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Determination of legitimate father A Court last year declared my marriage with my ex-wife to have irreparably broken down and as a result ordered divorce. My ex-wife who remained unmarried recently gave birth to a baby-boy whom I suspect to be mine. Nevertheless, my ex-wife is insisting that I am not the legitimate father of […]
I had an employment dispute with my employer which I referred to the Labour Conciliation Board in accordance with the repealed labour laws. The Board decided the dispute in my favour and ordered the employer to pay me compensation for unfairly terminating me. The employer appealed the decision of the Board to the Minister who […]
I got an offer to supply goods to a certain company and arranged a meeting in the buyers’ town in order to negotiate the purchase price. I booked a train to meet the buyer and the train was delayed to depart for ten hours. By the time I arrived in the buyer’s town, the deal […]
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 […]
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 […]
Legal Update – 27 September 2022
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
I 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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