19920430 TZHC Dar es Salaam

,Hit L{bmt1j t :~-- : ~.2"'~: ~ IN TlB I:o:cr: COU:J.T OF I 1JuJZAUIA. ."·' ~.> ~~------,---- .. AT D.:\j_1 ES SALAAM • . PC CIVIL APP:CAL lJO. 7 OF 1989 POlTTiiDJ RWE'IEHAMU APPELL.iJT1l1 V'GTSUS S-.&IJLSC1IAlT D.UGAIMUICAJ.fJ J-O•.liftu-a.¢,:oO;)OCOb:)\tOd RESPOl::0:G:NT • . f K'IAND~,_ .•:i)..""'.. Ihis is a second appocl. It wn.s filed in the Rce:,isJtil'J of this Cou.rt m.1cl H:c., ICakoti for -~ho respondent objects,. IIo l1a0 arB'tl,od as a pl'elir,ti.nary point that in to:r1,1s of s.,25 (3) of tl10 F~cistrates' Cot.U:ts ,.., Act, 19;]4, -tho appeal should have lJeon filed in t~10 District Court which 'hoard tJ.10 2i:rs-'c appeal, i.e. -~J_1c 0110 f:rora which thin aiJpeal is being b:rou_eh-'1111 -.----I IIe ci·~ed nlso P.JoM• STOTu"-1 V~ CRl'TTHAL PROVISION STOP..:C;3 (1957) EoAo 579, and VELJI S:-IA:'.]-Ifill v. SEIAMJI 13RO~.t:,l:iS & POPATLAL Kll.R:VJJ'i.L [, CO. (1957). E.A. 438, lJoth cases clccidcd in tho Sup:rc,1e Court of Kenya, in support of his a.rguraen-~s. IIo su.bmi ttccl -'i..1.12.t lJeo:Juse the apponl has no·i; l)c,.m filed in tho lli:::r~:ric-i; Court as the laJT rcqui:res, it is w:ronc.;l;;r filed, it is incompg-tcnt and should be clisii1issecl, with costs. M:r-.. tipil'"..i for the appellant .replied by strvi;inc; that tho appoDJ. could 011],:,.~ be clisraissocl if b;/ filing it in this court fnilLr:',, of jus•ticc has boon occassionod. Ho relied on s.37 of the MaG,is·;;.rn:~c 00L1.rts Ac-'.;, 1984, in ;,1a.;:inc this subii1isoion. Ile contended th.: ."ii 110 f'oilu:20 of jLi.s-tico 1 has been occassionod by his :filing of this appeal hc.rc.. lie :,)J'..'qyocl -;;;.1e:rcforo that it (the appeal) shou.lcl no·i; be dismissed as p:rnyecl b~1 Mr,, ::akotit In the t-wo Ken:.1a cases (supra) .relied on b:r Mr. Kc.lmti . tho appeals were lodged in Registries o-'i;h.o.r than proper .res'ist-.l'ics nnd preliminb.X2" objections wc:ro raad.e to th~t.. The preliminary ol)jcc•;;ions were. upheld. and the appeals woxe dismissed. In _S-'i;orp1 v. Ccntr~ Provision Stores, Con11oll, J. hold: (i) 'lhe lec,tisln:ture intended that appeals from provinces and districts outside Nai:i:obi should be filed nncl filed timcouszy in the District Roc.,istr] of the area in which tho sul)orclinato COLU'ts arc situate; (ii) the appcn,l in this case shot..'.lcl have been filed in IG.sumu, anc',. tl10 District Rc 6:i..stry, Eldoxot, had no jw;,iscJ.ic-tion to entertain the appeal.-" - 2 - . It is not disputed i;.1 ·i;,:1.is instcmt matter tl1c1:t the appeal • · 'ough:i:; ·to have been filed in the District CourJli fxom 1rl:!.ic).1 t .tic . appeal is beinc; ·b:r:ou.