said athuman and 13 others vs islamic institution of mwanga kigoma under baraza kuu 2020 tzhc 4115 7 december 2020

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA (IN THE DISTRICT REGISTRY OF KIGOMA) AT KIGOMA (LAND DIVISION) APPELLATE JURISDICTION Misc. Land Application No. 45 of 2020 (Arising from Misc. Land Application No. 254/2020 Kigoma District Land and Housing Tribunal Land Appeal No. 12 of 2015, Original from the decision of Buhanda Ward Tribunal) SAID S/O ATHUMAN ................................................................. 1st APPLICANT MOSHI S/O NDIMULIGO........................................................... 2 nd APPLICANT JULIANA D/O ROMANI.................................................................................. 3 r d RAMADHANI S/O KAGOZI ............................................................................. 4 t hA PERES D/O NTACHOMBOYE .......................................................................... 5 t h PATRICK S/O MANASI KIMILI...................................................................... 6 t h SAIMON S/O ELASTO .................................................................................... 7 t h REHEMA D/O MOSHI..................................................................................... 8 t h ASIA D/O MIHARE ......................................................................................... 9 t h KAHONGWE S/O IBRAHIM KAHOGWE ....................................................... 10™ SIJAPATA D/O IBRAHIM GW ALI ................................................................ 11™ 1 | Page ATHUMAN S/0 SAIDI.................................................................................. 12™APPL ELIZABETH D/0 BEGA................................................................................. 13™APPL MALIAMU D/0 ISA...................................................................................... 14™APPL VERSUS ISLAMIC INSTITUTION OF MWANGA KIGOMA UNDER (BARAZA KUU).......................................................... 1st RESPONDENT MBEZI AUCTION MART AND CO. LTD.................................... 2nd RESPONDENT KIGOMA MUNICIPAL COUNCIL............................................ 3rd RESPONDENT RULING 16th Nov. 2020 & 07th Dec., 2020 I.C. MUGETA, J. This is an application for revision where objections have been raised and they were argued by way of filing written submissions. Counsel for the 1st respondent Mr. Kabuguzi raised three points of preliminary objection but I shall determine the second one only which is that the application is incompetent because the applicants had a right of appeal instead of revision. In his submission counsel for the 1st respondent has argued that since the applicants' right of appeal was not blocked, they cannot come to this court by way of revision. In reply, Mr. Silvester Sogomba, has argued that the 2 | Page objection is misconceived for being not a pure point of as it needs proof by evidence. Let me state outright that where the impugned decision is appealable, the aggrieved party ought to appeal. Revision proceedings has never and shall never be a substitute to an appeal. Revisional powers are reserved for the court to act where there is no appeal remedy, the aggrieved party was not party to the proceedings and where on account of illegality apparent on the face of the record, the higher court, suo motto, directs the opening of a revision file. None of the above criteria is relevant to application. Since the objection raised is a pure point of law and it does not need any fact to prove it, I accordingly uphold the second objection. The application Court: Ruling delivered in chambers in the absence of both parties. 3 | Pa ge Sgd: I.C. Mugeta Judge 07/12/2020 4 | Page