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There are so many online providers of various services in Mwanza but their physical address and registration status is unknown. Is there no requirement for consumers to know who they are and where they operate from? I say so as many of these service providers don’t deliver what they promise and it is impossible to […]
Minimum age of student pilot I have completed my O levels and intend to start training as a pilot. My cousin informs me that I can only do so once I complete A levels and attain the age of 20 years. Is there no fast track way of getting at least a student licence so […]
Legal Update – 20 September 2023
A few years back I borrowed money from a friend of mine, payable with interest six months down the line. When the payment date came, I went to him but he refused to take the money for unclear reasons. At first, it seemed like a friendly gesture, but then it did not seem to be […]
My daughter, at sixteen years now, is vibrant and a celebrity. She has been an ambassador of different products and brands since when she turned fourteen years and she features in different televisions and outdoor billboard adverts. Recently, a reputable cigarette company started a process of engaging her for a two-year contract as an ambassador […]
Stepmother wants to marry me After my mum died, my father married a young lady who was my classmate. The marriage of my father and my step mother persisted for eight years and it was blessed with two children. My father died six months ago and I am now getting all the signs from my […]
I work for a company which deals with the importation and sale of motor vehicles from China, Japan, UK and other countries. Due to the recent scarcity of USD in Tanzania which affects our business considering we pay the manufacturers and distributors in USD, we resolved to process a USD loan from one of our […]
Remarrying to former spouse I lived in a happy marriage for over 20 years. However, six years ago things went bad and I divorced my husband. By the time the divorce was issued, our children were adults already. Recently, in the course of organizing a send-off party with my former husband for our daughter, we […]
Legal Update – 5 September 2023
I am working with an organisation in the Lake Zone. There is one beautiful expatriate lady who has fallen deeply in love with me. The lady is my officemate and her tenure in Tanzania will expire mid this year. She loves Tanzania very much and has proposed to marry me but one of her friends has […]
Our company has a special mining licence. While prospecting for minerals we encountered soft ground water. Can we tap that water for use at our staff camp which is near the prospecting area? SR, Songea The Water Resources Management Act, 2009, as amended in 2022, requires the holder of a special mining licence or a […]
The District Court issued a maintenance order requiring me to take care of a child born out of wedlock. I have been abiding by the order since the year 2009, when the child was two years old. That child is now sixteen years old and, fortunately, was recently engaged by one of the blue chip […]
Registration of microfinance loans It has been my business since 2010. I buy new Chinese motorcycles (bodaboda) and enter into a contract with bodaboda drivers for them to pay back my cost price and add a mark-up within twelve months. Recently, a friend told me that I need to register that business as what I […]
I have a house which has an electric security wire fence installed seven years ago. I was recently visited by people who introduced themselves as officers of EWURA who asked me why I have not put a warning in my electric wire fence to alert people that the fence is dangerous. Secondly, they asked me […]
Pupil refused admission for delay to report My son was selected to join a public high school for social science studies. Due to my financial constraint, I could not buy the required needs for my son and he was late to report to school for three weeks. The headmaster refused to admit him on the […]
I have seen a clip in the social media showing a person practicing witchcraft in the middle of a road in broad daylight but was not arrested by police or militia. Is that conduct not a crime? Does the law allow people to practice witchcraft in broad daylight like that? GF, Dar es Salaam Under […]
I have been abroad for the past ten years pursuing my undergraduate and postgraduate studies. For this entire period, I never came back home due to inability to afford travel expenses. Also, considering that my family lives in an interior part of Tanzania, I had no regular communications with my family. After completion of my […]
Citizenship of a child born with foreign boyfriend I am a citizen of Tanzania by birth and have a child born with a foreigner boyfriend who was working in Tanzania as an expatriate. My boyfriend has now left the country and headed back to his home after the expiration of his employment contract. Since my […]
Legal Update – 18 August 2023
My uncle is a contractor working on construction projects mainly in Iringa and Mbeya. He had an issue with a certain company which had awarded him a tender and the matter was taken to the Contractor’s Registration Board (the Board). He recently called me and told me the Board has issued its decision on the […]
Using Power of Attorney for divorce proceedings I am a Tanzanian married woman with two children. Due to my husband’s infidelity, our marriage has now become unbearable. Just as he will not accept sharing me with someone, I cannot accept sharing him with someone, this is not what marriage is about. To add to the […]
Few years ago I fell into a rain storm drainage that had no cover on a pedestrian lane and fractured my shoulder. Please advise if I can see the City Council or the Municipality concerned for the cost of surgery, hospitalization and loss of working days, trauma and other relevant damages? MK, Arusha Our understanding […]
We completed the winding up proceedings of our company a few weeks ago. For purposes of certainty and strict compliance with the law, we consulted with the Registrar of Companies to seek guidance regarding disposal of the wound-up company documents. To our surprise we have been told that the Registrar requires us to retain the […]
Dependent pass for same sex spouse I am an engineer based in Europe and have recently secured a job in Tanzania in a company involved in a big strategic project. To be very honest I am in a same sex marriage and have been living with my partner for a number of years. Subsequent to […]
Legal Update – 31 July 2023
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