Entries by fbadmin1

Border Pass to enter Tanzania for shopping

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I am residing in a country bordering Tanzania and am told the price of second hand clothing in Tanzania is cheaper compared to my country. I don’t have a passport but would like to enter Tanzania only for a few hours to buy clothing for my family. What document do I need to possess in […]

Q&A – 27 February 2023

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Beneficial owners of community based organisation trust We have a community organisation which is registered under the Societies Act and is run by a Board of Registered Trustees registered under the Trustees’ Incorporation Act. In terms of our Constitution, a person becomes a member of the organisation by birth. We don’t register new members because […]

Q&A – 20 February 2023

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Domestication of cobra for worship In our traditional community we keep cobras which we use for ritual and traditional worship. Our head of traditional community in whose house we keep the cobra has been arrested and charged for unlawful possession of a Government trophy. We feel the arrest of our traditional community leader is disrespectful […]

Driver knocks down pedestrian

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I am a Human Resources Manager of a fast growing company in Tanzania. A month ago, our driver while driving his private car knocked down a pedestrian and caused his death. He was charged with the offence of causing death by careless driving and found guilty on his own plea. The driver was then convicted […]

Q&A – 13 February 2023

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Requirements to make a Will   I am a Tanzanian male and Hindu by religion. My present age is 78 and I am intending to make a Will as I am quite unwell. Can you tell me what the key requirements are and whether the Will needs to be registered? Does it matter if I […]

Surety wants to relocate

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I am a surety for my neighbor who is charged with an economic offence. I deposited my title deed with the Court as one of the bail conditions imposed on the accused by the Court. I have been transferred by my employer to a foreign country as my new working station. What can I do […]

Disclosure to PCCB, TRA of commission paid for contract

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Last year one Government Agency advertised a competitive tender for supply of goods. We applied and were selected to supply the goods effective from October last year. However last week we received a summons from a law enforcement agent commanding our managing director to report to their offices with a document showing whether within 30 […]

Q&A – 6 February 2023

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Request for extradition of gay person I am gay and have been living in Tanzania for a few months now. I ran away from my country because the law enforcement officers were looking for me in order to charge me with the offence of being gay. In my country it is an offence to be […]

Marrying a foreign woman

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I am working with a non-governmental 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 […]

Q&A – 30 January 2023

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Sue neighbour shop for damages For thirty years I have been living in the ‘rural’ area of Dar es Salaam. I had a big parcel of land and have recently decided to chop it into pieces for sale following a threat of confiscation by the local government. Over the last ten years, until two years […]

Prophet has taken my house

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I am a widow and out of misery I attached myself to a religious ministry. The “man of God” prophesied that the problems I was experiencing were founded in the house which I inherited from my late husband. He prophesied during one congregation that unless I sell that house, I will not live longer than […]

Home for street dogs and cats

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A few years back I saw a foreign woman in trouble with the Temeke Municipal authorities who claimed that the woman was keeping hundreds of dogs and cats in her house in Dar es Salaam. I heard that woman defending herself that she was running that animal caring house legitimately with all support of the Ministry […]

Q&A – 23 January 2023

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Money to girlfriend I recently saw a message trending in social media alerting married men to report to the police all women, other than their wives, who will beg for money from them. I want to report one of my girlfriends who is on my neck requiring me to give her money for a new […]

Termination of employment contract before commencement

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Our company signed an employment contract with someone for the position of internal auditor. However, two days before the commencement of the contract, we discovered that some of the documents he submitted during the job application such as his certificate of registration with the Board of Auditors and Accountants were false. Are we required to […]

Bureau asking customer to prove source of money

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I recently came to Tanzania and went to a bureau de change to buy foreign currency in exchange for Tanzanian shillings. I only TZS 300,000 which I wanted to convert into foreign currency. The operator of the bureau de change asked me to give him proof of the source of TZS 300,000. Is there such […]

Q&A – 16 January 2023

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Charged for leaving gun in car I am a firearm licence holder and few months ago, while driving back home, I decided to stop and park in front of a bar for a few beers. I left my gun loaded with ammunition in the car. While I was still drinking, two armed police officers came […]

Age limit for marriage

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I am a healthy 80 year old man and have a 29 year old girlfriend. Just as I was planning to get married, my cousin who is a self-proclaimed bush lawyer says that I am above the age for marriage especially considering that there is a 51-year gap between us. He says there is a recent change in […]

Government letters marked confidential

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I am dealing with a lot of Government departments and see that every letter that comes to our company is stamped ‘CONFIDENTIAL’ or in Swahili ‘SIRI’. What are the implications of such words in correspondences with the Government? Is this something that can cause problems for the recipient of these letters? I have noted that […]

Q&A – 9 January 2023

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Expatriate maintaining bank account outside Tanzania I am an expatriate working in a key sector in Tanzania for the last eighteen months having a fixed term contract which will expire on 30 June, 2024. I want to transfer part of my money from my local bank account to the account I hold in my home […]

Conditions for worker’s compensation

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I am employed as a driver of heavy trucks which transports goods to the neighboring countries from Dar es Salaam port. To celebrate my birthday, I had some beers while I was on my way back to Tanzania. After drinking a few beers, I was involved in an accident which the police claimed was attributed […]

Q&A – 2 January 2023

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Selling medicine without prescription It is common here in my town to see people going to the pharmacies to buy drugs without having a prescription issued by a doctor. Some foreigners who visit Tanzania actually stock antibiotics from Tanzania as our pharmacies are very flexible in dispensing. Do we have any law that regulates the […]