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Nimefarijika kuwa leo tarehe 05/12/2022 Mahakama Kuu katika shauri la Zitto Zuberi Kabwe vs. Mwanasheria Mkuu na wenzie na 8/2020 mbele ya jopo la majaji 3 Masoud, Masabo na Kakolaki imetoa uamuzi kuwa Rais John Magufuli alivunja Katiba alipomuondoa Prof. Mussa J. Assad kama CAG.
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Court name
High Court of Tanzania
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High Court Dar es Salaam Main Registry
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Misc. Cause 8 of 2022
Zitto Zuberi Kabwe vs the President of the United Republic of Tanzania & Others (Misc. Cause 8 of 2022) [2022] TZHC 14947 (05 December 2022);
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[2022] TZHC
144 (1) Bila kuathiri masharti mengine yaliyomo katika ibara hii. Mdhibiti na Mkaguzi Mkuu wa Hesabu wa Jamhuri ya Muungano atalazimika kuacha kazi yake atakapotimiza umri wa miaka sitini au umri mwingine wowote utakaotajwa na Sheria iliyotungwa na Bunge.
(2) Mdhibiti na Mkaguzi Mkuu wa Hesabu aweza tukuondolewa katika madaraka ya kazi yake kwa sababu ya kushindwa kutekeleza kazi zake (ama kutokaria ha maradhi au sababu nyingine yoyote) au kwa sababu ya tabia mbaya, au kwa kuvunja masharti ya sheria ya Maadili ya Viongozi wa Umma na hataweza kuondolewa kazini kwa mujibu wa masharti ya ibara ndogo ya (4) ya ibara hii.
(3) Iwapo Rais anaona kwamba suala la kumwondoa kazini Mdhibiti na Mkaguzi Mkuu wa Hesabu kwa mujibu wa masharti ya ibara hii inahitaji kuchunguzwa, basi katika haii hiyo mambo yatakuwa ifuatavyo:
(a) Rais atateua Tume Maalum ambayo itakuwa na Mwenyekiti na Wajumbe wengine wasiopungua wawili. Huyo Mwenyekiti na angalau nusu ya wajumbe wengine wa Tume hiyo itabidi wawe watu ambao ni Majaji au watu waliopata kuwa Majaji wa Mahakama Kuu au Mahakama ya Rufani katika nchi yoyote iliyomo kwenye Jumuiya ya Madoia;
(b) Tume hiyo itachunguza shauri lote halafu itatoa taarifa kwa Rais kuhusu maelezo ya shauri Iote na itamshauri Rais kama huyo Mdhibiti na Mkaguzi Mkuu wa Hesabu aondolewe kazini kwa mujibu wa masharti ya ibara hii kwa sababu ya kushindwa kufanyakazi kutokana na maradhi au sababu nyingine yoyote au kwa sababu ya tabia mbaya.
(4) Ikiwa Tume iliyoteuiiwa kwa mujibu wa masharti ya ibara ndogo ya (3) itamshauri Rais kwamba huyo Mdhibiti na Mkaguzi Mkuu wa Hesabu aondolewe kazini kwa sababu ya kushindwa kufanya kazi kutokana na maradhi au sababu nyingine yoyote au kwa sababu ya tabia mbaya, basi Rais atamwondoa kazini.
(5) Ikiwa suala la kumwondoa kazini Mdhibiti na Mkaguzi Mkuu wa Hesabu limepelekwa kwenye Tume kwa ajili ya uchunguzi kwa mujibu wa masharti ya ibara hii, Rais aweza kumsimamisha kazi huyo Mdhibiti' na Mkaguzi Mkuu wa Hesabu, na Rais aweza wakati wowote kufuta uamuzi huo wa kumsimamisha kazi, na kwa hali yoyote uamuzi huo utabadilika ikiwa Tume itamshauri Rais kwamba huyo Mdhibiti na Mkaguzi Mkuu wa Hesabu asiondoiewe kazini.
(6) Mtu ambaye ni Mdhibiti na Mkaguzi Mkuu wa Hesabu au aliyepata kuwa Mdhibiti na Mkaguzi Mkuu wa Hesabu hawezi kuteuliwa kushika au kushikilia madaraka ya kazi nyingine yoyote katika utumishi wa Serikali ya Jamhuri ya Muungano.
(7) Masharti ya ibara hii hayatatumika kwa mtu yoyote aliyeteuliwa kuwa Kaimu Mdhibiti na Mkaguzi Mkuu wa Hesabu. (Emphasis is ours)
..... We were not told a legitimate purpose that the provision and the removal of the fourth respondent from the office save. We were similarly not told how article 30(2) would save the impugned provision and the removal of the fourth respondent from the office which are violative of article 144(1) of the Constitution. We nonetheless do not see any lawful object which was intended to be achieved by the provision, other than introducing a criterion of ensuring removal of the CAG from the office on expiry of the fixed term of five years contrary to the provision of article 144 and the security of tenure of the CAG guaranteed under the Constitution.In the light of what we have discussed with regard to the saving provision of article 30(2) of the Constitution, we are satisfied and we so hold that neither section 6(1) of the Public Audit Act nor the act of the removal of the fourth respondent from the office is saved by and falls within the purview of article 30(2) of the Constitution.When all is said and done, we considered the reliefs sought by the petitioner in the light of the foregoing findings and conclusions. Since we have found section 6(1) of the Public Audit Act and the removal of the fourth respondent from the office by the first respondent to be unconstitutional for violating article 144(1) of the Constitution, we are inclined to make appropriate declarations to that effect. As to the appointment of the third respondent into the office, we are satisfied that we cannot in the circumstances hold that the appointment was unconstitutional for reasons very well stated herein above, which would also cater for our resolve to decline to hold that the fourth respondent is the substantive holder of the office of the CAG.In the upshot of the foregoing reasons and findings, the petition fails in the issue of the appointment of the third respondent in which case we decline to hold ....
the appointment of the third respondent is unconstitutional, and we in the same way decline to hold that the fourth respondent is a substantive holder of the office of the CAG. It also fails in other issues implied from the reliefs which we did not expressly mention here. However, the petition is allowed in respect of unconstitutionality of the provision of section 6(1) of the Public Audit Act and the unconstitutionality of the removal of the fourth respondent from the office of the CAG pursuant to section 6(1) of the Public Audit Act before attaining the age of sixty five years. We so hold because the provision of section 6(1) and the removal of the fourth respondent from the office are all violative of article 144(1) of the Constitution. Consequently, the provision of section 6(1) of the Public Audit Act, No. 11 of 2008 is in terms of article 64(5) of the Constitution herein declared null and void and is hereby struck out forthwith from the Public Audit Act, No. 11 of 2008. We make no order as to costs as the petition was conducted as a public interest litigation.It is so ordered.DATED and DELIVERED at Dar es Salaam this 5th day of December, 2022
Signed : B.S Masoud
Judge
Signed : J.L Masabo
Judge
Signed : E.E Kakolaki
Judge
Source :
Zitto Zuberi Kabwe vs the President of the United Republic of Tanzania & Others (Misc. Cause 8 of 2022) [2022] TZHC 14947 (05 December 2022); | Tanzlii