Tanzania, April 21 -- Arusha. The Musoma Sub-Registry of the High Court of Tanzania has dismissed an application by Wambura Simbanne seeking extension of time to file a notice of appeal against a 30-year prison sentence for manslaughter, after finding that he failed to justify a delay of more than three years.

In a ruling delivered on April 20, 2026, Justice Kamazima Kafanabo held that the application lacked sufficient legal grounds to warrant the court's discretion in extending time.

Simbanne had filed the application under Section 14(1) of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act, seeking leave to lodge a notice of appeal out of time against a judgment delivered on February 22, 2022, in Criminal Case No. 90 of 2021.

He argued that the delay wa...