judicial system.21 It also follows that there was no remedy for the Applicants to exhaust given that they had no room in the sentencing process to raise their mental illness as a mitigating factor. As a consequence, this Court finds that local remedies have been exhausted in the present Application in respect of the two issues being considered. 57. Regarding the filing of a constitutional petition before the Respondent State’s High Court, as provided for under Article 13 of the Respondent State’s Constitution, the Court has consistently held that this remedy in the Tanzanian judicial system is an extraordinary remedy that the Applicants are not required to exhaust prior to seizing this Court.22 58. Consequently, the Court finds that local remedies were exhausted in the present Application as envisaged under Article 56(5) of the Charter and Rule 50(2)(e) of the Rules and therefore, dismisses the Respondent State’s objection. B. Other conditions of admissibility 59. The Court notes that there is no contention regarding compliance with the conditions set out in Rule 50(2)(a), (b), (c), (d) and (g) of the Rules. Even so, it must satisfy itself that these conditions are met. 60. From the records on file, the Court notes that the Applicants have clearly been identified by name, in fulfilment of Rule 50(2)(a) of the Rules. 61. The Court notes that the claims made by the Applicants seek to protect their rights guaranteed under the Charter. It further notes that one of the objectives of the Constitutive Act of the African Union as stated in Article 21 Alex Thomas v. United Republic of Tanzania (merits) (2015) 1 AfCLR 465, §§ 60-65; Shukrani Masegenya Mango and Others v. United Republic of Tanzania (merits and reparations) (2019) 3 AfCLR 439, § 56; Onyachi and Njoka v. United Republic of Tanzania (merits) (2017) 2 AfCLR 65, § 54. 22 Thomas v. Tanzania, ibid, §§ 60-62; Mohamed Abubakari v. United Republic of Tanzania (merits) (3 June 2016) 1 AfCLR 599, §§ 66-70; Christopher Jonas v. United Republic of Tanzania (merits) (28 September 2017) 2 AfCLR 101, § 44. 18

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