19930604 TZCA Dar es Salaam

... I ~ g - - t b s .kill :Ing li;r the ::.ppallazxt . o:fnis ta.thel" in law,. - •• • • • • f naineJi Z,3'b0d£\YO Tupa, ~ e da-..•.;hi:l~r, iiha.t is, Maria 2'abed.ef0t 1111 ,. a,.ppollan·~·•s wifEi at the material timoo · It is oommon ground. th- . be ' ' ' the appel·:.ant~e m~aga to MaJ:;iP. ~bedEi\YO had beenL. da~.i-~•;-td:tdl--:-. marital prl)blems for -sometime prior· t~ 'th\3 10th septomber ·1989 ... . ----· ~- appeiiant- kille4 his. father in- la:w~ ~i~ ~bad.qo -~ run· l1MIII ~ ... the ~ - a l hallo on s e v ~ J ' ~ and on the tatotul 4-q~ · · · to · ebe had· been brought baokL -the appellant by tbs deoease4• ~ appellant and the deceased had then gone out tqg~the~ to~• 42:iDk . ' ' . . . • . i ., ot ·l.ooal li.quo.r and when they returned to the a:ppellantta bt.imt,. 'they found Maria ZebedayQ iniss:Lie;,: 'mh,.t tr~geJ:ed otf a llWl»Hl · between the appellant and the deoeased whioh led the apP4llant to . · · int'liot £otel stab wounds upon the deceased. Tlw.i:eaftcJr tbl· lfpel.lapt went ta eq,y:~r:-~e·lt 'inl h1.e wgpcm te -the ~-1 autb.ority, that :Le, Massoni Mgaluai · (the ward ae~tot'f) ~ S~bsoquontly the oppe llant woe taken to a Justice ot the Ptaee . . to whom h.e mode an extro-judioiol atatament • TOl3 0 ~ .diapu'te:1.n·tbis COSE! 0 0 ~ tba • ..,.\llllftene,e· · ·• ' . undGr which tho appellant stabbed. the deoeoaod to death. Oo\ae1 ' tor oppdl.ont hoe submitted to the effect toot appellant oeul4 ,, . • bave 'been eottDg o1tho~ - ~ ~lt--de£ence oJt provooation or· . \md.el:' the Wluenoe of clrink. wa now cxa~ed tb.e-'n'td4tJk!Ow .A.p1rt from the appc llant, the only eye .witnass to tb.e incident is tho wi.fo 0£ tna oppellant, that is, Maria zebodayo, whe can eVidenoa ot tbo trinl as the firet proeo<h1tion .ritnaae _(P.W.t), ' ' vntorlunately, aooo_rding to the record of the triol, the , pr~Visions o.f section 130 of tha Low· of EVidenoe 1i.ot, 1967 ~>=.;u:16 :l;,.ba,. MntpG))a\>..i-1-i."o;r--..;,.'.:..-:~~~ ·- ----· · . (2; w wi..t'e or husband, whether 0·1/ not'- of a' · monogamo~ lllllrrtage, shall be a oompeteQt ~nd. compellable wttneH fo'.t' the proeeoution ~ ~~} b-411¥ oa.se-~ the pe.r:son ~barged· le charGed w:Ull an offence Ulld«'. ~ , e r .t .xv tht :Eel'.141. C~ OJ'.' undt_.c ~Wt ~b•:~.,t~ Aot, 1971.J• · ,- _-- ; ,: :,., ...:. • .' . ' . {\) ~-e~ oa~.- .whl.z:t :pe.m$ ;be obar~4__witb an· ilot or ~,zwu,1~· •f~ot~ _· ia . -~beraei the ptrSCJi d· p.I1Cpex:t;r _of the_ wilf ..,: \,i'~'-- .. . ~ band t Qr any 0£ t~ wiye•. o.r.;p-'»~1¥u~ ·. urriase·; .et· that P't1'tl<>n .~r ,}»s ~ . eithe~ or aey o~ t ~ . · . •· •;v -,,.