Jukwaa la Sheria (The Legal Forum)

Two of the four Supreme Court judges who voted in favour of dismissing the 2006 presidential election petition filed by Forum for Democratic Change leader Kizza Besigye are said to have changed...

For those familiar with DSTV bouquet subscription policy fully knows that you are given a packaged offer of variety of channels irrespective of your personal choices in a “take it or leave it”...

Waziri wa Mambo ya Ndani ya Nchi, Laurance Masha Waziri wa Mambo ya Ndani ya Nchi, Laurance Masha, ameliagiza Jeshi la Polisi kuwachukulia hatua polisi wote...

If Mr X is having an office and his billboard/Office Name Board fell in Mr Y's parked car due to the heavy winds overnite - Who will be Liable for the same ? Can the Owner of the Car Claim...

Tanzanian Law is really confusing regarding Annual Leave in the following Circumstances: 1. In a whole year an Employee has worked just for 120 days - Is he eligible for Annual Leave ? 2. In a...

A legal challenge to the status of some independent MPs could see them forfeit their parliamentary pay cheques and banned from the 2011 elections. Oyam South lawmaker, Isha Otto, in his...

THE JUDICIARY; TOO, ON THE DOCK OVER INDEPENDENT CANDIDACY LAW! Just like the executive, the Judiciary is on the dock over the Independent candidacy law. While the highest court on the...

INDEPENDENT CANDIDATURE RULING EPITOMIZES CRONYISM AND MEDIOCRITY. Lack of House vetting process to determine mobility of members of the Bench has provided the executive with a blank...

KENYAN COURT DECLARES KADHI COURTS UNCONSTITUTIONAL As much as we may want to overlook Kenyan leadership on constitutional making we have few elsewhere we can seek guidance but there. On...

LACK OF MEDICAL EVIDENCE TAINTS BABU SEYA AND SON CONVICTION! It is saddening that we are in the 21st Century where technology has paved room for DNA to decide criminal cases but our...

ADMINISTRATION OF LABOUR LAWS STILL AT CROSSROADS! (By Rutashubanyuma Nestory) The new labour law was hailed as a new dawn in the administration of labour laws in Tanzania but the harsh...

HOW TO METER THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE.- PART ONE.. (By Rutashubanyuma Nestory – A public policy analyst based in Arusha.) Chief Justices come and go but rarely do we evaluate...

HOW TO METER THE PERFORMANCE OF CHIEF JUSTICE. - PART TWO. (By Rutashubanyuma Nestory – A public policy analyst based in Arusha.) On the first part of this discourse we have tacked...

Heshima mbele wakuu! Naleta mbele yenu maombi yangu ya mwongozo wa kisheria juu ya mwenendo sahihi wa mashtaka katika hili: Jirani yangu aliomba nimkopeshe shilingi laki moja na nusu mnamo Juni...

CHIEF JUSTICE SHOULD NOT MUZZLE VIBRANT POLICY DEBATE! (By Rutashubanyuma Nestory a public policy analyst based in Arusha.) It is now an official policy of the power that might be that if...

IS THE JUDICIARY IN BED WITH THE EXECUTIVE? (By Rutashubanyuma Nestory.) The working relationship between the judiciary and the executive has always been a subject of intense scrutiny...

AMIDST CONTROVERSY, THE HIGHEST COURT BENDS THE LAW! In order to defer human rights of independent candidates until the next life of parliament, the Appeals Court had to clip her immense...

A SOUTH AFRICAN JUDGE LEADS BY HIS DEEDS. (BY Rutashubanyuma Nestory) It has always been an easier route out when we embrace the war against HIV and AIDS via viva voce but not reflecting...

CHILD ADOPTION ESPOUSES AFRICAN EXTENDED FAMILY VALUES. (By Rutashubanyuma Nestory) Most children in African communities are facing untold hardships related to poverty and its associated...

A DEVIOUS DEED OF SETTLEMENT IS THE BANE OF EAC PENSIONERS! (By Rutashubanyuma Nestory – A public policy analyst based in Arusha.) The EAC pension saga seems to have earned a stature of an...