Julius Masumba vs Kichere Kikaro ((PC) Civil No. 64 of 1990) [1990] TZHC 341 (3 December 1990)

') J :7, •; ••, "}:,ili.,ti, ~~ ,~"'""; 1 ;{;: 1 -~~f. 1 ~~i \ -:!I.I.IJ-,p!J\CQW !4i]u: " '.lfJ.- , .. ··:•--·---,----•-r··....,.)r'· .·, .. , __ ,,r.. J •. ,;.,:- .. ·: .. •' ••. - •. ,.,;· ·,:. ··--:t, \fc- - r--<-sW~ f. (PC) CIVIL hf't'i-J, N0.64 OF 1990 (.r.?p,ai frum the i,:cisi ;n of tht2 District curt of unia District t Bunia in Civil Ap,)-~~l No.62 :::if 1989.. Bt:f0r,:c: G.KKayaga Es_q • . :j Sienior :Qis_trlc t.· Iv1agis trae) •. .Yer;sus ·,. .... / .. 1<ICHERE ;_KIK.hRO .• •:·!. u ~ .. • . ; •• :;·. RESt?uNDEi'H ,, J U D G ,M E . N. T SEKUI,E, J. I,. The appt:llant Julius M.:isurriba SUCG2SSfully sui th ·r =Si_).:,,: '.':l:·k X:cl112rf: .,ik;:iru f,;:,r c0mp12nsa ti:)n fur ,his· c J:ttun er ups hich h;; cLiim•:.:d th.:: . rcS)On-12nt 1 s heais of Cottle :kslr.,;-. 2·i ur iamagen •. · He h·ai clc:\iffitcd Shs.20,184/60. But th t.rial C;,_:: .. t: c.1warie1 him Shs.10,00-0/=. ·.:i The C3Se f..)r 'the appll-lnt is th.ut on the 12th Juy', -i,9{39,_ h - f·UU} th .. : !'.' ::sponknt' s hclri ".)f Cottle in his cott-.:..n sh;.1mba·. H2 c'?.11,.:rl_ -1 '.,.i'.-'.'.'S wh0 lte:r s'nf i1"l':f,Jrmati:Jn to the rcsp::mi1:nt bμt he was· n.)t :,'t h_;m~,. . . .• . (j :t .i '. An-1 th0 her1 of cattl;: that am::>unt''tS 81 h2a--Js :)f n3tt1·,= w2.s s,:t or w:::.s ·lri v;.;n.· .'fr.Jrn the u;?pdlant 's sh3mba b) the res)·-:mient I d h-1a· . .:::1:l :the • ·, · l s.:im-:: w,_;r,2 rECcliVei by members of· his "family. The rsp•.Jn·ient -o.s lc::.t,.,r ."'"' ;. The rsp0n.ient' was aggri12:v,.:d by th2 i-=cisLm 0f,,the -:·trioJ. C u. 1 .·.t 1i.11 was succ"'ssful ani hence this apr,eai': ·by the: ai'.>pellant~ :·. In allow,ing the rf=Si)unient•s app~-al, th<:! a:1pellate-·District. i· • ,· v!)S(jrVs:.'d th~t the ·ht:::.,ds 0f cattle which' w·cre fvun'i in th-e appulJ.: .. ·._1 :; sh2.rnb3 were n:)t sufficiently ani coi::-r-ctly iief.!tifiei to hV•i DC;;: proprty of the rsponient. Th2 apf)ellant in a leng_th TT'2m.)ranium cf app-::al h<:1s t:1k2n issu.'.:!s w~~h this d;;;.'CiSL)n. It :::ippars to me that th12r·c;. ·.L.: ·-ho iis:;ute. that th1: a )pllc:;·t• s c.:Jtton cr..:)p was iestr0yt?1 by s:;.,,,, ·.::.1ttl-2 which strayed int:J the;; shambao : ; ' . The res;ion·\e,nt 's c,mtenti_;n · thctt ·the heais of cattle which did this mischief were n'.)t his cattle. How-2v"'r, on th:: -2viience '..m rec:.:>ri, I 1o not think I ned td J.2bc,ur much on thi.s usue. as I. am inclin2-i tu thB view that. t.h..:r,/ \•,.:-:s- .::.mplc 8vi1ence Which estctblishei. clearly that the heais .)f ccti:tlc in qu-.:.:sti..:.n wer . tht-: pruperty uf the res.xmient. i, ·'

