Kokuleba Mujumla vs Shujaa Polisi and Another (PC Civil Appeal No. 103 of 1990) [1990] TZHC 328 (26 November 1990)

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-t,•:.-. 'f ....... : .. TN THE . .i-!TGH c0u-qT uF Tii.NZi-.Nii\ , I • •• •' • (h;J;;>e,al from· the decisfon of the Distr":i.ct ·Court. •.' ·.!,!t ... : Numa District at J'iusoma i'n Ci Vil 0 H;.).Jeal No. 115/89~ ;,,efore A. N0Hr:i'Eo ·Ys·q.i ?DN;-r .. •· I • ,. ,' • ~ ... KI-'rvK'I i"ilJH,1.Y i-. ·· i -' . ..• •'. ·o • • ;,; , ., • • •• •·• -~ • -A~'i;)ii:.LL;,:i':T : :· :J;. ' JU9G1"1ENT SE:KUT,E, J • ' ... ' ' ' The ap;:-ell'a.nt·'and·:.the" res;;ondent wre .man and wife. :Th_ey 1 .- 1 ,r.E'! marrii:-rl: in 1969::, ·'It a4:;:·:'.a::-customary· law· rnarrage •. .. ,: . In 1988, the re•st:.:6hr-'l'etit. peU tione'd :for;-. d;i.Ybrce. in t;h2 Zar:ul:i -r:Lmary ···court, Civil Case ·No.;to/'bf -1988. -;. ·: :·;:..: .· ,. ,._:- .: ·, She chte'nded, in that sut-t 'her rnar-r-ta,ge wi-t!1 th. arp.-l ar.t. wa.s • -, f. ,... .. irrevocably 'brokefr :· Sh~'claimed _:for -.,xartiple that ctiilrlr..en of·:th,-:: a;);_:iellant, i.e. children-cif.'l;r···co•\Jivt.:!S:w'tre ill trE:a'ting,ht' without. th,~ a;tcllan ' ''f .. : ., ·, : : ' taking ad:.ion. ·· One "of .:fhJ ·children serious1¥ as.saul:t;ed. h~r .. twic,; ,ii'ld She t-1as forced to ta:'the'mattJr:•to:Court.-: Rnd'on both occasions, this •: .. : :.1. . . pi;i.i::'ticijlar ybuncj'' rnari. w.iis co n;tie ted a.nd . sriti:-;oc ed · ,to .b.:!t'ffiS · of ··ir:1.;ri sonrn2nt. '. In on-.:;; of th-2sB two occaions, shi;; was infliQtf:-1 .with,,.$-9ma injt.2.'.'Y on --;:C ·- i_n her' p;i ;i1;e.-'part~ toi 1 thij_'.extent that he cannot now C,jnc::.i V'..!e S_h ais> ;claiins .. thal;:_th,3-;·ehil:i-ran an:i soine·:oth)r ·r..:•lativ·.;:; .of the . ;?°?..:.:1-lant. !:}ad' on a,··•couple of- &::casi-ons accu,sd. hC!: o:5 b·ing a wi:t.ch 1 . that is:,. sh W.<?~ pfactisi.ng witc-,Mo:ra-ft-. ·-Sh.,;. cont,cnis that !3·1+ t:1: .s:~ ill trat·mdnts- h¢.ve. beE!n.:qonjon,.:d br-th1c a;.iμellant .. - J>.qi sh.:.: s"L,S_;:-'-cts that they _ma-y _have: be'-n enc9un1g01 :,by th. a-.,pt:'ll"lant. She: a]!s_(i. a_ccusd t-h~ .. ai)pdiant. ·of negV.>cting. h.::r:. That i:::, he dol..:s not i:-irovije .for er _an1 ,her i;}:u::_J 1 -:childnm :.wi t;:h. the ,essential n·.,c .. ssi ti:.:::s qf lifE;: 1 ike, .fo-q,ct···-.f.dr Xa!Jlple;. :: n1 :that sh€: ha1 ;te seek assist.:.J1CC: from h,..:r own rGLtfesi·-_-v:1=n.'when s.h,tgot -sick anj nee:ie1 tnatm..:nt. 1Sh12 al-so.clafm.;f'l that ')Qf..: 1ay/,i-ri 1982, t.he,al)D•.::11ant wc.::n't and took h"'r b.:.;ddings anJ:-took th,im to ·h,.cr 1 .ic--o..:.wivts •. ,.hn1i that siocc thd1, tho a;pullant stop,).:d going an1 sleE:;)ing into her house •. In other Hords h,:; compl ._.b.:l y cut off lTin trimonia:1. r.,,l utions with h.:)r. She furth<:tr· c·onb2n12d that sh,2 took the mattar to a r2conciliation bourd whr~~sh~--was aivi.sei to go back to tic?r rnarriagt2 an1 th.·. .:)dlant was udviss:.:·1 to rform. •. l--.n1 that sh,:: di1 that but things Hi not chng:. sh.:.· was; 'forc'•;f to· go 'bac}c to" thi:: recdnciliatf3n '156ari an,1· vbich finol ly, gav,~ h,.:r a lE:tt.,:er to th~ effect that mattt:r bi::: ·roce,,de·i ,,,;ith Ly v:ay of Court μroceeiings ..

