19940530 TZHC Dodoma

ii, ' ·' lN IDE HIGB: C01T.'r OF T.I.NZll:Nif;. .:..T DOJJOIV'.JL. (PC) Civil ~ppeal No., 119 of 1993 . (FilOM T}u:; J)I',SICIOH Of TllE J)IS'JIO:CT COG: ,.T OF MPW.ll'W.i k-T lIPTT.iPW,i nr CIVIL .iFI171 L :i'~O. ~/Sp1:,• o:(:.IGil{,:,L CIVIL C. .~;}';] :.·:·c~ 14/50 OF 'lllJ:, tl'C'.:1~ r.~lll'.illliY COURT l~T IVIFW.il;l?Wi:. DLft ,.ICT o BlJFO ·~•;.; .:.. l:.""". :{CfJ. "· •llaqt ~ DI T '1:ICT lLGIJT;.1,.}rEJ) .. G,'.''J,TGf Y..,:,, .~ ~:. K'~I ., ,o O O . 0 ;':;..: .:.U.l::!:' , ,,.,,, 1: 1::1.,-1 ·.:.'jl:jfll ;.~·-,·-r.rr :u.: versus VillITLL:. Iin:li...NG..:.L..::.LE. o . ?.IlSPOND:CJ\1T ------- J'UDGICCNT / 'TI~e i~espondent Vumilia ·d/ o Mhangrue..le had a,s~ed the Mpwapwa Urban P:,'.i.mary- Court for division. of the me.trimoniGJ. assets after having divorced her husbmd the, present 2,ppellznt ·Mr .. ~12,.,:::c.nda s/,., Kadili111 The trial court :'.J.eld tha,t there were onJ.y four ~ads of c;:,-'ctle that were . . jointly acquired, end so the· ~espondent was entitled to h2,lf ( tvro heads of cattle) of tl:.d joint ms,trimonial property o T'ue tri£-J. com~t held that the 40 heads of cattle, 25 goats, 6 c:Lo:nkeys and three sheep were aJ.l the personal propert7 of the nppellcnt ond so not liable for distributi<ne The respon'dent succeosf1,uly appealed to Mpwapm:i, District Court., Thc..t cou:~ b held that 31 heads of ccJ,ttle, 25 6oats, 6 donkeys and ) sheep was join-:; matrimonial property and so the ex-wife (n$'W respondent) should get one-tb.il~a: of thd prope:ri,J 1·Jhich comes to 10 hc2,Cls ('If cattle, 8 goats, 2 donk€Y3 and one sl12:ep.. The 'District Court wc:,s of-' the view that those cattlo were joint mc.dzdmonisJ. assets because it w2,s giot· by purchasing after the crops (jointly e.equ.i:i'ed) were sold~ 2nd 2J.so that I the ex-uife had ;:i;tJ. interestt~ the c2,ttle ac~:u:ired 1Jy her hus'band because she was perforsing domes-wic duties as per tl1e decision of the Tanzania CoUJ.'t of 1:..ppca.l in the cc.se of J3i., Hawa NohaLJ.ed V:•.'S• 1.lly Sefu: Civil 1..ppeal Ne. 9/1983~ da .,,,.,.1·'·~1.,~•s (·":..,,.. ... -~11c•~ -,r.;ves j 0 C,·1,,.,1{:,'- ,..L..l.~ .. ,, '-'., • \!\.1,. • e;;·ot mc.rriecl, :.'.! .cl .:hen bis ·grooddc,'U(.?1ters .:;or r.1::-rried,) :t,iko ·';l1c District Court I ni:1 1'1,v t sr-,tisficd thc-,t tho cc,tt.lo ;,e::."0 auQuiJ..'0q. f:,~or.1. clo;,u:-y clone. ,, T',1ere ws.s ov v'!.enoo thr.t sonc cc//:le ue-c0 boue,:1t ,,,ftor the c1·oi,s we:;,.•e sold., The c:::> •_;13 h::;,d 1;oe,n join+ly c.cq,1,,ri.:.:'cd.., l~d I e..lso n,.:;..•oo ui th the J)istr:i ct Court th2,t tl1e doctrine 0::r;)ou.ndod. in the case of JJ:Lo Tiawa .... ---- Molla.nod Vrs_:__i.._lly Sofu: (supI"a) 1·:-2.s ;_X.:-or:·.;:.:·~:· L~ked in this oo..se,, ' •,• ,:· 2 In s;rry case even if tJ.10 sv.,id Cc:,ttle wexe solely f,rora (4;1-w:r'y, still the :resrondcmt had a sl.1.a.i:'e in the said oattleo .L.s subtJ.i tted by Wu- e Rweyongeza tho res1,ond.ent looked. c,fter th.e. cl1ildren of her co-wife who had died., 1.nd she clso hol::;,od to look e,fter the cc::,ttlos ,il.le:ceby the cattle wexe substantially imp:.ovodo It is my findinc thel'efore that the District Cowt came to the cor::.:Jst conclusion that the 11 heads of cattle, 25 goats, 6 ctonkeys end 3 s.1:1oep we:ce jointly acqu.ixoclo _ 1Te,s i-~10 c7-ocision o:': tLo ]):is~·ic-t Co-c::.•t that the :;:es;,ondent should get l'lllO· 1;'.:d.rd of tho joint m2.t. .iucinia.l pl'ope1.·ty fc±i:'? 0 Co1-msel for the res:c:onr:ont IV(r., Rueyonco2;c, conto;.1.d;:id. thc,t the dist:i. ih,tion was 0 fc1ir .as the sp()usc:s had. coha: i tocl fo;: 42 Y,(!:O'S and. now the;y- c:20 -very o ldo On tho ot::_, '.)r h,md. Illr c Hl.::ezi s1-~ JL1i ttod that the distri~ution fe:voured 1 the res_:pond.ont s there ha,d 1::een otl-:a wives ( thoUf)l deoo) c-11.a. that oven ·_i_f. the other ,ri7os h0vo died!b tl10:L: c::iild.ren c?Xe enti tlod to :inherit the sha;;.•e of their bc0asecl mothers. · It is rry vi0w tns~ Mr .. l'J:;ezi I s 2X3ument is not -12-niblo~ Tl10respondent e,ot just one-third of tho wi:ol8 p:i..'opei·ty, and .so the apj;)o~·-:i. ont e,ot the lion I s sh3.re, pi·o1)a,1Jly to acco;m1odc;te the shaxe · of the a.:;:-:iollC'J1t 1 s decoasocl 1r.i.fo., T'.ao position is t',.:~t tho respondent c;ot ::-' l:011C1s of cc;ttlo, D c,osts, 2 donkeys encl one sheep~ out of 40 he2,ds of' c~,ttle, 25 L,ods, 6 donkeys end tbI'oe sb.0ep. Th0,t was quite a :;:-oa?on2)Jl0 Cl'ld :fsi:r ·dist:i.·i1mtion6 In tl:c event this a-;,,IJooJ. foils and it is theref,.,:._,o dismissed with costso 0::;:-l.u:r cWcord.L'1C,13'o - - -- ---- -6oLo'-ir:.:.LU3.:JTY.:..) JUDGE 30/5/19~4 .JlJDGD