Klize Kyelu vs Republic (Criminal Case No. 16 of 1999) [1999] TZHC 290 (1 December 1999)

~ IN TH:8 HIGH CCHJRT OF T'd-JZ.1 •rr:, .:o,T MBEY/, CRIM:tl'LL .-.:-;:!?E .L NO., 16 OF 1999 (Fr,:m Kyel:.,. District C 0 ur-s Cr. C:-;s0 N._'• 135 OF 1998) O Q n O O o O b o O ll O o ~ o ,:, o o c, 0 ') 0 Q 0 /l 0 Cl o ·:\ ~ o ,,PPELLHNT · THi RTI?UBLIC ••••••• o., .................. ·•. • • RESPON1:>i!:NT MviIPOPO , J • : The appelhmt KLI'.c.'.,E S/0 KY~}T h:1.s her ,:.iwn hD.sbnnd .. tilio 'Konara Sru1ga as the c:Jm:lb.inaJlt in c.. thoft ch:u-;o of 88 CD.rtons of Debi Soap worth Tshs.616,000/=. B::,th siles · ,1.t this :1 ,;,0:tl l8nvel .:ire ::v;rG<'-bl·e th2.t there was no . , : evidence k rrove the -existence ~ 1 f th8 84 cortc,ns :::if so,:i_p and their unln.wful -8:k19rb.ti0n thereby consti tut0 :::.r(/ theft it :J.11. The two sides are rep.resentc-1 ''b1''the 10.:rrned I-'ir. tvlbise, ,dvocate for the c:1.ppellant ::md . ', .-·~ the le:\ier:-Mr o MulokJZi (,s_·.) f::Jr ther respondent tho Rerublic. The theft :1f 82. c::xt0ns of Dotj_ S<1p wrs c-:,lle.'!0°1 to h'.:tvo-. ben .__, · .. \ committed on 26/6/98, "'t m. 00 h:.urs at '-Cyd:l fr:.m: .;til~~-- s/c The owner df the t- 0 len i-.;;·:r:11:,s wh:c tustific'·as P\•Jol w:lS t:)1,-1 b:r; his w:1tchm,m nrunt.d ·cm:mzi th:-,.t 5c, C'.:'rt · ns :)f D 1 .::bi SC,'ll? hnr1. be0n t:-..ken thereof the stc·re cy th,) '.:t::};_,ellant his wif0 1:1.ssistod. by thoir. 1mn'm!od servo.nt. The wO:tcbm::m Chc:a1zi t:'.i·:l n,::,t. tsstifyJT 'he esc.<J.per:'. SOi)n after tellin;2;; p1.l that it wc..s the ::i.;; 1 :} 1 :lllc11t wh,1. s'tc:10 tl.1c s::07R 10:1.cl. Thi$ is one of tho 8T•):md.s ,·)f c:r,1.·e-:l trn.t the ro"'.l thief w.:1.s Ch'.lilzi. Whc!.t PW._L heard from Chanzi tho we.tcbm£1.n was merely he.':'J'say f')r Chnnzi himself rlid not testify. His C ➔ ,scn.pe frr,tn 2mploymeni with the 2.ppell'.lnt shews thctt he was the m,.lst rotenti:cl susi::Jct for thi theft. llld 'the· wife -C;rr•lL,nt) been the thiof shG woul .1. n:,t have left the keys μ. . .·. to the st".ire at the sh·:p which us8'.'l to iJc kept nt thir m-;_trimonia.l home. Even pr for tc this inci ·.lent there: w.r:i.s ~~- ,;;r0.ve mitruct by the compl::i.in:mt ,(;husb:,n-.l :=-.;.;.::inst his -:.rpcllant wifo. ri,3 su 9 pectcd hGr. 't•·,.., attrn.ction with Jurnc. R:::m: .. ·1hc:J1i s/o t'h::i.i1x:.jc the 2n·.l ::tccuse•l who the compl?..in:-:Ut Ji-~ net w::nt him to G·)lY!o to his shop in \lhich the; '.'..ppellcu;it w.::i.s sellint, the shc·;i mcrcb•.,n 'i2,,~ I PW.6 ,\nyimiko Mw:clky,.)met on th0 -'.'thcr h:::-.nd t2s-cifie ·1 ·to h:we seen of sol~ which 1 .-rere hiso If s:,, th:i s,:.u11,J Ti tu.s shouLl hc .. v0 jointly r-ieen ch:ir,:r,-':vl or c:tlle 1 '1S ::c wi tn,Jss~ N ,nn -:f the.so st:;: 1 ,s w8re t'.lken by the complainant.

.. 2 Tha. trial c6urt c,:.,nvicto-l th,3 ::ip"('dl.3.i.,t Lr th2 theft :md sentenced an offencen Mr. Mbise Cr.iv) ·ml ths lc.:rrncd ~vlro Mul,)k,1zi (S ,) th2.t here there was .. no sufficient ovi-~enco to_ sustein tho c•·:nvicti·,ns 1 especially since there W!lS nc invont-:c:ry ef· D.ny ixistsncc c;:f the: soap st0len 'Jthcr than the word of m0uth ')f the: cr,m··-1.·)in ::i.nt - hue.l,QTI :1 \tho aft er all was n.lrec:1:'1y suspici,)us ,:if his :-_ ·i,ollG.nt - wife wh,c:n he m::::.y hnv0 W'.:Ulte:-1 to oust fr,Jm his ni::,trimoni::l h:;mo by hooks 2-n· crookso Tho c'.Jnviction for theft' is qu,':1.shc·J.. The sentence is 'set asi:le, the order for tho refun, 1

• of th2 88 c;.trt,,ns of so::1p or thei:f value is also s0t ~silo. Tho o:,:,pellnnt Kiliz,.; -V0 Xy2lu :i.s 'ictcquitte. 1 ans ,~isch:u-r:::ed frcim '::lny .criminal liability. 1/12/99 1/12/99 Klize Kyelu ~ ,·;;'.)E,ent. F-:)r Republic:-':Viro Mu1,::,lozi ..-f2n. St·.'tc.: .,tt)rDG:[. Pre.sent. B/C. Mrs o 1'- 1 T·'.:'ZL Court: presence of bis ·'.:l:;v:-:,c:tbs (N:r. Mu2h,k:,rwa.) :rerre.sent:::'lti V·8 hol-1.ing his brief ::m,'. in th:" ::resenc-3 of Stc:.te !,tto'.l;hY-• ( Sg,:l.) 1, ·I C'.:ilRI'IFY that this is " true c,)fy 0f tho oriJinaJ., .ju -1gement.