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I 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 […]
About 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 […]
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 […]
Legal Update – 9 September 2022
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Five 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. […]
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 […]
I 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Uncle 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 […]
I 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 […]
I 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 […]
Disciplinary powers of the head of public school I am a teacher employed in a public primary school. In our school two teachers serve on duty for a week. Responsibilities of teachers on duty include ensuring cleanliness of the school compound and to ensure pupils are punctual. Last month I was on duty but unfortunately […]
When the District Commissioner was visiting our ward, he ordered my friend to be arrested and detained because he was inciting people to oppose a health project that is carried out in our ward. The District Commissioner seemed to have acted on wrong information he was given by the political opponents of my friend. My […]
I have had a land dispute with my neighbour for a long time and the dispute is pending in Court for two years now. Two weeks ago, my neighbour reported me to the police that I insulted him, an accusation which is a total lie. I want to report him to the police as well […]
Proof of birth by affidavit I applied for an ordinary passport and in the application form I attached my birth certificate and an affidavit of birth of my late father sworn by my uncle who is only two years older than my late father. The immigration officer rejected the affidavit of my uncle on the […]
My uncle passed away recently and one of the properties he left is a gun. We have already held a clan meeting and proposed my brother to be the administrator of the deceased estate though he has not petitioned the Court for appointment. However, we are doubtful if we can list the gun as one […]
My father prepared his Will ten years before his death. At the time of preparing the Will one of the buildings was a bar annexed with a recreation hall. Three years before his death he converted it into a Pentecostal Christian church. After conversion he changed the bar and hall into a church for worship […]
Two owners for one car My father was a mechanic and owned a garage. He died three years ago and bequeathed the garage to me and my elder brother. After his death, we called all the clients whose vehicles were undergoing maintenance in that garage and every client with a car came and identified their […]
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