Chief Justice to preside over teenager rape appeal

The Attorney General, Mr Peter Nyombi, has kick-started the appeal process against Monday’s majority judgment that rejected the re-appointment of Benjamin Odoki as Chief Justice.

The opposition Civic United Front (CUF) wants its day in court this week to seek justice over what it described as ‘a rape of justice’ by CCM during the just ended General Elections.

Newala man loses appeal against jail term for rape
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A NEWALA resident, Mohamed Athumani, will have to remain behind bars to complete h 30-year impronment for rape after the Court of Appeal dmsed h petition against the verdict. “There no merit in the appeal. We dms it,” Justices January Msoffe, Steven ...

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Chief Justice Mohamed Othman Chande
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Chief Justice Mohamed Othman Chande has condemned the length of time it took for a case to be concluded and a ruling given, calling for a speeded up process for a case to take not more than a year or within eighteen months period. He told the press ...

Chief Justice, Mohamed Chande Othman
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Chief Justice Mohamed Chande Othman has underlined the need for Judiciary staff to ensure courts of law recapture public, saying their image stands tainted by corruption and various other unethical practices. Opening a two-day Judiciary workers ...

>Three Constitutional Court judges have unanimously ruled that the re-appointment of retired Chief Justice Benjamin Odoki was unconstitutional in a case in which the court was petitioned on whether President Yoweri Museveni was right to re-appoint him (Odoki).

Tanzanian chief justice appointed to lead investigation of ex-UN chief's death
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DAR ES SALAAM, March 17 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Tanzanian Chief Justice Mohamed Chande Othman to lead an independent panel of experts to reopen an investigation into the death of UN ...

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No action yet from Chief Justice on judges implicated in Escrow scam
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Chief Justice Mohammed Othman Chande yesterday failed to say what action would be taken against two judges linked to the controversial Tegeta Escrow Account scandal. Justices Aloysius Mujuluzi and Prof Eudes Ruhangiza were accused of taking part in ...

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