Tanzania, July 12 -- Arusha. A disagreement over a Sh18,000 (about $6.9 on the prevailing exchange rate) debt between two close friends ended in tragedy after a court found Mr Ally Athumani guilty of killing his friend, Mr Aidan Daudi, but convicted him of manslaughter instead of murder.

The High Court's Kigoma Sub-Registry found that the prosecution had failed to prove that Mr Athumani had a prior intention to kill, leading the court to reduce the charge from murder to manslaughter.

The judgment was delivered on June 30, 2026, by Judge Augustine Rwizile, who presided over the case.

According to the judgment uploaded on the Judiciary website, Mr Athumani was convicted, although details of his sentence were not provided. Under Sections ...