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Ally Athumani PW1 had received. He contacted the District Commissioner ofSongea District as advised in the last paragraphof this letter which wasproduced in court and marked exhibit P.4 he was given a letter identical to theone that had been given to Mohamed Ally Athumani and which had been markedas exhibit P.2 quoted in full above This letter was produced admitted and markedas exhibit P.5 The witness PW2 further testified that he had wished to be afarmer and he had applied for 2,000 acres of land and that he had received noreply to his application addressed to the District commissioner of Songea anddated 7 th April, 1987 He had followed up this application with enquires but he hadalways been told that the sitting that dealt with applications for land had nottaken place. He produced his application letter for 2,000 acres of land as anexhibit which was admitted and marked exhibit P.6. From his temporary traveldocument. No. 5510 which was produced for identification purposes andmarked ID.2 one finds that the applicant was born at Dodoma on the 29 thJanuary,1989.Athumani Shali PW3 by Mgunya tribe is a Tanzanian who has been living inMfaranyake area Songea Town form 1981 He has a wife and five children andruns a retail shop. He too stated that his business lecence produced in court foridentification purposes and marked ID.5 expired on 30/4/87 and to beat theexpiry date had applied for its renewal in March 1987 The business licence wasnot issued to him on account of his having been a Mgunya by tribe. He too hadbeen informed at the Town Council that no business licinces were going to be419