Entries by fbadmin1

Employee terminated and prosecuted for theft

My employer terminated me for allegations of theft of the Company’s money. Immediately after the conclusion of the disciplinary hearing and terminating me from employment, he reported me to the Police for arrest and investigation over the same offence for which I was terminated. I was charged with the offence and the hearing is still […]

Q&A – 3 October 2022

Boyfriends name in Will I am a married and had a girlfriend who has named me in her Will as having been her boyfriend. Is there a way I can get an injunction from being mentioned like this? This girl is quite sick and there are chances she might not survive. How can I stop from being […]

Consolation for injury caused by dangerous animals

Our village is neighbouring a national park. Last year a group of antelopes invaded my shamba and while chasing them away, one of them kicked and injured my three year old child and as a result I spent a considerable amount of money to treat my child. I was told by my neighbor that there […]

Withholding tax certificates for employees

I am a Chief Accountant of a manufacturing company which employs more than 200 employees. Last month we had a meeting with employees which was also attended by trade union leaders. One of the agendas addressed was the provision of withholding tax certificates to employees for PAYE deducted from their salaries. The union leader insisted […]

Q&A – 26 September 2022

Yellow colour of school buses   I am operating an orphanage home and a school serving disadvantaged children. One philanthropist donated two vehicles for the school which I used to transport orphan pupils to a picnic. Despite the buses being clearly marked ‘School Bus’ on the front and back of each bus, a traffic police stopped […]

Arrested for driving unreasonably slowly

On a Saturday I was arrested by a traffic police who told me to pay a fine of TZS 30,000 for causing a traffic jam by driving unreasonably slowly on the highway. This offence is very strange to me and I doubt if it really exists though I decided to pay the fine in order […]

Q&A – 19 September 2022

Rape under influence of alcohol I raped a woman after drinking excessive alcohol. In fact, due to drunkenness I thought the victim was my wife. I am now charged with the offence of rape and the trial has begun though it is yet to be concluded. The victim and other two witnesses have given their […]

Q&A – 12 September 2022

DNA sample for research I am a Tanzanian pursuing a PhD in microbiology. My thesis focuses on DNA analysis to determine the low mortality rate of elderly people in a certain locality in Tanzania. Last year I consulted the elders and local government leaders of that area who succeeded in convincing the residents there to […]

Forged academic certificates transmitted electronically

We advertised an employment vacancy for the position of the head of operations and several expatriates applied for the position. They submitted their requisite academic certificates electronically to prove their qualifications. We then shortlisted and interviewed some expatriates via zoom and employed the one we found to be most qualified. Later on, and after he […]

Housemaid claims annual leave transport allowance

My housemaid is claiming annual leave, transport allowance for herself, husband and four children. She claims the amount which covers the travelling costs from the city where we live to her husband’s home village. But I recruited her just here in the city where she works for me and not from her husband’s home village. […]

Q&A – 5 September 2022

Duty to keep child born out of wedlock My wife cheated on me and had a child with another man. Am I bound to keep the child born out of wedlock during the subsistence of our marriage? YU, Dar As a general presumption, a child born during the subsistence of marriage is taken to be […]

Effect of conviction of a traffic offence

Our driver has been convicted of a traffic offence on his own plea of guilty. Following his conviction, he was sentenced to pay a fine which he paid. In addition to the fine, the Court ordered his driving licence to be cancelled for a period of three years and the Court also disqualified him from […]

Q&A – 29 August 2022

Conversion of marriage I married three wives in accordance with the customary rites and have now been converted to Christianity. My pastor is telling me that men who truly follow Christianity cannot have more than one wife. How can I convert my polygamous marriage to a monogamous marriage? Can I divorce two of my wives […]

Helping myself in the bush

When I was driving back to my home village for a weekend, I stopped on the way in order to have a call of nature in the forest which is located along the highway. In the process of having the call of nature I was arrested by the village militia for committing a crime. They […]

Q&A – 22 August 2022

Attempt to kill by witchcraft Last week at night I caught a wizard naked in front of my house. When I asked him what brought him there at night, he said he was hired by my neighbour to kill me by witchcraft because of the misunderstanding I have with my neighbour. When I searched for […]

Child employed in supermarket

In my area there is a friend who owns a mini supermarket and has approached me to seek a consent for my child aged fifteen years to work for him in that supermarket. He wants my child to assist him in data entry on the computer and conduct regular stock-taking. While contemplating giving consent, a […]

Land survey on my land

My house is about three hundred metres from a highway and also extends from my house to that highway. A large portion of the land is stony without crops. Last week I received a notice from a government road agency informing me that in a lapse of thirty days the agency will be carrying out […]