A compulsory Research Report Submitted to Mzumbe University – Mbeya Campus College in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement of the Award of Bachelor Degree of Laws (LL.B) of Mzumbe University
The study intended to look at the relevance of having in place a firm, specialized, and autonomous body with the duty of protecting witness in Tanzania. As of now the whistle-blower and protection of witness Act, which was promulgated early in 2015, confers this crucial duty in the criminal justice system our country to the competent authority who works as protector of witness by virtue of holding the power of investigating wrongdoings in the working areas.
The main objective was to analyses the strength of the criminal justice system of witness protection and the law and practice on witness protection in Tanzania, and the relevance of having a vibrant body for protection of witness. It is the act of conferring this duty to these untrained, unspecialized, dependent, unskilled and inexperienced persons in the area of protecting witnesses in danger, which prompted the undertaking of the study. Review of the laws from other countries has it that self-driving entities have been established in a bid of keeping the duty of protecting witnesses a reality. These bodies have within them specialized persons natured and dedicated in devising appropriate protection measures to witness in need.
Therefore, researcher used a case study approach with Dar Es Salaam for in-depth study. In collection of data both methods of soliciting primary data and secondary data were used. Upon collection and analysis of data it was chiefly revealed that, as it stands the current criminal justice delivery system is not effective in protecting witness, hence there is urgent need for it to be accommodative. To that end, the study has total number of five chapters with distinct interrelating content.