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Consolation for injury caused by dangerous animals
September 25, 2022 in Criminal Law /by fbadmin1Our 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
September 25, 2022 in Employment and Immigration Law /by fbadmin1I 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
September 25, 2022 in Q&A /by fbadmin1Yellow 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
September 19, 2022 in Traffic Regulations /by fbadmin1On 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 […]
Employer refuses to support funeral costs of employee’s parent
September 19, 2022 in Employment and Immigration Law /by fbadmin1I was living with my elderly mother as one of my dependents. Unfortunately she passed away recently. After the death of my mother I informed my employer and approached our Head of Human Resources to request that my employer should help me bear the costs of funeral and burial but she refused. She said that […]
Q&A – 19 September 2022
September 19, 2022 in Q&A /by fbadmin1Rape 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 […]
Will bequeathing same property to different persons
September 12, 2022 in Power of Attorney, Death, Probate and Wills /by fbadmin1I am an executor of a Will of my late brother and have encountered a problem in the execution of that Will. The problem arises from the act of my late brother to bequeath a property severally to two children. Among several landed properties which belonged to my brother, there is a house in one […]
Limitation period for recovery of land by prisoners
September 12, 2022 in Property and Planning Law /by fbadmin1About twenty years ago, I came to Dar es Salaam to visit my brother. Near his residence, there was a bar where we used to go for recreation. One weekend a fight ensued between two gentlemen who were boozing with their girlfriends. Acting in good faith, I intervened to persuade them to stop fighting. In […]
Q&A – 12 September 2022
September 12, 2022 in Q&A /by fbadmin1DNA 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 […]
Bilingualism in Court proceedings remains confusing
September 9, 2022 in Legal Update, Updates /by fbadmin1Legal Update – 9 September 2022
Forged academic certificates transmitted electronically
September 4, 2022 in Criminal Law /by fbadmin1We 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
September 4, 2022 in Employment and Immigration Law /by fbadmin1My 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
September 4, 2022 in Q&A /by fbadmin1Duty 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
August 29, 2022 in Traffic Regulations /by fbadmin1Our 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 […]
Procedure for reversion of citizenship
August 29, 2022 in Children, Relationships, Marriage and Divorce Law /by fbadmin1Five years ago, I was married to a foreigner and after the wedding in Tanzania I left with my husband for his home country. In order to get a job in my husband’s country, I was required by their laws to renounce my Tanzania citizenship and apply for citizenship of that country, which I did. […]
Q&A – 29 August 2022
August 29, 2022 in Q&A /by fbadmin1Conversion 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 […]
Breach of promise to marry
August 22, 2022 in Children, Relationships, Marriage and Divorce Law /by fbadmin1I had a fiancée to whom I had an engagement to marry for six years and based on the promise to marry her, I paid for secondary and college education costs. It has been a year now since she graduated from college and every time I tell her that we now need to plan the […]
Helping myself in the bush
August 22, 2022 in Public Health Act /by fbadmin1When 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
August 22, 2022 in Q&A /by fbadmin1Attempt 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
August 15, 2022 in Employment and Immigration Law /by fbadmin1In 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
August 15, 2022 in Property and Planning Law /by fbadmin1My 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 […]
Q&A – 15 August 2022
August 15, 2022 in Q&A /by fbadmin1Uncle wants his gift back During the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic my uncle, while in hospital and inhaling by aid of machines, gave me a valuable watch as a gift with words “Your gift. Take care of my children. I am dying”. Fortunately, he recovered and now wants his watch back. I have already […]
Refresher training for drivers
August 7, 2022 in Traffic Regulations /by fbadmin1I am very disappointed by the traffic laws of Tanzania. I have been a driver for passengers’ vehicles for 31 years now. Last month I had a process of renewing my driving licence. However, before effecting that renewal a traffic police officer required me to undergo a refresher course at the National Institute of Transport […]
Registration of a foreign doctor
August 7, 2022 in Employment and Immigration Law /by fbadmin1I am a foreigner and my parents have been working in Tanzania with a multinational company for twelve years now. I have completed my medical school and registered as a medical doctor and practicing in my home country. Please guide me on the procedure to register as a foreign doctor in Tanzania. RQ, Europe Registration […]