February, 1988 in JUDGEI·.BNT OF TI-B COURr The ap1)cl10..11t CO::C'..\S KIPALIL:j was convicted of the murder of hi.s step fa:ther by the High Court j'Jreside_d over b-J the Principal. Reside1 Maeistrate ( L. B. ECilOEE) exercising Extended Jw.'isdiction and was sentenced to deatl1. This appeal is 0.:3:ai.Iist :)o·tll cc;Tviction and sentence. ~ The evid.ence Nhich was led at ·t;he tricl in su,;:,:port of the charge agaiai:rt the appellant Has all circur:ic·c.::-.x,.tic:1 1 but the lea.men Principal aesid.ent rL<[::;istrate after carefully review:i.1-ig it, was satisfied t:.12:c t:1is circw,1sto;.:rbial evidence irrcsi;.-··c::,bl~; led. to no other conch1sion except the -~';u.ilt of the appellw'-t. The a.~,;_,elJ.ont'c ctep-brot:.-:.er ALCJY 0; ~~:t:GI:Gli (:r:,:·:".1) t0ld the·. trial court ·i;:wt he liveci. wit~1 t:ne appellant i:;.._ hi:; house, bu:!; The decec:cSed. llajiyatan::;:1 :;:.E,L;·:;o 1-12,s married to t:1A-i:r mot.her, On 5/3/85 tho a;ypollant lef·c tiJ.G villa::;e sc\_ri1·,{_: he ·:::\,s &oing t• Makondo vil1o[;G -where he st --~•cd for tuo days. 0:.1. 9/3/Gj he and the appellc:i,:xt; ue:nt to drLil<: r,o;:i'.)o s,nd D.:ti 5 11,;·,1, ·be ~ppellan~ told him he 1-ras ,:_>:oi:;.-i,.~ to th.3~ r mo-t:1er 1s :1ous0 to ee:'G. Later, . Aloys heard ci:-.1 ,,larr.1 fror.i the clircotio::.1 of tl1eir :,10ther "s house, On arrival, rco f01.md t~1e d~cc; _.,ced .lyin~; dead. 'I''..1e o,ppeil.a.nt was nowhere to ·Jo ceen. On ti1e sG.rne daJ the oeJ.l lec':der 0!Ai8ST0 KIGA!i]E (P."t-I.3) had received a report from °':):)ellan'I; 1 s r.1other SA.LIA RAJ:;rrJ:NO (P. W.fl-) cor.cor;.u11g a quarrel bet.-re0::1 tlla decea,sed cfr1.d his step son the appellar.t on the qy.estion of division of Vero;.1.ice, KILil\TGO's .... ' . /2 ( ' .. _;. , 2 (PoW.2) lJrid0 price$ Ev2.risto tole: the tri,,J. court t1i,;,t he had advi3cd the cld uornan S0,lia t:~,:;~ he 1-1oulcl. ded ·,dtb. ·i;he problem the nex-'c c:.2,y 10/3/85 i:1 ·che yir,:.::.;~):.,ce of both ·c:..te J.'..1ce.:,sed a..."ld tb,e appellant. :,fo,-,evar cit er ·c:10 di. cover:;r of -;;_~10 dececsed lying d.ead outside :::..is > use soo::t ;,·1."'·cer 71 , ••, :·.•,, - ,__ •• 0 ·, " ·:::n.~,·c' 1C!.-,•,·e c·,J;-,· ":'co' 9/3/85 ..... -~ ~ ..... _ • .,,. • --·· ·-,.""\.:, ' the appel1c;;.r~ cU·~:a:x1e .ret'!_ fro, .. ·i;;::c villc.(,;e -·~.id ,J,c.G :wt seen unt!j: he 1-,,r;:-.,s al"l':::,~-;"t:d t:10 r,1or:.[;l::.s J.1;c:cer ::d; ~.:,1-:CJTI.Jdco. the villc,Dc ;::;·:: the ..:~-;~er:LJ tioc 7 he ~1avL.1r.; left ·che village f 5/3/85 for ,.1<-r,r1bal~o vi l' ·a"·'"' :::.::.d dJ-.d :1ot retv..r::.1 "t.lil"Gj_l after }n.- _ c."'""'"-t..t.,.i _ - . 