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Mtoto huyo anainhi na mama yake haada ya kutengana na mimi maisha anayoishi mtoto huyo sikubaliani nayo kwani nitoto huyo anapata shida hapati matunzo na mahitaji ya kutosha kiasi kwamba aria utapia mlo ijapokuwa mádai yake (sic) narnpa pesa za kutosha kumtunza mtoto huyo lakini pesa hizo zinatumika kinyume kwani mama yake anazitumia kukidhi mahitaji yake mwenyewe na kurnwacha mtoto akiwa haria hata chakula jambo ambalo sikubabiani nalo kabisa. Mdaiwa nampa Shs. 5,000/ kila mwezi ambazo ni matunzo ya mtoto huyo lakini mdaiwa anaziturnia kwa kununua kanga, kukopeshana na wanawake wcnzake pesa hizo (kuzifanyia mchezo wa kukopesha) na zaidi ya hapo psa hizo zinatumiwa na watoto wawili (2) wa dada y2ke amhao anaishi nao mdaiwa ambao wamezaliwa nje ya ndoa. Naomba Vlahakama hii impe mtoto huyo mimi baba yake kwani anashindwa kumtunza mtoto h?sa Mahakama hii ikiridhika kwarnba afya ya mtoto huyo ni mbaya sana na fedha za matunzo ya mtoto nampa basi naomba Mahakama hii itoc amri kwamba mtoto huyo awe chini ya uangalizi wangu mimi haba yake. Hayo madai yake. X)W i1daiwa: Kwa sababu haishi nae yeye mama yake. XD-CT: Tulifunga ndoa ya Kiislam ilikuwa tarehe 20.1.91 Iltoto alikua na urnri wa mwaka mmoja na mwezi mmoja nilikuwa nampa 3hs. 5,000/= kila mwezi. Contrast this with the original handwritten Priinar'y Court record: •HAUPI LINAANZA KUSIKILIZWA_UPANDE WA_MDAI: Mdai Selemani Simba, Kabila Nsumbwa, miaka 46 dini Islam, kazi Mhandisi wa Majengo Wa Temeke, Ameahwaanasema: ../ 4 Naomba Mahakama imuamuru Salama Mwalimu anbaye ni Mtalaka wangu anipe Mwanangu ambayc anaitwa Kandanga Simba na wala sio Mwanahawa Saidi. I1toto huyo anaishi na Mama yke baada ya kutengana ra mimi. Maisha arnyoishi sikubaliani nayo kwani mtoto huyu anapata shida y kupata matunzo na mahitaji ya kutosha kiasi kwamba alidiriki kuwaomba watu wamsaidie kumtunza mtoto huyo. Kwa uthibitisho wa kupelekwa mtoto kwa ajili ya rnatunzo aliwahi kufikishwa Nahakamani rnara mbili bila ya kuwa na nitoto huyo. Naornba Mahakama hii chini ya F. 123 (3) ya Sheria ya Ndoa ya 1971 kia sababu Mania hana kipato hiryo mtoto awe chini yangu baba yake 11± niweze kumtunza. Amekuwa na .rnatatizo kiasi kuwa hana mawasiliano na Hayo ndio Madai angu The two different renderings make It clear that the record placed before us was highly and deliberately improved in favour of the present appellant. It paints the respondent as •a spendthrift who neglected to maintain the child despit•e the fact that she was receiving Shs, :5,0001= every month from the appdllant, hIch mony she was .dIvertixg. to other uses. Another 'ill.us.trtion; 2 7 MILRTIN .ABDALLIH., a witness called by the appellant,, is on record as saying, in the typewritten version Mdai na Mdaiwa wote nawaahairni• .Mdaiwa kama ni shemeji yahgu mtalaka wake mdai nimekja kutoa ushahidi jinsi .nilIvyomsind±k.za Mdai wakati alipokuwa akimpelékea mdaiwa pesa za matunzo :ya nitoto tangu mdaiwa watengane .ri.imëktiwa. nikishuhudia ;mdai kin pa mdaiwa 'Sha, 5 1 000/= kila mwezi ikiwa ri'! niatunzo .ya mtoto ..nimehiihid±a kutolewa kw.a pesa h'izo kwa muda wa miezi tisa ( 91') mfuiuiizo. 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Mahakarna hii ilirnwamini baba anirudishe kwa inurne wangu lakini baba alikataa na kuamua kurudisha inahari na kuomba ndoa vinjwe ndoa ilivunjwa na Mahakaina hil na mdai kaanza kudai mtoto wake eti kwa sababu afya yake ni mbaya kinyume ch.a pesa anazozitoa kwa ajili ya rnatunizi ya mtoto huyo. Hayo ndio maelezo yangu. XXD: Ndio ananipa Shs. 5,000/= kila mwezi tangu kuzaliwa mtoto na nguo za mtoto ananunua. J. XD:CT: Pesa hizo naziumia pia kuwatunza watoto Wa dada yangu ambaye hana nitu wa kunitegemea na aliezaa nae hao watoto alimkirnbia. Nafanya biashara ya kuuza viturnbua. 