Thobias Kaliba vs Donald Kapela ((PC) Civil Appeal No. 40 of 1996) [1999] TZHC 459 (12 October 1999)

, . . .I. T 7 /\J'{) T1f., --- ,..,, lit' .. •· • .e. 4.. ~ ( J?C) c IVTIJ AT'Pf:~ /',L no 40 OF 1996· FROH f'.WI11Y. 11 NGA DISTRICT cmmir c IVIL AI'PJl\L NO. 7/s·,· OR'L FR0H BTYf'.·OBt. .. l'RIMARY COURT CIVIL CASE No.69/S6' THOBIA8 .KAL JB)I_ • • • • • • • • • • •• APPELL.Mtl 1 VERHS DONALD KAW.LA • • • • • • • • • ••• J T; D r,. ME.FT l:l. • ....... : .-~ •--'-.:...a..., ....... ·..-·--- -·•!" ... i'':·T hpd. sent the re snonrc") . Donil_c:1. Kaneia to the ·primbr:v Court- of Buroro in Sbinynnga ·. , Ref".OJ:?,. claiming a :t)iece of Janel measurinr: some ...... - .... ··-----··· .aJJ;bou.rrh he had· moved awe.v from tbr:i.t sharr1ba si.nce 197'5., tlY . :.>J_.: l·'J, . . re,'F'ondent could:..:.rrnt o·c·c'upy it as it was their clan lr:md • ... 1:-:.,(,:., .. The 1 :-ir:i.m1?1.ry Court a.ccented his ·story e.nd therefore ·entered . . jrnJ.1:,ment: ,fo:r: bimo He wa.s . a.(.l'.itr:1.eved and a.ppealed to the .· -''·' .. " Distrio-t·CoJJrJt. T1-:\e Distrt'· Cl-ouvt, nr.}.;icl,ed'·ofer by . " .·:.·· ... ,/.'·•·, );: .. , . - .. ·':.>;,_ J., : .. :,·1 ... ' .. ·;_. · •-, Mr..fm 1 1=rll•I, al16n<::a: the.ap.L,i · T:"hobict-J n0w · nppeals t'Q t1Jj_s .. Court._;.: The factff esti.lJlished a.re ,t.hRt tbe appellc.nt moved auay from. that sliamba in 1995·, ·•1ea.vinP' a person there calJ Pd Mtemi-.- Htemi immedistely sold it to the resnon, 1 ent ,, · for ,'"1_hs 10,ooq/=. After thn.t lonr.r, period of time, the appeJJ._nt. tben .. ".:.l.et :,ack a.nd clB.imed the piece of land 88."T-.- , th:-,t it is s land, bn.v1n inherited it from his father. Mafuru 1, in reversing the decision of the prim8.r;J Court, bos stated the.t, from e.11 fronts, tbe appl 1 -i.,.,.1.. cannot cla.im t11? piece of l1-1nd now, after a neriod of 18 ;reai:>s. She b0s a.lf'O stated tbat, even assuminr,; the • ·•· '· . .. - •· ~~.-· .

.. 2 piece of ·1a.na.· is clan land., reaen1pt•ion of clan 12.nd._ is .tJJ.e},.:v:e :1e ars o I totally ar:ree ,:,.Ji. th the lP arne d resident mar:dstrate. It.'.. is quite cleo.r·bere th8.t Thobias is-vying the piece of la!)d which hns o~en developed. by the ; .. ii respondent for :t;he.t long time. Courts, truly-!. do not ~- disturb pos·se ssio.n of 1.?._na held for that lon;?. I also

• . agree with the holding of the learned re side.nt r.nngj_f:ltrate that even assuming that the land is a clan land, whoe:vP.r th:Lnk it is their .9J.Jill. land a,re _ J,;:1.te in Ji,1:i._ng. suit to repossess it. One would even go furthe:r; eve.n assuming the re sr:iondent was tbere ,unlawful 1.y, hi17 long stay there, thour-h unlawful, makes bim acquire nossession by what is called adverse possession. Tl':ie doctrine is better exnl'.'essed. by my brother Mwalusanya J. in the ca.se of P .c. Civil Appeal No 30 of 19990 (Dodoma) where he says: ; » if someone occupies somebody's lend, under .a;qv:e.r.s.e ... .o..c.uJ?./lt} . .911 for over 12 years, with no pr-otest from tbe owner of the.t land, the occup'ier obtains the ownership of tha.t land_ii ·• Mwalusanya J goes- on to sa-y that: "this doctrine of prescription finds its autbority from item 6 of the Customary Law (Limitation ot Proceedings) Rules GN No 311 of 1964" ; So, from all fronts, the appeal is hopeless. Let me finally add that I re ad in the record. that the appellant has a. home at a Dlace calJ.ed Ka.bile. It iR the ·-· • • o/}e

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