Tanzania Case Law

kabula masanja 1 another vs the republic 2023 tzhc 17418 12 mei 2023

Court

TZHC

The appellants' plea of guilty was unequivocal and met the legal requirements; there is no legal requirement for exhibits to be read aloud after a plea of guilty; the facts admitted by the appellants constituted the offence charged; therefore, the appeal is without merit and dismissed in its entirety.

Source excerpt

• Unlawful possession of government trophy
• Plea of guilty
• Appeal on conviction and sentence
• Wildlife conservation act
• Economic and organized crime control act

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CRIMINAL APPEAL NO 117 OF 2022 SOLOMON MAKURU MTENYA KUHEMBE 2 OTHERS VS THE REPUBLIC

Court

TANZLII

The trial court lacked jurisdiction to try the economic crime case as the DPP's consent and certificate were not formally filed or endorsed to form part of the proceedings, rendering the entire proceedings and judgments of both lower courts a nullity.

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• Jurisdiction of trial court
• Consent and certificate of dpp
• Economic and organized crime control act
• Wildlife conservation offences
• Retrial procedure

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mussa waziri vs republic 2020 tzhc 209 28 february 2020

Court

TZHC

The High Court at Tabora granted Mussa Waziri bail pending trial, setting conditions including a TZS 6,000,000 bond, sureties, travel limits, and surrender of documents.

• Bail
• Unlawful possession of government trophy
• Economic and organized crime control act
• Economic-crimes
• Criminal-procedure
• High-court-of-tanzania

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GAGA BUSALU ANOTHER VS REPUB LIC CRIMINAL APPEAL NO

Court

TANZLII

The consent and certificate issued by the DPP were defective for omitting to specify the offences, rendering the trial court's proceedings null for lack of jurisdiction; nullification of proceedings, quashing of judgments, and setting aside sentences is warranted, and retrial is not ordered to avoid prejudice to appellants.

Source excerpt

• Jurisdiction
• Defective consent and certificate
• Retrial
• Plea of guilty
• Wildlife conservation act
• Economic and organized crime control act

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edward joseph rweyemamu vs republic 2019 tzhc 47 31 october 2019

Court

TZHC

The High Court dismissed a bail application after finding the DPP’s certificate objecting bail satisfied the legal validity test under the Act.

• Bail
• Dpp certificate
• Economic and organized crime control act
• Dpp-certificate
• Economic-and-organized-crime-control-act
• Criminal-procedure

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jumanne john hamis another vs republic 2019 tzhc 46 31 october 2019

Court

TZHC

The DPP's certificate filed before the court meets all conditions for validity, including relating to a pending criminal case, thus the application for bail cannot be entertained and is dismissed.

Source excerpt

• Bail
• Validity of dpp certificate
• Wildlife conservation act
• Economic and organized crime control act

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archard alphonce kalugendo vs republic 2019 tzhc 45 10 october 2019

Court

TZHC

The DPP's certificate objecting to bail fulfills all legal requirements under section 36(2) of the Economic and Organized Crime Control Act; therefore, the court cannot entertain the bail application and must dismiss it.

Source excerpt

• Bail
• Dpp certificate
• Economic and organized crime control act
• Jurisdiction
• Constitutionality of statutes

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director of public prosecutions vs aneth john makame 2018 tzca 358 2 november 2018

Court

TZCA

The Court of Appeal held that jurisdiction over bail under section 29(4)(d) of the EOCCA in serious economic offences lies with the High Court, not the district court or the Economic and Organized Crimes Division.

• Jurisdiction
• Bail application
• Economic and organized crime control act
• Bail-jurisdiction
• Economic-crimes
• Criminal-appeal

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jackson matandu others vs republic 2018 tzhcced 30 4 july 2018

Court

TANZLII

The High Court granted bail to five applicants facing economic crime charges, imposing substantial cash or property security, sureties, travel restrictions, and reporting conditions.

• Bail application
• Economic and organized crime control act
• Constitutional right to bail
• Surety requirements
• Bail-application
• Economic-crimes

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edwin gusongoirye another vs republic 2017 tzhcced 13 18 september 2017

Court

TANZLII

High Court granted bail to two applicants in an economic crime case, finding jurisdiction under EOCCA and imposing strict conditions, including a deposit and passport surrender.

• Bail pending trial
• Jurisdiction for bail in economic offences
• Conditions for bail for foreigners
• Economic and organized crime control act
• Criminal procedure act
• Bail-pending-trial

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