Why Tanzania High Court rejected DPP push for harsher drug sentence

. The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has failed in efforts to ask the High Court to alter a three-year jail sentence against Kenes Julius Mbukwa, who was found with narcotic drugs, namely 100 grammes of bhang.

The High Court Mbeya Sub-Registry stated that the DPP established no legal basis enabling the Court to vary the possession offence for which Mr Mbukwa was convicted and convict him of another offence of drug trafficking.

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