In the District Court of Karatu at Karatu, the Appellant was charged, tried and convicted of offence of unlawful possession of government trophy contrary to section 86 (1) and (2) (c) (ii) of the Wildlife Conservation Act No. 5 of 2009 as amended by section 59 (a) and (b) of the Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Act No. 4 of 2016 read together with paragraph 14 of the 1st Schedule thereto. The offence with which the Appellant stood charged with is on two counts; firstly, being found in unlawful possession of dik dik meat and secondly, being found in unlawful possession of bush pig meat worth Tshs. 1,194,648/=. was then sentenced to a mandatory minimum sentence to twenty (20) years jail on each count.
The Appellant was further indicted, tried, prosecuted and convicted of an offence of unlawful possession of weapons in certain circumstance. He was sentenced to one (1) year imprisonment. And the imposed sentences were ordered to run concurrently.
The District Court was conferred with jurisdiction by the DPP after the state Attorney in-charge at Arusha had exercised his power under section 12 (3) of the Economic and Organized Control Act [Cap 200 R.E. 2002] by issuing a certificate for trial of the economic case by a subordinate court dated 10th April 2019. Feeling aggrieved by both conviction and sentence, the Appellant had presented this petition of appeal.