000195
I.
THE PARTIES
1.
The Applicant, Mr. Kijiji tsaiga, is a nationat of the United Repubtic of
Tanzania. He is currently serving a term of thirty (30) years' imprisonment at the
Ukonga Central Prison in Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania, following his
conviction for the crimes of inflicting bodily harm and aggravated robbery.
2.
The Respondent state, the United Republic of ranzania, became a party to
the African charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (hereinafter referred to as ,,the
charte/') on 21 october, 1986, and to the protocol to the African charter on Human
and Peoples' Rights on the Establishment of an African court on Human and
Peoples' Rights (hereinafter referred to as "the protocol") on 10 February, 2006.
Furthermore, the Respondent State deposited the declaration required under Article
34 (6) of the Protocol, accepting the jurisdiction of the Court to receive cases from
individuals
and
Non-Governmental organizations
Respondent State also became
on 29 March, 2010. The
a Parly to the lnternational Covenant on Civil
and
Political Rights (hereinafter referred to as "lCCpR") on 11 June, 1976.
II.
SUBJECT OF THE APPLICATTON
3.
The Application relates to violations allegedly arising from a domestic
procedure at the end of which the Appticant was sentenced to thirty (30) years,
imprisonment with twelve strokes of the cane for inflicting bodily harm and
aggravated robbery.
A.
4.
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Facts of the Matter
According to the file and the judgments of domestic courts, on 4 April, 2004,
around 8.00 p.m. in the village of Kihongera, District of rarime, in the Mara
Region, three individuals armed with a gun and machete burst into the residence of
Ms. Rhobi Wambura, who was with her two children, Rhobi Chacha and Chacha
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