20130730 TZCA Iringa3

".,,1, • ~ f /. :,. A " IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF TANZANIA I . AT IRINGA (CORAM: RUTAKANGWA, J.A., LUANDA, J.A., And MJASIRI, J.A.) CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 5 OF 2011 · ISMAIL -MNYAWAMI •.•••••••••••••••••.••••••••.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• APPLICANT VERSUS THE REPUBLIC •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• RESPONDENT (Application for Review from the Judgment of the Court of Appeal of Tanzania at Iringa) (Munuo, Luanda, Mjasiri, JJJ.A.) Dated 20th day of June, 2011 · in I (D.C.) Criminal Appeal No. 337 of 2008 RULING OF THE COURT 30 th & 1st August, 2013 LUANDA, J.A.: This is an application for review. The applicant Ismail Mnyawami has filed the application so that the Court to review its decision dated 21/6/2011. i The historical background to the a'pplication is to this effect. In the District Court of Iringa sitting at Irin~a the applicant was charged, convicted and sentenced to life imprison~ent for raping a baby girl of 3 I' i years of age. Dissatisfied with the finding 'iof the District Court, he appealed 1 -• .. J ___ litigation must come to an· end. (See Samson Matiga v. R., Criminal · , _ Application No. 6 of 2011 (unreported)). In our case the applicant invited the Court to re-assess the evidence. That would amount to re-opening the appeal and hear it again. It is an appeal in disguise; The Court is not required to sit on appeal against its own judgment in the same proceedings. See (Lakha·mshi Brothers Ltd v. R. Raja, Civil Application No. 6 of 1966 Court of Appeal of East Africa ·- (unreported)). I As regards reduction of his imprisonment term, we have no authority to do so. In fine, we dismiss the application for lack of merits. It is so ordered. DATED at IRINGA this 30th day of July, 2013. E. M. K. RUTAKANGWA JUSTICE OF APPEAL B. M.LUANDA JUSTICE OF APPEAL S. MJASIRI JUSTICE OF APPEAL 3 J •1l '- , . I :.:· j ~ l / :;. I I certify .that this is a true copy o · the original. I I ' M.A DEPU COURT OF I I I l ' I I 4 I. I ' !