19891211 TZHC Tabora

\ / 20 IN TH~ HIGH COURT OF TAN ZANT A i!,~TX~.QRA 0R}GINI'J:i JURISDIOTI0N , (T'1bor.1, 1Ggi. stry) ORIMTILU1 SNSSJONS O.i1SE N'0.5D/1988 TH~ RWUBLIC v~:.rsu.s .R@!t\JJ§AJ\'I nusT ™ 11/12/89 !()_!!_0 SSO , J. 10 ---------------- J U ~ 0 Th1; Accusea one RAM.. 1DH~U':I MUST ..~PH,1 st:mas ch i.rged, with thP. offr.mce of 1-~:mslaughtGr c/s.195 of the pen$. Coae. rt h1s been .illoged thJ.t on 10/6/136 1 the Accused h1.d ' unl 1,wfully killed the tecG.1sec onG SW f.LEHB .1B1?D :it the vill.ig;e of irsololo, in the District ma R1;gion or T ..wor:J.. _The prosecutj on. cJ.llec' :1 number cpf witnesses wong whom w.1s one t-ro.11.7269 'D/SGT D:mi0l (P:\i.l). -p.Yi.l testified th:1t on 10/6/86 h0. h,1a b0en auly det:1i1ed tc. go ma Visit the scrme of killing (re:i.th) in the vill3.ge ·of.'Y'Tsololo·;' :~lllt.;1 t. to . 20 th-it ho arcve to the sccnl"? ::1t 1'1 solol;o vill :i.ge., in comp=my of cthor police offic0rs. On rrrivtl :it the scene P.•i/.l s,1,w the Decr.,1.sea lying on th:e grouna by ,the sido of the p?. th. On GX')!]15n1tion of th9 bcdy of thc:ncceJSGcl h0- saw one stab woll.nd on the left si a0 of the chr.,st ma 1.r1other st3.b wound· on the right thigh. Tho bocy w 1.s coll0ctea mr'l t 1.k0n to th0 polic c st.1t icn. rrwo suspectQ;:=J were '.lrrcstGd .ma thGn t 1ken to the police st1tion. Tho two suspects w~re subseque~tly ' jointly ch1rge0 with the ~1ccusea •• U1tim·1tcly, the "\ccusod rem3.:i. nec the only ;\caused in tho C".I.SG .1ftcr two suspects\;: 30 h'ld the ch1.rge wi thflr"J.wn 1g:1inst them. 21 Another wi tnoss W'.19 one JCh'.1 a/o ~Jrussa (P. W. 2). testified th~t the Acciusec w1s his own son. She cenied knowing anything 3.bou.t this c1.se • mie utterly denied h:1ving ever be en the person who b:1.d mJ.de the st·1.tement c ::mt 1.ined in the docum0nt prm3uc13d as ~.rj_ bit 1'. 2. Another witness w:1s one Saliin'.1 d/ot-irrisho (P.W.3),, She testifiea th 3.t on 9/6/8 6 she:, hid beon inside the hc.Hl.Se y when she he:ird some unknown _persons qliarrei oLJ.tside. She novGr rccognisea their voices, 6n the following morning she S~W the corpse bf a person whc•m she identified '.ls the one who h1cl 10 been seliing some fiShl :~not her witness w:1s one Pili a/o Ka.swJln (P. N. 4) • P. W. 4 test:i. fie a that she knew the Accused a.s being a rr::si a.ent of the. s3l!le village s-omc goo a di st me e from hor home. She J.lso clsdmed to h:i.ve evor known the D2ce.1sea from her home. She went on to depo"se th,1t on the d::1te in question, sh(' hJ.d gorie to the pombeshop known J.S Jsanjandugu. While she w.1,s then at the pombeshop, she hJ.ppenea to sec the .Accused :md the Deceased being there. The ,Accusea J!ld the Dece1.scd were 6'.lCh seen drinking in different groups. While still ~t the pombeshop, 20 the .Accllsed h3.ppened to approJ.Ch( ,- hGr :md them co1xea her. rt was then th-1t they mutll.ally 2gre'.';d th..:.t the ..\ccussa Jna 1?.H,4 wou1a. spena th=:it night togsther in the holl.se of p/d.4. Later on th1.t night she just discovered th1t the ,.kcLJ.sed 1J1d the 1)ece1sea were no longer there at the pombGshop. At c1bout 9.00p.n .. she left the pomb.eshop being 3-lone. on the way home., she· hc·:i.ra the Ace _.,.sea ·.ma the Tocea.sed q u:1rrel boisterously ahe3.a of hero p.w.4 heJ.rd tho Tocc3.sed spe.2.k · ill of the ,.\ccused by openly. telling the Accu.sed th.:i.t the i\ccused ha.d neither a house of his. own nor a ·child .Jlld th;1.t 30 the 1}ccusea h:1d been living with his p:1rents. She ho1rd the Accus0c1 reply tha.t hG w1s quite conf'ortable with her parents. p.W.4 decirea to go home, lea;ving the ,.