In the Consolidated Matter of 1. Tanganyika Law Society 2. The Legal and Human Rights Centre V. The United Republic of Tanzania Application No. 009/2011 And Reverend Christopher R. Mtikila V. The United Republic of Tanzania Application no. 011 /2011 -------------Separate opinion: B. M. Ngoepe, Judge 1) I agree with the majority judgment, of which I am part, in all respects. lt is a judgment which, to any seriously diligent reader, whether they agree with it or not, has been written with sufficient clarity and lucidity of thought. I have, however, felt the need to write a separate opinion on a conundrum which has been vexing this Court for some time and which has manifested itself in this judgment differently from the way it has done in the past. lt is this: in writing a judgment, should this Court always, in every matter, deal with admissibility first and only thereafter with jurisdiction , or vice-versa? Unlike in previous judgments, 1