Tanzania, June 21 -- Arusha. The High Court in Manyara Sub-Registry has dismissed a land dispute filed by Narosoito Village Council against four individuals and declared three of them the lawful owners of the contested land.

The case, numbered 5366/2025, was filed by Narosoito Village Council, Simanjiro District Council, and the Attorney General (AG) against Noah Kibunda, Yeremia Lemandi, Mathayo Palaleti, and Sokoine Kibunda.

Delivering judgment on Thursday, June 18, 2026, Justice Nenelwa Mwihambi ruled that the plaintiffs had failed to prove that the land belonged to the village or that the defendants had occupied it unlawfully.

The dispute centred on 150 acres in Nengamai Hamlet, Narosoito Village, in Simanjiro District, Manyara Reg...