\cell.sea :ma the tieceJ.sed QU:J.rrellingo Vlhen shG W"J.S then at home ,ur01.dy, tho Accused 3.rrived 22 _. J.t her home as previously agr00 a that night. ',iJhen the ,ticcusec! mn P.W.4 were together in b0d, P.W.4 ventu.red to ask the 1tc cusea_ ::is to why the .Ac cu.sea ma thG D::;c oased had been he ;1.ra quo.rrelii ng. The 1iccu.sod retort ea by sJ.yirig th-::i,t th 1t hJ.c been no business of hers, ehd~a the conVers~tion Th~t betweGn the ~ldbused ,_md P~d.4 on tHe issue of the Dece..1sed. The ,lcousec h:i.d aliegedly left thP house of the P.Ti.4 -:1.t 5.0bp.m, and he never returr-ed to h0r. On the following day p.Wl4 he.1.rd th"it o. person h1a aied ;1.t thG dross-•ro::ids. She wc-nt to the sdehe. tm hGr a±-rival at the scene she 10 :lnaeed s3,w :J. corpse of one S,W'.llehe Whom she h1d he 1ra quarrel with the Accused on the previous night. p,W.4 told the Court that the "Deceasea h:1? be en ong3.ge a in the business of selling fish. The .t1ccused giving rwioence on 03.th utterely dc§nied the ch1.rge. $imil1rly tho .Accuse a flenj ed knowing Gi ther the Deceased or one Pili a/ o KaswaJ..3.. ~ He c,opose a. th. 1 t somr- t il'11e in June, 1986 he hJ.d ever spent throe; c-=1ys with her _p::1rents 3.t the vill:J.ge of· Goweko. He saia th:it for the whole three dJ.ys he h3.d throughout been at his p·J.Tents home withou.t going 20 anywhere in the vill·1.ge of Goweko. lifter T h.10 finished r,.-=.,3,r:1 ing out the su.mning llp of the ' evj_dence in thtJ c .J.se 3.S a whole to the two BonourJ.ble Jssessors, they both g'3..Ve unanimous opjnion th3.t the pros0.cution h::i.d proved thq,t the .Accusod, :md him .:llono, h:1cl be?n responsible ' for the unlawfully killing of the Dcce:isea. I h.1ve gone through 'ind most c·u-efu.lly ex·minsd the evidence, md J am ' satisfied, like the two Baric·lll'a.ble 11ssessors, hh:i.t the circu.mstwti 1tl eviclence :md also the 3.dnission by the Accused to p, w. 4 th:1t he h.:1d quarrelled with the· Toce rise a on the night 30 of 9/6/86, entitles the Court to irresistibly come to u consiaer1.tion th.1.t the JccusGd h-::i.d person:llly st8-bbod the deceased on the loft side of the chr,st nG.:r thG tc 1t, md also on thG right thigh. Accoraing to the reliable evidence of 'Pili a/o K3.swaJ.3, (-P. ,7. 4), tho .;ccused 1ncl the 1)ec e 1sed had b2en seen being at the pombeshop. \ 5 3.in, P.Vl,4 h1.d he'1rd the - 23 OJJ• !lSST_Q,NS C§! NO •.5~8 Accused .:ma the rece:isea quarrel in th:1t night ne'1r the pl~ce wh0re the corpse hJ.d been found on the following morning. ':-!hen p.•W•4 had subsequently th:it night 'lSked the 1\ccused as to why he '.:ll'ld the Deceased h::i.d been ho3.rd qllarrelling th:1t night, the Accused h::i.d never refu.tea that ho h3,d ever quarrelled with the Doce1sed on th.1.t night •. Jnst0:1d the .Accu.sed h':la retorted th.1,t thJ.t h.ld been no business of hors; -p.W •.4•s hones~il' c:m 3.J..so be jungcd by her testimony th,1t it hJ.d ·been the l)ece1.sea who hid been he1.ra spe:J.king b!:1d of the Accused . \ in the course of their 3].tercJ.ti:::n. 10 On the foregone grouncis, I fino the .iccusea guilty ma ao th.,,refore convict him of l'rra.nsl:;1.ughter c/s ..l95 of the penal Code. · J;. · G. G. KOROSSO JUDG~ 11/12/89 Komba - St·:1.te .1~ ttorney - st 1tes ~Yollr Lorafillip, an.a Ifonourablo Assessors, the Republic his no recora ag9.inst the jccusea. As to the sGntence T, le,'3.Ve it to the Court to pass J. sentence co:mr1ehsurate 20 to the seriousness of the offence. 1,irr. · Kwikimg,: ·., .I.our Lordship, the 1\ccused is ·J. you th 3,gG d 32 yoJ.rs. The ~\ccused is not rurrie a. Th.0 1\ccusea · h J.S bc-?on in custody since 198 6, since_ hG was :1rreste d in the vill :ige •. 0 The killing in this cs.se is ::m ordinu-y ono which h1.ppened after drinking. of Oourt: ·•rt is riot a signLnvmhooa for people to resort to killing one another for no bb-vious re3,son.,, rt l'!lllst not be :3.Cceptea th,1,t killing is p1.rt of our culture in Tanzania just bGc::iu.se the killings rave long been 3,s com.~on g,s common 1.ss111alt in 0llr 30 villsi.ges.-·This h!lbit must stop or :r.mst be forcer! to stop •. 24 ... QR. SESSIONS O~W~ N0.50/88 -----·-------------- The Courts o·f this country h.:i.ve there.fore 0. n3.jor role to pl'.l.Y in bringing to~ flead h:J.1.t this proposition to ~illings of other hu.r:i.a.n beings. We h'.1Ve m.:.my ponbeshops in towns ,.,,. ,. '• .·· • .all over Tanzania but very rarely do we -experience so frequ-- ert killings like in ths vill:ig13s. For 3.,person having no hou.se o~ wife 3.t the age of 29yrs is not scm0thing to be proud o!. in ou.r society. : T senw..ncc the .\.ccused to 18 yeirs· imprisonmcmt~ .ii~ G. G. K0R{)SS0 JUDGJ ll/12/89 I OJmTIFY TH11T THIS IS Ji. TRU-E COPY OF THE JUDG ]M'BJNT