Tanzania: Child Testimony in Rape Cases Poses Challenge

THERE have been controversies on how trial courts are required to treat testimony of children of tender ages in rape cases. Following such conflicting positions, Chief Justice Chande Othman decided to call a Full Court (comprising five justices) of Court of Appeal to resolve the matter.

Our Staff Writer FAUSTINE KAPAMA has revisited a judgment to see how child witnesses should be handled. His report... ...

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