II. SUBJECT MATTER OF THE APPLICATION A. Facts of the matter 3. It emerges from the record that the Applicants, together with a third individual who is not part of this Application, were jointly tried before the High Court sitting at Tanga with the offence of trafficking in Cannabis Sativa contrary to the Drugs and Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Drugs Act. On 14 March 2014, they were convicted and sentenced to twenty (20) years imprisonment but the third individual, who had been jointly charged with the Applicants, was acquitted. The Applicants were also ordered to pay a global fine of TSH 95 180 607 (Ninety-five million one hundred eighty thousand and six hundred and seven Tanzanian Shillings), to be split evenly between the two of them. 4. The Applicants appealed against their conviction and sentence before the Court of Appeal but their appeal was dismissed, in its entirety, on 28 July 2016. B. Alleged violations 5. Without specifying any provisions of the Charter, the Applicants allege a violation of their right to fair trial on the following grounds: i. The Court of Appeal failed to determine the exact weight of the Cannabis Sativa that was tendered by the prosecution as Exhibit P.2 as well as the types of bags in which it was found; ii. The Court of Appeal erred in law by failing to consider if the Applicants were indeed caught in possession of the Cannabis Sativa; iii. The Court of Appeal failed to establish why it took more than three months for the Respondent State to take the Cannabis Sativa to the government chemist for evaluation; iv. The absence of a Supreme Court in the Respondent State has contributed to a violation of their rights. 3