This dissertation aim to examine the effectiveness of the Ward Tribunals in solving land disputes. Ward Tribunals were first established in 1985 by the Ward Tribunal Act No. 7 of 1985 Cap 206, with the aim to settle disputes in the areas where they were situated in order to secure peace and harmony. In 2002, after the enactment of the Land Disputes Courts Act, 2002 Cap 216, the Ward Tribunals apart from their former ordinary function became land court in Tanzania. The establishment of Ward Tribunal was perceived as a solution to the problem of backlog of cases in ordinary courts. Being the second land court in the hierarch after the Village Land Council, the Ward Tribunals are now responsible in dealing with adjudicating upon land matters within the area they are established. It is now almost 15 years since these Ward Tribunals have been empowered to deal with land disputes, but still numbers of land disputes have not come down. The study reveals that land disputes in the ward tribunals are not effectively handled as expected due to legal and logistical shortcomings. To recommend for Ward Tribunals to be effective, the members of the tribunal shall be person with legal knowledge and the government shall allocate fund for running this important body, the Local Government Authority should impose supervision over the Ward Tribunals, members should be continuously trained through seminars and workshop so as to equip them with knowledge, the law regulating WT shall be amendment to suit with the current situation and the WT and the DLHT be placed under the judiciary for effective supervision and monitoring.