Court of Appeal Guides on Timelines in Challenging Conviction and Sentence under Plea Bargaining In Criminal Appeal No. 498 of 2022, the Court of Appeal (the Court) makes a case for the applicability of the then 60-day rule where there is a lacuna in law on the time limit to file civil or criminal applications […]

National Budget Estimates: Tanzania’s Fiscal Direction in the Next 12 Months Pursuant to Article 137 of the Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania and section 23(3) of the Budget Act, Cap. 439 [R.E. 2020) (the Act), the Minister for Finance, on 13 June 2024, submitted the national budget estimates (the Budget) for the year […]

Court of Appeal Guides on Conflicting Precedents and the Fate of ill-Procured Cautioned Statement In Criminal Appeal No. 465 of 2022, the Court of Appeal of Tanzania (the Court) had a situation requiring the presiding Justices to determine the position to follow where there were two conflicting positions of the Court regarding the legality of […]

Principle of Finality of Litigation Reechoed by the Court of Appeal in a Controversial Land Dispute The Court of Appeal of Tanzania (the Court) recently delivered its ruling in Civil Application No. 264/01 of 2022 and dismissed the application for review emanating from the Court’s decision in Civil Appeal No.166 of 2019. In this ruling, […]

Court of Appeal Determines a Labour Matter Relating to Discrimination on Termination of Employment The Court of Appeal of Tanzania (the Court), on 21 May 2024, delivered a judgment in the case of Robert Shemhilu vs. Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited, Civil Appeal No. 136 of 2022. In its judgment, the Court held that the […]

Investment Framework and Incentives: A Snapshot of the Extractive Industry in Tanzania Studies indicate that natural resources and wealth, in particular, the minerals, oil and gas, present a gargantuan source of wealth to countries endowed with such resources. To translate such natural endowments into development trajectories, these countries devise mechanisms, both legal and contractual, to […]