•.• /' • I - , ~3l -·!pr."♦ the ~J:80~ ~bom tt,.e ooW?t.,, be&_ ~,'I~• w~- It :- •,,,· I bt)J.ew w tho busbond or wife, o:r:; ill a', . . ·--",. ~nmQ\lG ~.z:l!iatie, one ot ttaP ~ 4 .t ,tb,. _ peban obarsed \rt~ an oftenoe 1s oall.:ed aa 1 witness fer the p.toseoutio.n, tn~ ~=~ abaU-1 exaept in the eaaes·spe~i£ied in _,\lD"'HOt~n. (~-1~ emu.re that the person is made aware, bit~ ,.·. . civ.ug evtdence ;·~or·ttw p~cwiSions ot eub---,•tiAn (1), end the -•~~enoe '?l- that·· person ab,fY, JM't bt ,. . :,d.tuutible, .-mw$s the ·oow:t has ~eQoJ:dtd ur-tti. -' . p:"°""~-t.bat ·ttu.a sub-seotit>A tiu bUA • . - OODlpliad with,.",• . · _ . , . .. . - ~ .. It ja Qle~ ~ t h e . a ~ - •i~d p.rovtsi.cna ~~ ~ ........ f ..: like tbti,:-i)ne, ~i~l'r<4.«s not fall. ;~~.the o~te~~it•a~ ,calm, t' , ' ~ • • • , ':i.-~tip\lla~d wd•: _ina>~•tt~ (2) t the •~•:'°f ot ,! • ~ t f~_f, ·... I, ,. . • .. . . ~ . , , . ·: .. ·,:.,. ! , . ·, M P.W.1; whiol\ 1G given-~t,s,Qq io ~ rale~nt ~~•to;r I ' .• . .. , . ,..,~. : . ~~- FQVS.Oi~, Sa wdmi&s'j.Qle anci ·af. no. erteot. Tbat ~~~~- ·Uf.!. ~ ., {r~ --~ '· . ' . fihG G ~ -t PP.Pe.ll.o~t •. • • • t~e evi!3$n~ '#,/~-: ·• .., t~: ,.wa:4 aeo.i;eta.1.7 {P.W.4) a~· the .appelu:nt•e extl:a!--j~~~l ::,:..·•' .· .. b~~U, . • . •• . '< -· _;. ·.. -·,: · ;_ ~ ' -~' - -. I,,_ •.,.; /, \ ' ' • • -,'. • ' I•' ~,'-.:t, ; .•~teflllu~. ~ ~ - -~ P.w.4. ~ho ffG111'1-,to- ~. • ~.....~iai,\ ... ~·*, ,r · ·_ .:>. ·::ri 1~\- . '' .,:·. :· • . · . . , ........,.. \•~- .:.,,.;.; ~~·- ►.:; ~- .r.. .... f' \ " • ·• , • ~ ... 4 _; ·'4~•- •xo~o ~ poes~~ity t~t tns appellant._ooulii be~ .'been ul:'un:: to the extent o£ not being capable of fo.rm!ng a culpab_le in•cent. AS to the issue of sel.f'-defenoe, it seems that there in no clear. 8\'€;geatiaa Ol' asoe.rtion eitba.r il1 .ap1,ellant.Ja ffV'idanoo .-~ the trial or in h:l.s exculpatory atatenumte h the .ward sec~e:;,.U1' and tne Justice of the peace• Tb.e t'itlsvent. pu:t J "M I wa:, ettendi~ the call flf nature TUlX! ap:,Jreaol1ed me from behind and hit me witn a pieOl!t of .an iron.which wae a tractor .part. I f'eil d.own an~ he et1z:-te_d kielcinG' me with his feet and i'i.tlti,·• I lost s.lJ-:oont~ and a_~ I was !laving_ ~ kn1£.e-.-then ~ru,- also due to drink, I took out t.he kn:U'e and stabbed him with it in the st01111Soh- . and it out frem Me side of it to anotl\u:. · a. le!t and started to-ran. I rose and due to the state in whiol\ ·r was ~ also started :to run • • •" t AB t.. t i l l , . ~ \ . part· fl! his e:Xt.J!e'"'judieiAl e ~ to the Jua·::.1ae 4f the'peaee, it reads in Kiswahili: ,; • •• ,ilikuja tcunivamia na kuanza kunipiga kw , vilo alilcuwa ananisb.embulia na kunitupa _ohini. ;Jaoda ya kunitlipa ohini,. nil:.apata haeira ndipt ._ niliohoo:ie'I kisu _nikamoh~• ltwa vile alinisukuma i1ilimehoma tuu(boni _na ktunoni. Nil:l.vyoona a1usUii1ia nilikwenda CCM kutoa .rii:,oti .