Entries by fbadmin1

Area polluted by hides and skins

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There is a businessman who owns meat butcheries in our area. That man has been a problem because he stores skins and hides in a small store annexed to his residential house which makes the area very stinky. What action can we take? DD, Moshi The Hides, Skins and Leather Trade Act, 2008, (the Act) […]

Issuing unfilled receipt to a customer

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I am a businessman running a small stationery shop. About four months ago someone I know who works in the public service came to my shop and asked me to issue him with an unfilled receipt. He offered me TZS 5000 for giving him a blank receipt but did not disclose what he was going […]

Resale of chicken bones to restaurant

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I ate in a restaurant and before paying my bill, told the owner that I will sell him the chicken bones that were left over in the plate, and then pay the difference. The owner refused and made me pay the full price on the menu although I know that he will use the chicken […]

Q&A – 9 May 2022

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Fraudulent pretence of marriage I have been living together and cohabitating with a man for a year believing him to be my husband. I have only discovered this year that this man is married and he left his wife in his home village. He did not disclose this to me when we began the relationship […]

Private nursing and midwifery homes

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My mother has voluntarily retired at fifty five years of age after working for more than thirty years as a midwife in government hospitals. She has opted to go to her home village where she owns a big parcel of land and wants to establish a private nursing and midwifery home. Is this allowed in Tanzania? […]

Q&A – 2 May 2022

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Mentally disordered person mistreated by family My neighbour has a son who is mentally disordered. Unfortunately, my neighbour beats him, day and night, despite the fact that the son is not harmful to people or animals. What can I do to stop this habit of my neighbour? Can my neighbour be punished? LK, Tabora An […]

Bar manager charged for drunkenness of customer

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My bar manager was arrested and charged with an offence of permitting drunkenness at the bar, which is how all bars make money everywhere in the world. On Easter Sunday, one of the customers who came became too drunk and started conducting himself disorderly. My manager phoned the police to go to the bar and […]

Qualification for paid maternity leave

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I have been working for a company for four months and am pregnant and about to deliver in four weeks to come. I have applied for maternity leave but the HR Manager is telling me that the leave will be unpaid because I don’t qualify for a paid maternity leave. Is this HR’s position legally […]

Bus stop for call of nature

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During Easter vacation I travelled to my home village by bus. In the course of our journey, the driver stopped the bus near a bush to allow passengers to attend a short call of nature. Is this common behaviour not regulated by the law?  GK, Dar It is contrary to regulation 10(2)(f) of the Land […]

Q&A – 25 April 2022

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Involuntary HIV test I am charged with rape and my trial is about to start. After my arrest I was detained at a police station for two days. While at the police station, police took me to a health centre where my blood sample was drawn but I was not told for what purpose it […]

Transfer of a prisoner

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I have a friend who is imprisoned in a neighboring country. Last year I visited him in the prison and noted that his health condition was not good. Is there a possibility of transferring him to a Tanzanian prison? PP, Dar There is a possibility of transferring a prisoner from a designated country to or […]

Q&A – 18 April 2022

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School boy charged with rape of school girl My son aged 15 years, a form two student, is charged with rape of a 14 year old girl who is also a form two student at the same school. My son does not deny having sexual relationship with the girl but pleads a defence that the […]

Compensation for delayed train

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Last year my father passed away when I was still a college student. I then booked to travel to Kigoma by train the next day after receiving the message of my father’s demise. On the traveling date we departed three hours late from Dar. They only announced that the train would leave late and we […]

Cannot report employer’s wrong doings

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I am a graduate of Computer Science and am about to sign a contract of employment with a Company operating in Tanzania. I have read the contract just to note that there is one clause in it which prevents me ‘not to disclose any information of the employer to any government authority’. Is this clause […]

Q&A – 11 April 2022

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Transporting pesticide in a bus Last year I was travelling from Kahama to Ushirombo in a bus. While comfortably sitting with my three year old child, a substance spilled over us from the luggage packed in the bus carrier. Unfortunately, my child sipped some drops of the substance. We lamented and asked the bus conductor […]

MP claims back tractor

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In 2018 our member of parliament (MP) bought a tractor for use by small scale farmers in our constituency. He told us that it was a grant from his personal savings but our Councilor is telling us that the tractor was bought from the constituency development catalyst fund (CDCF). In 2020 the MP was fortunately […]

Fertilizer burned my crops

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I bought three bags of fertilizer from a vendor at our township for my garden. The bags bore the label purporting to show the fertilizer had all the primary nutrients. I used the fertilizer but after a week, all of the plants in my garden started to wither. My neighbor also faced the same problem. My neighbor and […]

Q&A – 4 April 2022

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Liability for delayed flight Last year I booked a flight with a local airline for a business trip to Mwanza where I had a meeting with an investor in aquaculture. The plane was to depart at 0600hrs and I arrived at Julius Nyerere International Airport on time. However, the plane did not depart that day […]

Tenant not paying rent

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My tenant has not paid my rent since 2021 despite serving him with a notice to vacate the premises for failure to pay rent. Besides, my tenancy agreement with him expired in December 2019 and I was unable to renew it because I could not travel during the pandemic. The tenant has also not been deducting […]