Tanzania, May 17 -- Arusha. The Court of Appeal has overturned decisions by the High Court and the Commission for Mediation and Arbitration (CMA) that had ruled in favour of eight former employees of Teofilo Kisanji University (TEKU), holding that they failed to exhaust internal appeal procedures before lodging their complaint.

The appellate court ruled that the employees erred in law by bypassing the university's internal appeal mechanism and proceeding directly to the CMA.

The judgment was delivered on Monday, May 11, 2026, by a panel comprising Justices Rehema Mkuye, Dr Eliezer Feleshi, and Dr Deo Nangela in Civil Appeal No. 1459 of 2024.

After reviewing submissions and records from both sides, the court nullified the proceedings be...