Tanzania, Aug. 5 -- Arusha. The Court of Appeal of Tanzania has upheld the death sentence imposed on a domestic worker who murdered his employer, a former Tanzania National Parks Authority (Tanapa) official, in 2015.

The appellate judgement leaves Mr Ismail Sangwa facing execution, pending any application for legal review before the Court of Appeal or a constitutional presidential pardon.

Court records established that Mr Sangwa attacked the Tanapa official with a machete, nearly decapitating him, before concealing the victim's body inside the boot of his Mazda motor vehicle, which was subsequently abandoned at Kikwakwaru B in Arusha.

On March 13, 2023, Justice Joachim Tiganga of the High Court (Arusha Registry) convicted Mr Sangwa of ...