Rights ("hereinafter referred to as the Charter").
8. By a letter dated 27 February 2012 the Registrar acknowledged receipt of the Applicant's letter dated 20
February 2012 and advised him that his Application has been registered as Application Number 00312012
Peter Joseph Chacha v The United Republic of Tanzania.
9. By a letter dated 1 March 2012, the Applicant informed the Registrar that he would like a request for
reparation pursuant to Rule 34 (5) of the Rules to be included in his Application.
10. By a letter dated 25 April 2012, the Registrar requested the Applicant to provide it with copies of the
letters he intends to adduce as evidence and any other evidence that would demonstrate exhaustion of
local remedies, including Court judgments, and to do so within thirty (30) days of receipt of the letter.
11. In response to the request by the Registrar. by a letter dated 25 May 2012 and received at the Registry
on 30 May 2012, the Applicant submitted copies of the following:
1. . Letter dated 19 February 2008 to the Minister of Home Affairs and copied to the Commission on
Human Rights and Good Governance. In this letter the Applicant wrote to the Minister of Home
Affairs regarding the misconduct of the Officer Commanding the Criminal Investigations Division
(OCCID)
2. Letter dated 22 December 2008 to the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs requesting the
Minister's assistance in resolving his complaints. The Applicant attached the copies of the letters he
had written to various Ministries and institutions in this regard.
3. Letter dated 18 September 2009 to the Minister for Home Affairs referring to the Ministry's
acknowledgement of receiptby its letter dated 27 February 2008, of the Applicant's letterdated 19
February 2008 and advising the Applicants that thecomplaints he has filed against OCCID
Ramadhani Mungi are under study. In the letter of 18 September 2009, theApplicant informs the
Minister that since he has not received a response from the Ministry regarding his complaints, he is
in proceeding to seek the intervention of the Courts. He also urges the Minister to refer to the
Criminal Record Office for Arusha and Arumeru Districts of 2007 which he states do not contain any
reports of crimes he allegedly committed or any reports related to his property. The Applicant states
that the officer he has complained against is abusing his office to keep him in remand and to
unlawfully hold his property.
4. Letter dated 8 February 2010 to the Attorney General's Chambers, Public Prosecutions Division. In
this letter, the Applicant recalls that the Criminal Cases No 915/2007, 931/2007, 933/20071
1027/2007, 1029/2007 and later, 883/2008 against him have been pending since 2007. He states
that the cases against him were filed despite there not being any First Report and credible
evidence, therefore the prosecutions are false. He stated that, in addition, the State opened two
new prosecutions against him in Criminal Cases No 712/2009 and 716/2009 despite his absence in
Court. The Applicant indicated that he had decided to file an Application at the High Court of
Tanzania at Arusha based on Section 90(1) c (4) of the Criminal Procedure Act so that the Director
of Public Prosecutions can explain why the Applicant has been charged with the Criminal Cases
despite the lack of the First Report and evidence to support the charges, and for the charges
against him to be withdrawn. A list of his allegedly unlawfully seized property was attached to this
letter.
5. A copy of an Order dated 16 October 2010 striking out Criminal Application No. 6 of 2010
originating from the Criminal Cases. This is the application the Applicant filed at - the High Court of
Tanzania at Arusha and in respect of which he had advised the Director of Public Prosecutions he
would file, vide his letter dated 8 February 2010 This application was found incompetent since, the
section under which it was brought, Section 90(1) c (4) of the CPA. had by then, been repealed.
6. A copy of the Attorney General's Notice of Preliminary Objection, Reply to the Applicant 's petition
and Counter Affidavit in respect of Criminal Application No. 16 of 2011 at the High Court of
Tanzania at Arusha.
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