Tanzania, Aug. 25 -- Arusha. Chesco Mveka has failed to escape the death sentence after the Court of Appeal dismissed his appeal, ruling that the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that he murdered Selijo Mdundwige by slitting his throat.

The panel of judges noted that evidence demonstrated that Mr Mveka removed Mr Mdundwige from a Ward Office detention cell on the afternoon of April 3, 2013, attacked him with a knife, and subsequently fled the village until his arrest three years later.

Mr Mveka was challenging a judgment delivered by the High Court (Iringa Registry) on March 22, 2023, in Criminal Case No. 54 of 2016.

The ruling upholding the sentence was delivered on Monday, August 24, 2026, by a three-judge bench comprising ...