Dar es Salaam, Feb. 29 -- TANZANIA: ON February 2nd, 2024; the print media carried some news, regarding Zanzibar  s powerful statement, or ‘lecture, on what in law is known as “vicarious liability”. In legal parlance, the word “liability” means “a legal obligation, or duty. And the phrase “vicarious liability” is defined as “the liability which arises because of one persons relationship to another”.

Thus, for example, an employer is generally liable for the tort of his employee which is committed in the course of his employment.

And in criminal law, a master may sometimes be held ‘vicariously liable for an offence committed by his servant.

In terms of political lead...