Ashery Fred Utamwa versusThe Attorney General and Another

Ashery Fred Utamwa versusThe Attorney General and Another; Civil Appeal No. 40 of 2000: Court of Appeal of Tanzania at Dar es Salaam (Unreported).

• Election Petition

• Appeals – an appeal to the Court of Appeal lodged after parliament had been dissolved-Whether the Court has jurisdiction.

Held:-

The Court of Appeal ceases to have jurisdiction to determine appeals emanating from election petitions once Parliament is dissolve; so that there is no longer a seating member of Parliament