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Last week someone phoned me pretending to be a teacher. He told me that my child fell sick at school and money was needed urgently to hire a car to take her to the hospital. I immediately transferred credit from my mobile money account to his account. After few hours I found out that my […]
My neighbour has an entertainment hall in our residential street. Over the weekends the hall emits loud music that seriously disturbs us at night to the extent that we hardly get sleep. When we urge him to reduce the sound, he is telling us that the hall is licenced to operate as entertainment hall. What […]
I am told a pregnant woman must undergo compulsory HIV testing when attending a heath care facility. Is this not contrary to the right to privacy which is a basic human right in our Constitution? Does the law really allow someone to be subjected to HIV test without his/her consent? WM, Iringa There are two […]
Compulsory HIV testing for pregnant women I am told a pregnant woman must undergo compulsory HIV testing when attending a heath care facility. Is this not contrary to the right to privacy which is a basic human right in our Constitution? Does the law really allow someone to be subjected to HIV test without his/her […]
One of my four wives has petitioned the court for divorce and division of matrimonial assets acquired during subsistence of our marriage. All the properties she has mentioned in the petition were acquired during subsistence of my marriage with her and other three wives. I would like to know if in the division of the […]
I suspect my wife had an affair with another man who impregnated her and had a child with her who is our third born. Does the law allow me to take Human DNA sample and submit it directly to the Human DNA Laboratory for analysis to establish if I am the biological father of the […]
I am a citizen and intend to buy land in Tanzania. I would like know if land laws of Tanzania limit the size of land or the total number of plots a person can own under right of occupancy or customary tenure. KW, Iringa Section 21 of the Land Act [Cap.113 R.E 2019], the Land […]
Ceiling on land occupancy I am a citizen and intend to buy land in Tanzania. I would like know if land laws of Tanzania limit the size of land or the total number of plots a person can own under right of occupancy or customary tenure. KW, Iringa Section 21 of the Land Act [Cap.113 […]
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I have been called by the Police to appear at the Police station for collection of my Human DNA samples on allegations of rape. What if I refuse my sample from being collected? Can the police collect sample from me without my consent? What rights do I have when a sample is being collected from […]
I have discovered that my wife was pregnant with another man at the time we contracted our marriage but she did not disclose this to me. Our marriage has subsisted for about 10 months and we have acquired one house since we contracted the marriage. However, with the above facts, I am disappointed and want […]
Annulment of marriage I have discovered that my wife was pregnant with another man at the time we contracted our marriage but she did not disclose this to me. Our marriage has subsisted for about 10 months and we have acquired one house since we contracted the marriage. However, with the above facts, I am […]
Few months ago the sungusungu stormed into my shop and took away my shop items to the office of the Ward Executive Officer on allegation that I was doing business without a licence. Are sungusungu vested with powers to storm into peoples’ shops or houses and seize articles for regulatory offences that have nothing to […]
I was working for a public corporation before my employment was terminated for what the employer alleged to be a misconduct. I am aggrieved with termination and intend to challenge it. Am I required to give 90 days notice to challenge my employment termination simply because my employer is a public corporation? JH, Arusha An […]
In 2017 I was dismissed from public service on the ground that I was employed without having form four education qualification contrary to the Government circulars that imposed form four education as the minimum education qualification for joining public service. Before dismissal I had already made pension contributions to the Public Service Pension Fund for […]
I am a Tanzanian living abroad where people are allowed to watch porn. All my porn videos are in my laptop computer and I want to visit Tanzania soon. Is it a crime to have porn in my computer? I know many of my Tanzanian friends secretly watch porn and there are latest videos I’d […]
Two years ago I was approached by a man who told me that he wanted to marry me assuring me that he is unmarried. Believing him I agreed to start a relationship and we have been living together in one house as husband and wife for two years now though we don’t have a marriage […]
Cheating that unmarried for sex Two years ago I was approached by a man who told me that he wanted to marry me assuring me that he is unmarried. Believing him I agreed to start a relationship and we have been living together in one house as husband and wife for two years now though […]
I worked for different private companies for 10 years before I moved to the public service where I have been working for a public corporation for 2 years now. When I was working in the private sector I was contributing to the National Social Security Fund. Now I am contributing to the Public Service Social […]
I am an expatriate working in Tanzania for 5 years now having signed a 10 year contract of employment with my employer which would expire in 2021. My work permit expired few months ago and last week I was given a termination letter by our HR Manager on the grounds that the application for renewal […]
Four years back I was charged with an unbailable economic offence. Prosecution could not complete the investigation for 3 years. Every time I was taken to Court, the prosecutor was telling the Court that investigation was still underway and also telling the Court that if I was ready for plea agreement the case could be […]
Setting aside plea agreement Four years back I was charged with an unbailable economic offence. Prosecution could not complete the investigation for 3 years. Every time I was taken to Court, the prosecutor was telling the Court that investigation was still underway and also telling the Court that if I was ready for plea agreement […]
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