Arusha. The Court of Appeal has overturned a life imprisonment sentence handed down to a retail shop owner in the Mto wa Mbu area of Monduli District, Arusha Region, Mr Baraka Makubi, after finding that the evidence lacked the credibility required to prove a charge of child rape beyond reasonable doubt.
In a judgment delivered on July Friday, 17, 2026, a panel of justices comprising Lugano Mwandambo, Abraham Mwampashi, and Lameck Mlacha quashed the previous convictions.
A copy of the ruling was subsequently uploaded to the Judiciary of Tanzania website.
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