MSAFIRI HASSAN MASIMBA(App) Vs THE REPUBLIC(Res)Msafiri Hassani Masimba, the herein appellant, now serving an imprisonment term of thirty years, was charged in the District Court of Iringa at Iringa with two counts. The first count is armed robbery cis 265 and 286 and the second count is arson cis 319(a), both of the Penal Code Cap 16 R.E. 2002. He was found guilty of having committed the offence of armed robbery. Upon conviction, he was sentenced to the term of imprisonment stated above. This is his second appeal. His first appeal was dismissed by the Resident Magistrate's Court of Mbeya presided over by a Senior Resident Magistrate with extended jurisdiction.