11 According to the handwritten vesion of the respondentts evidence however, she does not accept blame: infact she puts it on the appellant.0 She says: 1989 nilianza kuishi na Mdaiwa kania mume tulifunga ndoa ya Kiislarn nilivyofika tu nyumbani kwake akaanza kuniambia nisiongee na Wapangaji kwa vile watanifundisha Umalaya. Na wala nisitoke nje na r ' alikuwa anarudi saa 1.00 usiku na haniachii chochote nami ndipo tarehe 25/11/1990 Mdaiwa aliohdoka bila kuniachia chochote naini nikaamua kwenda kwa dada Mwananyarnala nhlimweleza yote dada ndipo tulirudi wale Temeke. Hivyo baraza la Bakwata waliamuru nikae kwa dada nipaka kesi itaapoIsha wakati niko kwa dada nilimweleza nataka niende nyumbani kwa vile hali yigu ilikuwa ni mbaya hivyo Mdai alinipa 1 hs. 2, 000/= cash akanieleza kuwa yeye atakuja lakini sikumuona tena kuja mpaka nikaona naletewa Suirnmon mimi na dada hivyo kesi hiyo hiyo iliainuriwa baba atoe Shs. 31 1 0001= ill .ninunue .talaka naye baba alitoaq 0 I. -7- XXD Mdai: Mimi mwenyewe ndie niliyempa. Huyo mtoto ni wa Simba. XD-CT: Niliondoka na Miraba ya Miezi 6 kwa I'idai. Huyu Saidi ni kaka yangu. Nafanya biashara ya kuuza vitumbua. Sikupeleka malalamiko kwa mtu yeycte rule. The respondent's thesis would appear to be that the typewritten version. is the authentic rendering, the handwritten one the forged one. We are not that gullible. We are satisfied that the handwritten one is the authentic one and the one the first appellate court used. The tenor and tone of Illcude, J.'s judgement leave us in no doubt that he was in urn referring to the evidence used by the District Magistrate. In view of the fact that we hold the handwritten record to be the authentic one, the two appellate courts were entitled to hold that the trial Primary Court magistrate used the wrong yardstick - the appellant's mere superior financial strength, to remove the small child from the custody of her mother and give it to the father, the appellant. The welfare of the child was paramount and there was no evidence, even by the appellant himself, that the respondent was regularly getting maintenance money and was merely neglecting or refusing to look after £t. The picture of the situation as painted in the typewritten evidence was calculatedly misleading, The untrue rendering was designed right from the word go. The respondent said, when the appellant's claim was read out to her, Sikubaliani na maelezo ya mdai kwa vile nina uwezo wa kumtunza mtoto." The doctored version is Nakubaliana na maelezo ya mdai kwarii sina uwezo wa kumtunza mtoto," 4 Without necensarly exactly aldopt l;nZ Mooffe, J.s reasoning we are unable to say that hiij refusal to certify a point of law was wrong in the circumstances. Conseqient1y we dismiss this appeal and order the appellant, SELEMANI SIF4BA, to pay the respondent LANA MiLlMTJ's cOsts. Because of the unusual features of this appeal we direct the egistrar Court of Appeal, to institute enquiry into the falsifl.ation of the record. The trial Primary Court Magistrate, Ms. Nangwalanya 1 and the, typist who prepared the record, mi;ht be of some help. DITED AT BAR ES SALiAI1 this 9th day of March, 1999. L.M. MAKAME J-LJ'5'T!CL OF iPPAL R.H. KISARGA JUSTICE OF APPE.kL it.3.LeRPMjDHANI JUSTICE OF APPEAL I rertify that this is a true copy of the original. (J.M. MWAIKUGILB ' SENIOR DEPUTY_REGISTRAR