@lt. This is,as stated by Mr• Kalcoti, acco:r::.ling to the Ma,Gi::r~:n:~;~cs' Cc5u:rts· Ao·t, 1984~ 51oulc.l it ( the appeal) ~Jc dismissec1. . . bccauoc it lras been filed in the llich Court instcul of ·t~10 Distrid; Court.? Nr, Kakoti:, as nofoc\ 1 seys this is what shoulcl be clone, Ile says the appeal as filed is no appeal at all anc.l on tho authority of tho canes cifod ho scys it should be dismissed. I a;,1 of JGJ.1e view that dismirn:::::i.l1c; the appeal on t~~c t3Tound :rmscd. by 1':Ir~. I~:.:o•ti would bo too llru;sb. The decisions in the caocs :rofcrrcd to by ,:. , Mr._· Iu:i.!i:cr~i i;T,orc decisions of the &lpremo Court of :i~cm,:;ra,. not of the Court of App!3al :for Eastern Af:rica, -~ol.l@l __thoy arc of st:rone; ,persuasivc ...... ~ -.ra1u.e, · .. ~ -t• they have no binding aufuoxi ti· on this couxt nnd I clJ not feel that t!1oy . - .should be :follmrcd hero. · 'lho decisions 1n the· case:::. Jio.vc the pont<lntd.~ in rrw vieu, fa:r deeyi11g justice on raoro tochnic.aJ..:i:~i M and this should alwey-s '!)c avoided,. lfan;~ I think is fair niicl.' .Just then is thnt -'~1c 2.,pi)eru., having bcc11, filed in tho wrong f'o:rum, should be returned to tho n:)pollm-·~ for filin..:; .·..;'( ... ,-• ~{-. ~.· . . . . ~-; ' in the ti"@it•foiiun.-•11iis; .ifi'fcict, is irhnt shoulcl liavo 1)ccr:· clonc-b:r -'i;llo ,,. < .~. ~.. ,.. • ...~ • - ' , ~ "'i ,:: -~ •• • ... .;. • ,: • • Ilic-h ·Couf-•(; Ilce,'1.stry·upon Hr. "Lipilci... prcacuti115 liis·papors tc-·it fo.r_ o;.9:;>Q'1!. puitp~s!e~.. :i:"-: 'o:rcic~" thcrbfatc' that···tliosc ·pa;~rs. be il~lT retux11~c.l 'to ·Mio appoll~-~· io~ him."'tb. fi'i~ t~len/ in 'ih~- Dist~i~-t Comt aa· Il<ll' the law' 1 ,~.- ~ H?;• I<p,Icoti .ar?'lc~~ ruio·l;l1cr point,. r7hich wa.o, t:12t w~iat t:10. appol~ant .. .,,;..;. .... - ~ - • - D _._, .... - . ~ '"'! . . h~ f!lqcl,_ is _a_-'Mcmoxnndum o-Z Appeal r -wh_ero~ the x·u.lco :rcqd.rc him to file s.J' .J • • • < , ..-. •• . • ·, - • • • - .. .._ • - • • - \. a "Pe·a-~,ot1 oj A-e2ca11 . ~ c:v~cc_. that -'Ghc hq_adill{,; ur1cr~ornllllUi:-~ of. ApEesa11.•• in '.. .... • ~.: . - ... ~ - • ... .... ~ ... .M. ... ,.... ~- - • ,...,.. • - • - - ... th\~-\~a·~-~?ir, i~, -~;~:~rdf~ "ii~ t·w ~~as!·f9:t the cox:rcc·~ .~1:6-~~-~• ,Ilo\r.~y0:7: 1.:•;. I do not -'iii.w:tlc that this er-.cor is. so. material as -~o :rcsul t into. a di8':.ti.SSD1 ..., .\, . :.,. "- ·-·. . ..... .;-.,i~-~.. .i -· j .:. :...:!.. ...'i !... . 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