The Appellant was charged before the Resident Magistrates’
Court of Arusha, with four counts under the Immigration Act, No. 7 of 1995, and
one count under the Tanzania Passport and Travel Documents Act No 20 of 2002,
in Criminal Case No 11 of 2008. After a full trial, on 2nd April
2009, the trial Resident Magistrates’ Court found the Appellant guilty on all
five counts and proceeded to impose sentences on her.
The Appellant was aggrieved, it seems, and belatedly sought to
challenge that decision of the trial court. First, she lodged an application
for extension of time to appeal, vide Misc. Criminal Application No. 20
of 2016. This application was dismissed by Opiyo, J., on the ground that the
Appellant had not lodged a Notice of Appeal as required by law. Subsequent to
this, the Appellant filed Misc. Criminal Application No. 31 of 2016 for
extension of time to file a Notice of Appeal out of time. This application was
dismissed by Moshi, 1 on 19/8/2016 on the ground that the Appellant had not
shown good cause for the delay.
Aggrieved by the latter decision, the Appellant appeals against
it on three grounds appearing in the memorandum of Appeal.