1 . .. :.i,:'l',v -~ __ ~i arrest for tl1is c-:ff.::ncc. ._c. i:J.::,o tle:u0d bGL-;.:_· i:;wolved in a contendecl ·:/.L;c Q.11 t:,e ·:rH~1esses L1cludine his ~.10tl1er lied again~., him by_asserth,; ·b:.:~ ·i;:L03' 2~·,1; llim in the ville,.::;o 011 9/3/85. behalf of ·c~l3 a:opclla:c.t c:al;y- 0:.10 _:;round of c:.r:·cal :;1amely that. t~ circumst anti c.:1 evidence il1 -~:1:, c~:,zo ii 2.,s not e::_oU[:~:.. to support a convictioi::. for r.mrd.er, Apart fror11 tho ·bro i)olico ~-:itn<3ss0s, tl:.e rest of the witnesres are clozel~r 1·el2:sod. to t:10 r,")el12_;1_t: the;7 te::Jcif iocl tl1e:t the appella.11t u:· . s at !.J.Off,;:i."j.,:,,: t:10 villc\_:0 -~;.1 ,__t dc;y. :::i,; '.Jt-.::::p brr-the:i, .Aloys st z;t LJ,:~: ·G:1d~ }1e :::;d beel1 clri:11::i..::..:::; wi tl} t:.c <::;?pella.nt. until con:firmed t}1i~:: •. :Tith n,-;::xc: to tl18 qu.:,rrel wi:t:1 t:.:.e deceased OVEH' the bride ::,rice 1 Vororri.cc:, c,::,,id -t~:~,t this uo,r.:: :, ro[;ular occura.nce between t:. . ;:; ·tuo, 2.11d s:1e :::,clc:c:d tl1.::.,t t:h.o c::,ppella:.rt ·threatened t~ kill her if ·,:::;1<', diJ not c::2.:-.1:;0 her su.rname to I~i:•:i;..-.J.ile, no clonbt to make l:::.rn oore e:1titlod to l~er br:i.da price. n 110 is also a Kipalile. I:icl.eed 0;_1 t:10 tl...:~J 'of tha i:1cid.(.rnt, ·t::..e appellant I s mother hci,cl decided to refer t:.:.e d.is)ute to tl1e coll le2,det. All the peoplo including the cell leader ar0 rclc;~ 0:l to tlrn appellant, we do no·c sc-·: ::.·~.-w : .:.'. .;f could all h2,ve gai)(;~d tu frcJ:1e him up, Like the 102,rned Principal 1fo::;idcr:t r:ras;istr2;ce, ue n,:re satisfied that all t:~o :·ritnesscs t eld th~ truth and we fL1d t:1a:t the .. •· .... /3,. ' ' 3 appellant was i11 the village on 9/3/85, that he hi.'..d been drinking pombe with his step brother Aloys urrtil 5 p.!i1, 1·1hen he went to hie mother's place to eat, that on the same da._v there uc,s the usual . quarrel l)etween him and the deceased over Veronica's bride price, that his mother decided to report the quarrel to the cell ].eader who scheduled ·the matter fo:r the following doJ. Soon a.fteP- discoverinf;" t}1e deceased 1 s dead body, the appella1-r~ disap·p.eared from the villa,ge not to be seen until after his arrest two months later. The appellant denied beine in the villa.:;e ,::;i:; the crucia\ time when in fact ::,,c,,ordin8 ·i;o hj_s c1ose rel2;L;ives l1e w;:i,s there and literall~r ran ;:J,-JDY from t;.1e vill[lf:;e. soon :li'tor the killing. We do not ·i;Lin.k this is the concluct of ::in in~~ocent rnan. There wae also some pe1.:.:sin~ reference ~1Y ( ~;. W. 7) to the o.droission made to him by the :::ppellant that he h3rl killed trw dGcec.ncd, although some atter,1:,_)-t "iJo..s_ me.de in cross-oxan:Lnation to refute this allegat~. In sum we ,~,re sr:liisfied. like the leD,rned Principcl .:ce.siden-t Magistrate ·clw;I; the circumstances surrou11dinr; ·i;ho death of the decec.seo. ffo,ji;rc,tanea Kilingo poii1t to no other pe:i;son except the 1 appellant a:_:; -'che killer. .i1l.1e ·;-Te0,ron used ,,nd. o,.::. a dcll1,_~erous patj of the body, the nature of the injury inflictert .:,J.l point either to an intention to kill or ;.._,:, tl1e lo:•,ust to cause r:rievous bodily harm. The Lilling was therefore rnurd.er. Accordi:,.ie ly m-) see no mori t · in this a,p:r,aaJ. which iB dj s:roissad 1 DNi\J}) at l"IJJ::iYA -this 26-L1 dcy' of 1-loJT, 198'.) ~ -