Dar es Salaam, Feb. 13 -- TANZANIA: THE Court of Appeal has endorsed a 30-year jail term and life imprisonment sentence imposed on a resident of Njombe Region, Hezron Ndone, for incest by a male and carnally knowing his daughter against the order of nature several times.

According to the Tanzania Penal Code, incest by males is defined as when a male has carnal knowledge of a female who is his granddaughter, daughter, sister, or mother.

Justices Rehema Mkuye, Paul Kihwelo and Paul Ngwembe dismissed the appeal that which Ndone, the appellant, had lodged to oppose the findings of the trial Court of Resident Magistrates of Njombe and that of the High Court, the first appellate court.

“We are satisfied that, on the evidence in the rec...