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~·M~ IN THE ;:rIGH CO.URT OF Tf:1NZ/FIA (From tho decision of the District Ceurt ,jf Jilh:-1r.::li Civil ..'.i)peel No.8 of 2001 2.nd Rujewa Primer;/ C:)urt Civil C,_:so 1-L),. 9 Jf 2001)

VERSUS JUDGL:ENT The litigants. were n married couple, .\vi. th .effect frmi.1 5th October, 1969~ ll'Iisundorstnndin.::rs ~-u cro )ned 1 J.: .l; • u-;J - short.:.y c:ftor the marriage and the mnrri.c,.30 ·went on the rocks. It was fin:::illy dissolved by the Rujewa J?rimery C::mrt which held that the mnrrinGe h3d irr~pearr~bly broken dovm.. The . trial coart cli.d not m,::ke any order regard.inc~ the dtistri buti o:n of m~trir..1G.ri..in,l .s,sse ts. by Thct was done;the 11br:rc..li District Court in its sit1t1lete jurisdi ction6 In the first ap:pe:?.l the :::qypsllant v:as '.rupone Mw:Jsiposye and the res~)'Jnclent was Tuntufye rfl:wasiposia.. Tuntufye r,:;vmsiposya was aggrievod 7 hel'1ce this aprioal. The judg1:1ent from vv11.ich it is appe6led was delivered on 11th SGl)tOrnber; 2001 1 and thG re cord shows th:i,t right of 2:Jp8[~l wBs cx1Jl;::ined to the partio s. Section 25(1) (b) of the Hcc;iatrc.tes Courts .Act~ 1984, provides that if ac;gricved by the do cision or order of a district co1,fft in the exercise of its nppcllc.to jurisdictinn; any party - 2 may, within thirty days 8fter the of the clGcision or order, appeal -~ 1erefrom to the High Court. 0 Since the f i.rst appe 113.tG de ci si on was c1e livered on 11th Soptember, 2001, the :;ipr3llantr s tii.i10 within which to i\P:Peal c:ccruecl on 12th on 9th Octcber, 2001 in terms of Exche q_uor Receipt Vm.rnher

No. 13261887" Th3t was _the s:::me d3y on which the petition of efipeal was present3d for filin-:_i;.· Simple ari tl11-netical com:;;Ju·cz:ti,)n shows thce;t tho a;·_;:ie,11 was fiL,d twGnty-eight dD,ys out of t.i.1T,c. Clearly the sppeal .·.s thus time-barred. I will, as a resul+,r no·t consider · tho GGri t:::, r)f the appc,::.~l bG cause the 8})1Jeal the way it is not sustttinc:bl:) in law. 1\ccor l.{ngly the c._prcal is dismissedo There shall be no orclor as :- ) costs. sgd: J. I·~$ I:}ACKANJA

JUDGE ,· 10/10/2002 2?L10/2co? Oornr:1: s .. /," Lila, DR For ~4p:pa L.sn t: r!Ir. ElJi se ~ Ad vo ca te For Re spoJ'_dent: Absent C/C~ S. Kasubiri O!-::_cl.9.£: J;_·-::'gment · deli v0red. today in the l)resence of ls,:.:rncd Mbise e.C.vocate for the n1:pellant and in the absence of the Rf Sl')Ondent. se;d;; S.A. Lila 9 DR 22/10/2002 Cert.i. cied true copy. of the