- ••• n_ defence •.• Th~ M.denoo 1a eOOB-istQnt witb ap1>ellantaa s~~ ., to P.W.4 \~• rewwnt pert of his testim_oey reads t •1 tu-1, Ro caid b.e h.ed truly kille,d him by stabbing-him · find with & lcnii't in ttie· ba~k· and in ~hE! at~eh hat 1.nteati.nee bad ·eel!J!t ...ou.t -and he was · . te.ta lly ...f-i.n!ehed-.- 1!e said .b.e had oome to ine ft~ · aoie'iiy BS he did not want ,.tt>. be bothaNd by pe.o-plA. ua SQi,d I ehoulil take him whert. h:: should be .tata,n !or l~ill.ilig_d.e.oe.as~d. He said he had stabbed Oeceaecd ~cause deceased had g,t drunk and had ~one to make_ 1ifujoa at his (aooused ta) house ~11 • I J'.tl ,i;he lic:;ht of the. •vidence the.ca fore; the def'enoe- .t seU'..-de!onoe ap?G,B::s not to be aveils~le to tho appe~-~- ... • . . ·,:., ·• -. ~ :~- ~----...- . ·: __•''-j------......,_ <f.·, .. ",I~.~ ~' •-•~---•~ ' C • ~- .~. ___ -:__..., __...,__~---·· --~----'------'---.....;.·_·'-".'-. - ....~'., \ • ... 5 . Jp. ~~~-" -~i9'!!!d.:~ fl,l's 11uet.l,ett,-"ttt-O trid oourt rsjeoted- ii" niainl:ir 011 .tlw besis of tho testimltzy o! ];'.1-i.1. :sut· as all!eady ~tecl out,. p.··,t.1•s , e a t ~ 1s inadmissible for l'lOn-cotnp:(ia• I ' ·wi~ ·tha J;Q.lcwant. p,t'<l'l&i~i..ons of ~e?tion 130 of the Law ot.'-~id~noe,· ' Aot. Tl1ei:e · is m> ~tti&r evidence to disoredif tne ap!)E!~lent•e eteJl'Y; Wf;I are of the viow th.et 1n the light of t°ha availabl.8 avide~; the cle£8~ o£ -!)r~ton oa_:1not safe],¥ be exolucled.' we tl1e l>ound tha~!.x:e to quaoh the. conviction for mw:d~r end substitute . therefor· !3 'conviotisn !fll:. the o££erioe of lll8nsla~hter oontai:y'· ·to s~otion 19:>· tJ tn• ;,en;l. Code• ~kins' into account tbe cu~Umstana,s , o£ tb.iA • ~ end· * £eet tut ,.tt.e •1>pellan_t bas been in ouatodT sinoe , I • 1989, we think :tbat , aente~ce of 10 years fr~ ~he d,ate of his . oonvbti•n ·~ that f.e - t~(91Jl t~ _10th. A.pril, 1992 will 1n9et tbt juatioe_~··the.-taa~-- AtWdf.ne'ly, --w--allow the e_ppeal 'by . ' ' quaslt~it the -tohvi•tJcm\fcr ,murdt1' and su~~itutirtg 1ns~a4 • ebnviotion Z.r tnanalaua-liter eentra.ti to section 195 ot tba l'ltnal QOde and senteneiJ>.S thlppell~u,t tc ten J"l•l'!S impria~nt :F • L. lft'ALALI --~ i!l{>'l'ICE ~ JU3TI~ OF AP.l'il:AL ,-..- t. A. H. A. OMAR - -. .JUSTIC'.8 ~ APPll1\L ..,, • . . \ ..., ' ····.., \