PW.2 ani l?vJ.3 not Jnly su,)f)Jrt'ei th2 a-,pcllctnt I s cL:.irn L: the 2ff2ct th;:1t, the cattle inv,)lve:i were th0s1? Qf..tri ... ~ r8s :)t:·.f~:iyc but WLnt ...... ,: on tu say that they.irove them out 0f the shamba ani tok thm ~~ the respon4ent 1 s home 'uni ·were 'reco:ivc1 by :members :Jf his f2.mily. Pvv.2 f,.)r exampl<:? s·tatei in·cross -'xamin.:iti-:.m ·-by· th;·, r::.:s Gs fc..,lluws :- "XD M laiwa: Ninciw-:.1ahamq __ ng 'r)mbe w3ko na ' .. tuliwul"Jdeka ha-1i kwak0; f,:imili.:. .,J: yak~' ikJW30ka~! . .. This t:.; me a ;;pei'.lr s. - ? re ve be ,n cl 12-:.1r vi' i enc e wi ti;:- i:-c9.::r'. tu -the iiantity of thse heais of 66tl,, These wi tnsses wt.'!re bel :i.<. ;..:: _ by the trial C ::>ut 1 tind on my l)urt, . . . . • ... I I so:e no apparent reas;.;.ns frv th•:..·--r-ec--..>i:::1 ... Q..f_ th tri:11 C-,;urt tll::t could prompt me to fault this C-nclusi·)n. .ti.O--J. the reS;)cli.d(:;:·::: ·:id nut . . sugr;-:::st cmy r12as0ns · at th2 tria-jj.. ani. inicd ,3t th~ hGc:d.Dg of this c.i~,p0c.1l, as to why the appellant ant his witnesses c.2:ul ·:1 he vc li:.:,d hi~ on this matter. ·- I am therefore like th'2 trial CJur:-t satis-fi-2•1 th2:c_. the~ ::J,llant hnd established· ·his.cas-:. . ... ' · On th2 issue ~f the.: quantum of c..:;mpens:'iti.:m, I ng~ .-2 c.h.:: ::::::;:,2llant li-:1 not l2ad particuL'.lr ·-=vi·i<=nce to -substa'ri'tiat<.= hi-s cl2im ,-:-f .Shs.2L, 184, ~ . . He Sti.=ems silT!,?lY t0 have baset his claim ·on a 're(Jvrb f_ -:::: .. i--..s;1:-ic 1J.turol Offic12r wh_o was n2v2r in any case call.e-:l tJ:'t2stify" . The trLil C)urt c:msi':l.ere•i this matts2r ani· sct.1;:ie:? -!: Sllso·.: 1~'- 1 /,,. The ap[)ell,:rnt claimi:·:i ,at the. hearing :.)f ·this_ ::i.)p,".::ll thett -:_ s·harnba was a}?vut one acre. An1 that a Well 1,:))kt:1 :3ft•.:::r c0t::L.~~ :;;•; :l 1 ::;a of that size - C.)u11· in 1989 h.,:ive_ f<2_tch.a-i Clbout Shs .. 2?,000/= • .:-Jf cotb .... n was in 1989 sel-ling t ,.$h$. 28/=·• The re·$:J.)i1:1.<:nt c:.id n(..;t . .- ... , str3ngely cumnt or challenc:;q this assessment. Be.th:(t .:ts it m-:::.y, since on the __ evi-1 ence on rec .r: 1 . - j;: cannoi. be ascert::1in__:,,-1_ wh·:.-,i:h.:.;r or . .. . i'l:)t the shamba. in questi.:m WC1S . ,'::; 11 luoke-i aftt2r, I 2.m in.ci'Hl'.,J tc . . .. go by the assessment·of the ti·' C0urt That is, to be. paid to th~ appellant sh,:)Uli be Shs. 10,0_00/=. th.'. cJm;::,cns2ti0n This appeal th0ref0re succc-=!is. The iec"isLm ·)f th . .:: ~-pr:;.;.11:.te Di strict Court is set asi1e an1 the it=Cisi Jh :Jf th•2 tric::.l C:,urt is '• .11.ppeal ·allQv.{\21• with cos'ts. w •. :-H. SEKUI,E JU'JGE 1/12/90 . v. J-:I SEKUI,E ~~-