19900905 TZHC Mbeya

- 19 IN PE III(7TH 'CCU3T CT TAJZA1TIA.. ATMBYA PC) 'bTIL APPaAL NO 1 OF 1980 (]rn the decision of Njomb'istrict Court in Civil Appeal jNo. 9 of".1979 and OrIiar '..'ivil'Case o, ib/79 of 'the Primary Court.. (Urban) of ijo,mhe) KA.YONBO - D CHRL1S STM31LI, KflhI ., PPLLA Versus 'I MCHOE 9 J. The appellant ChariesMkini was'sued in the 'Njombe-Ufban Primary Court for d.rnages for committing adultery with the respond.en-t 1 s wife. He was order'ed to pay 900/= damakge.0 Being dIssatisfied, by the Primary Court decision he appealled unuecessfuily to the lYistrict Court. This now is his seco. appeal.. - The f?.cts of the case âre simple. It was al1'eed by the reeponden't that on 21/2/79 at night he came home and met Ms children asleep and the door to -hi-sbádroc.m cloed, but not bolted0 Iriaither rom which is not use as a- bedroom- he pepod throh the window when he heard. whisers. There was'a light from 'a sma1 lamp 1koro1i?0 There he 's - his w.fe eoznrniting S aduitèry with the appellant 0 Ho bolted the 'ddo'6ñiou -bsie ard. went to c1I pep1e* lTheñ'he returned he met his wifèoining out. of the room 'ai 'the- window to that room broken. The ap11nt had by then .4 escaped. Befre witnesses the respondent 1 s ife bonfeased to have o.mm,tted adultery with the aopellrt and prdm,sed to pay tier hus1am 6001= if he forgavo her. • The respondent 'thn filod this suit. In'thé Prirry C'>urt hib 1ife den&ed.to hav6.committed, athiltery with heappel1nt; re respóndeh caI1ed wi sea béfre whom she had oarIi Ofessed." The Apeflr on the ,ther hand pIuced medical chits that ho was sick on 21/2/7 and could nt'-have 'gonc ta commit adultery witli the Resp int wife. . 0/2 -2- But b.th lower courts found the respondent's wife's oonfessini before her husband, and his witnesses as final and conclusive evidence against the appellant 0 Both lower courts erred in their iitbrpretation of section 119 of the Local Customary Law (Declaration Order, G.N. No. 279 of 1963. That section reads "Kama -taarifa iliyopätikaiV i,naonekana haitoshi kuhakikisha ugoni, bad .u.thibitisho iii lazima uongezwo. Kwa .ajili hiyo matndo yo'te yanayoonyesha ugdni yajumlishwe, kwa mfano— V V Kama vi -tu iiya ugoni viki -t1ewa0 Kama mice akikiri. Alarna za'mapigo inaUngOni mwa mgoni.. V. . Kama mice akiwa. ameambukizwa na magonjwa y kisonono. au kasWend&'0 This section translated into English is: "If the report or evidence availhle does not ap4r to be enough proof of adu1tery 'then further eviaence must be added.. For this purpose all acts showii adu]tery must be added up to.ether, for oxamplo - -If any article used in the commission aduiteryif produced,. V If the. wife oonessed V V Marks of assault on the adulterer's;bod,t. • If the wife contacted any infectiouavn*rel. V V.. diseasell My interpretation of this ection is that such eut"ther'evidence'is to be considered togethe'rwih the main ô'idence available, but it to be considd in isolation. In other wrds such evidence nder section 119.19 Qircumatancial and can not be relied upon a1or as pro.f of adultery un1es it is not capable of any othr irrterpre'tation than that the respondent commi'ttoa, the adul±er.. This is in oco'i&anoe with section 120 of'G.N. 279/63 which reads: .. '.:.. "Uthibitish wingine hautakiwi kama taarifa iliyoptiIc&a V hain 'tafiri Wingine isjpokuwa ' lie yá ugori± " . V therefore, erred in relyingon the wife ' confession alone as cone.us.ve proof of adultery The wife herself dem.e. it in court. 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