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Oh the o t h e r hand Ms, R in go has ’ su bm itted Vthat t h e ’ R esp on d en t l a w f u l l y purchased th e -fiairta - tn.i %!xpiibXie.-ajai&felok.^J 8/1 2/£fikXl ^ b e re _ . b .p. ,emerged the h i g h e s t "bidder in a p u b li c a u c t i o n f l o a t e d by M . S v K . E * Auctioneers , on b e h a l f o f Ms T an zan ia P o s t a l Bank, t o whom th e farm •vj«c raot{Sjaged t o s e c u r e a loa n o f Eshs, •6 0 ,000,000/=« She su o m itte d tJsat t h i s Whs e x h i b i t e d i n : Annexure D2 o f th e vJritten C t ~ t o - .- s n t o f D e fe n c e .* She s a id ' i t * was1 n ot t i n e t h a t the A p p lic a n t d id n o t know t h a t th e farm had been s o ld as th e A p p l ic a n t had f i l e d in t h i s c o u r t C i v i l Case No, 8 o f 2002 a g a i n s t Tanzan ia P o a t a l Bank and M.K. 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She f i n a l l y su bm itted t h * * t ]th e A p p l i© * n t is l e g a l l y no l o n g e r ' the owner o f th e farm so' h e 1has n o t h in g to s u ffe r, i n s t e a d the Respondent stan ds t o s u f f e r im m ensely, * * In r e p l y Mr. Ukwonga, subm itted t h a t the Respondent has n o t © jK h ib ited a c e r t i f i c a t e o f s a l e t o sbef* t h a t he had l e g a l l y ' ' ■> p u rcb ^ s ed th e fatrai^,-,H^.submitted a l s o js.inp^,.the A u c t io n e r a p a r ty to a s u it in stitu £ e< | in th e High Court Bfrnk^ ,h i s 1 ..sboi^l.da,,be.. taken w ith .c a r e ^S, ^e? c o ^ ld be b i a s e d . ;Th.o le a r n e d c o u n s el ended b y u r g i n g ^ 0ur,ti .t0 f i n d t jia t t h e r e was no ;.sa le„ t h e r e f o r e t h a t ,not ^ "booafide p u rch a s er o f nth e fa rm . „ T h e r e f o r e , ^5-* submits h i s a p p l i c a t i o n should be g r a n t e d / . 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The R esp on d en t a l l e g e s he b o u gh t t h e farm in a p u b lic a u c tio n on 8 ,1 2 .2 0 0 1 and t h a t th e A p p l i c a n t had @ file d a s u i t a g a i n s t t h e m o rtg a g e ^ n z a n d U P o s t a l Bank t o p r e v e n t th e s a l® b u t l o s t . Tbo A p p l i c a n t had a l s o file d an a p p lic a tio n fo r n u llific a tio n 03 A s a le but l o s t . The a p p l i c a n t i» re p ly , a d m its there was a c i v i l c a s e N o. 8 o f 2002 b e f o r e ^ h is c o u rt. He a l s o a d m i t s there :-;as an a p p l i c a t i o n to n u lify •fch.e s a l e . I n both cas®-s t h e ' A p p l i c a n t lo s t th e b a t t l e s . 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F or th a tr u le r p f p r ^ tr. ~ i ^ . tSTS * ° ^ lBS ° ^ e r e d by courts through a t t a c h m e n t i n e x e c u t i o n o f d e c r e e s '" - Tn H « . . - • ±n t h e P r e s e n t case th e 1 8 ^ H e & e d l y made u n d e r a - o :o;r o f s , l p b y t h e A p p l i c a n t t o T a n S* n i - i s s ” ®d b v +Vlo , ' ' — t , l B ant a m a tte r n ot d is p u te d b y th e A p p lic a n t. O rder X X I ■••:•,. r.p r , " ~ iC d o e s n o t a p p l y w here H M ortgagee e x e r c is e s h ie ^ / 0 TT ------ “ ~' ~ ~“ ° _i 1 AL B W K OF ^Uim^h.CE V D 'R ES S " L A-.-'T/; r~w :T * 1 1 • ■ T W 2 7 H . --------------------^ I C S S T A T IO N 'B Y ( l 9 9 5 ) The Respondent h „ su b .ittec ,n .i t!le A p p lioan t does not d is p u te t h a t he has been in M cm , t < o » o f th e f ■ aOOl a f t e r the purchase. To^y ‘ i t 'V 311,08 OQCupation r l ! 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