c00901 (7) years prior to the 2014 High court judgment that led to his eventual deportation. The Respondent state thus had ample knowledge of the Applicant,s status. Furthermore, as reflected in the proceedings, during the June 2006 actions, it took the Respondent state only a few days to establish the Applicant,s alleged illegal status and deport his family. ln such circusmtances, this court is of the view that a period of six (6) years and four (4) months to determine whether a person is an illegal immigrant in light of the Respondent state,s lmmigration Act is inordinately long. 109. ln light of the above, this court holds that the time of six (6) years and four (4) months that it took the High Court to complete the case cannot be considered a reasonable period to deliver justice. 1 10. The Court consequently finds the Respondent State in violation of Article 7(1)(d) of the Charter VIII. REPARAT!ONS 111. Article 27(1) of the Protocol provides that "lf the Court finds that there has been violation of a human or peoples' rights it shall make appropriate orders to remedy the violation, including the payment of fair compensation or reparation.,, 112.|n his Application, the Applicant prays the Court to order the Respondent state to compensate him to the amount of Tanzania Shillings Eight Hundred Million (TZS 800,000,000). 1 13. ln a subsequent pleading filed on 5 May 2016, the Applicant further requests the Court to: Quash the conviction and sentence imposed and/or release him from custody; and grant an order for reparations as follows: i. Tanzania Shillings Twenty Miilion (TZS 20,000,000) being the vatue of his artefacts and damage suffered as a result of their loss; ii. Tanzania Shillings Fourty Five Miilion (TZS 45,000,000) being the value of his personal effects that were confiscated by agents of the Respondent S te; a 27