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Termination of a fixed term employment contract I am a HR Manager in a local company in Tanzania and intend to terminate an employee for poor work performance. The employee has a fixed term employment contract which is expiring in eight months to come. We want to know in case the employee successfully challenges his […]
Sexual bribe an economic offence Is it true that a demand for a sexual favour in return for employment or services is a crime in Tanzania? Please explain. KG, Dar Demanding or imposing a sexual favour to someone as condition for him or her to get employment, promotion, right, privilege or any preferential treatment is […]
Computation of terminal dues I have been recently retrenched by my employer. What is confusing me is the way my terminal dues have been computed by the HR manager. Some of the dues have been computed on the basis of my basic salary alone while some have been computed on the basis of my total […]
Kite flying on personal plot I have started flying kites very high on my own plot. The police have started harrasing me that I cannot do so. We have had arguments with them and they have failed to shown me what provision of the law disallows me to fly kites. This is my country and […]
Limitation period for appealing I filed a suit founded on defamation in the District Court and lost. I now intend to appeal to the High Court. I am getting different opinions on the limitation period of appeal in my case. Some lawyers are telling me that the limitation period of appeal in defamation cases is […]
Corporal punishment by Court What is the procedure for imposition and infliction of corporal punishment imposed by the Court? Can a woman offender be sentenced to corporal punishment and undergo strokes on her bottom? Does the law limit the maximum number of strokes that can be imposed by the Court? Can corporal punishment be imposed […]
Teacher misguiding student My wife with whom I am separated, intentionally teaches our child wrong stuff, trying to prove her point. For example in math, the mum would give all wrong answers to the child. She recently told the child that she has the switch to turn on the sun in the morning and switch […]
Legal Update – 23 December 2020
I married a man whom I dated for more than ten years. We married 18 months ago and suddenly he decided to grow a ponytail, which is unattractive and displeases me. Initially I thought this was a joke but it is now clear that he will not budge. This is shocking but it is the […]
I am a technician in a company where I have been working for about four years now. Although the foreman knows that I am presently expecting and my due date is in the next two months, he has been assigning very hard jobs to me where I have to stand for long hours. I know […]
I am getting water supply from a water authority for domestic use. I have established a small industry near my home and now want to hire a plumber to connect water pipes from my home to my industry. Of course I will pay for the consumption. Is this legal? YU, Dar Since you are licensed […]
I own a registered church outside Tanzania and want to come to Tanzania early next year on an evangelical mission. Does the law allow foreigners to preach in Tanzania? FJ, Unknown The Societies Act [Cap.337 R.E 2002] allows foreigners to preach in Tanzania but for the priest to lawfully preach, his church must to be […]
Conducting religious activities without registration I own a registered church outside Tanzania and want to come to Tanzania early next year on an evangelical mission. Does the law allow foreigners to preach in Tanzania? FJ, Unknown The Societies Act [Cap.337 R.E 2002] allows foreigners to preach in Tanzania but for the priest to lawfully preach, […]
Legality of security groups formed by political parties We see security groups of all kind of ‘colour’ guards and others of that nature formed by political parties. Does the law allow political parties to form their own security groups? Are these political parties’ security groups not usurping functions of the Police and other security organs? […]
Legal Update – 8 December 2020
Legalisation of ‘Bangi’ I have read in the media that the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes has removed cannabis sativa (bhang or bangi) from the list of narcotic drugs following recommendations made to it by the World Health Organisation (WHO). I find WHO quite strange and agree with President Donald Trump that the […]
Kissing a woman without consent After having too many drinks, I ended up lip kissing a woman in a bar. I did apologise but it seems like she intends to report this to the police. Is being drunk a defence to this? This is the third time this has happened to me whilst drunk and […]
Creating artificial shortage of commodities Is it a crime if local manufacturers or producers of commodities reduce the production in order to create artificial shortage in order to raise the price for his unfair profit gain? JK, Mwanza Creating artificial shortage of commodities in the course of production is not a crime but creating shortage […]
Legal Update – 19 November 2020
Donation of dead body I do not wish to be buried when I die and want to donate my eyes and other organs to those in need. I also want my body to be used for medical or other research. Can I provide for this in my Will and can any of my family members […]
Legal Update – 12 November 2020
Fake guarantee of jobs by University I saw an advert from a university that said all their graduates get jobs. Infact the advert said 100% job guaranteed. I studied there and this is the third year, am jobless. I have paid millions of shillings to this institute and want to sue them for misrepresentation, recover […]
Smoking in entertainment facilities There are people who smoke in bars without considering that they are affecting heath of non-smokers who drink beside them. Is this not a crime? In other countries smoking is strictly dealt with. UT, Dar Tanzania also has strong anti-smoking laws, maybe not strictly enforced but they do exist. Smoking in […]
Sexual favour as economic offence I recently read in social media that a lecturer at a public university was charged with an economic offence for demanding sexual favours from a student. How does a sexual favour affect the national economy to make an offence ‘economic’? PF, Dar Demanding or imposing sexual favour as a pre-condition […]
Plea bargaining of a drug offence My friend is incarcerated in prison and charged with trafficking in narcotic drug namely bhang. He has asked me to seek your opinion if it is possible for him to initiate a plea bargaining. He would also like to know the possible penalty that the Court is likely to […]
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