2 Th-.:: trial Cour-t .3ftcr iuL? c_onsi i2r_atioh of th,~ evi ienc"' which th2 iJurti12s ten ... krei, w.,1s of th-=..nanimous···'Op.inion th.J.t the m.:..rriwge . was irrevocably brOkf n iown.· It accor1i ngly gra ntei th<2 r:.:s __ .,onc::nt 1 s prayer an1 pronounce1 the .. mcirri3ge :-'.!i·sscU:vei. :.,· .c1pp,c.:i).l to this Court. , •• •' if' :•., Both parti"'s 3ppfarei in person at the hearing.of this ' . . - . '• Th~ appellant conten1e1 that:h"? .. wa,s !llOt a p.Jrty to th~ . .::ssi..:ul ts . .. .---- ..... ··, ·•--t- th r0s;onjent sufferei bt-th~ hanis of th~ chi1ren of th~ oth~r wivls " of his. ftn1 that he .on his p.:ir.t .. ,:?9s!!5 r;iot s_ee anything seriously wrong , f[J-.: ·.r:-, < ,··· (; . r; ,., with thir marriage. /'"'I' On the other han1, the-,}='.s,.:>oo-;tent. Vo/u.& e;mphatic th3t she; c::i1:r1ot • . • J <..- .,. ·r .•: :·· . ,-, . : go buck to h.:::r marriage with the ci;?pelLrnt.· i-.nj sh"' hus b':=;3n tortur,·1 ; :" i I huvc.: c--:lrefully' consi112r;.;i th-2 evi ie-e; .:,;:; . .. , .. ; .-. . ... ;. ' ., . There: is no ii:)Ute th:;it o;,1:'.-::l,yvq, .PC.foSion ;·· th<o? __ a,:Jpdl3{t·t·sJ'-:thl+r:;m i. e:., chil iren of her co-wi Ys, s-rioul - ·asc.1ui_tci tt'-2 ·;e·ttnlrit:·' ' ; ·. T-,ikewise, th.ere i~ --o ii,s;:u:- thut. ilir o;/:m1··;.Ac1tiv;- of' • j •, ,•• • \ • • •, 0 • I ' • :•., ").: • • ~ • • • .:..:.• ' ·:l . -·· tli.:. .. i3l)Pd-lan~ accs.-=-.i: h--' r0srni,nt oJ:c-;"'{.):---3.f.• ' ·· · An·l it is also true tha;t: the :c.1ppell_unt -iii not perso·n.:1lly >,:,r·crci~)ate . . . .. , .... · . . . . •:'·-- ·· t .\ .. :.~ ·:,'"·.: .• .. · ~-··-- . : in th·sc.assuults unti in,d:.hese,accuations. But th2 r,::s·1ohL.nt· coDt:.!n:ls how;.:v,.::r th:at he·:Was idih•:c-tly .. ~ paty= -~o. ~h2se thing"s ·as h~ ·,:ii nothiilg ~. t • t·:,. .... . • •. . ..: 1. f . . - to stoi tht:\Tl hap·pen1'ng·., ... .. ,.-:1 r? . It appeurs to me.; ther . an clement., of t:i::-i;:th .i-n this co'.1b.i,1tion ::s aci"rifng :to th-, recori of the trb_l C?.urt., t~~ c1~-ii"-nt c''oulr! not clE::irly state th<2 kin1 of st;e:p.s,!h_e took- to st;~· th,/' ac/{:s" of ·fr,::rc>.ssinnt - thd:: W8r'= 1irecte1 at -the resp.on·_ient by memper.s of the i.l;);::>elL.nt'--s f:imily Failure to take Gl!::Jr action or .f)Osition on the p;:irt of ti-i2 i:.\i)p_dlant with r8gai:'1 to th..:se acts .of harassmen.t, must have m.3'.:\e the r0si;onc1.8nt , ,j• : ,. ' I feel Bbun1one1-. 11.n'.:\ this·-, coupl_e1 up with .the a?pcllant' s own n:291...)ct -, o:f· t-h~ responient .inclu-iing;mat;r:i.moni,al n12glect, an. allegc1tio11·which ~ , thu nt~l)llant ji1 notl)suq:es;;fully chaUenge, 1oes i-n my opinion in1ico.te ~- ~. . . that this murrictge cannot be retr_ii;:yei. It is irrevocal}'.' :bro_kcil1 dowl:",.. I woul ·J ~phol 1 h,2. ieciiuns of 1,he two .. 1 OW8r Courts.. -The appeal is iismiss:-=1 vtitb·:costs.

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