00137 5 15. The Respondent State prays the Court to make the following orders with respect to jurisdiction and admisslbility: That, the Honorable African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights lacks jurisdiction to adjudicate over this Application and it should be dismissed. That, the Honorable Court has no jurisdiction to issue an Order to compel the Respondent State to release the Applicants from prison. ilt That, the Honorable Court has no jurisdiction to sit as an appellate Court over matters concluded and flnalized by the Court of Appeal of the Respondent state. iv. That, the Honorable Court has no jurisdiction to sit as a Court of First lnstance over matters never raised within the Municipal Courts in the Respondent state. That, the application has not met the admissibility requirements stipulated under Rule 40(5) of the Rules of the Court and be declared inadmissible and duly dismissed. vt That, the application has not met the admissibility requirements stipulated under Rule 40(6) of the Rules of the Court and be declared inadmissible and duly dismissed. vil That the Application be dismissed." 16. The Respondent State further prays the Court to make the following orders with respect to the merits of the Application: 1. that, the government of the United Republic of Tanzania has not violated the Applicants' right to be heard. 7