87.
By refusing to carry out the DNA test requested by Achok Anudo, the
Respondent State missed an opportunity to obtain proof of its claims. lt
follows that the decision to deprive the Applicant of his Tanzanian
nationality is unjustified.
88.The Court is of the opinion that the evidence provided by the Respondent
State concerning the justification for the withdrawal of the Applicant's
nationality is not convincing, and therefore holds in conclusion that the
deprivation of the Applicant's nationality was arbitrary, contrary to Article
15(2) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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The Applicant's right not to be expelled arbitrarily
89.The Applicant submits that his arrest and expulsion is the result of his
refusalto give a bribe to the immigration officers. Subsequentty, he wrote to
the Prevention and combating of corruption Bureau to complain.
90.The Applicant maintains that officials of the Respondent State unlawfully
seized his passport which was still valid, cancelled it, deleted it from the
Register, and then deported him to Kenya.
it is unlawful to declare him a "prohibited immigrant" and
expel him from his country. He denounces the Tanzanian authorities'
91. He submits that
application of Section 11 (1) of the Tanzanian lmmigration Act, which states
that "the entry and presence in Tanzania of any prohibited immigrant shall
be unlaMul".
92.The Respondent State, for its part, contends that the Applicant's passport
was cancelled following an investigation conducted by the lmmigration
Department which provided proof that the information used in obtaining the
said passport was false. The decision to expel the Applicant was taken by
the Minister of Home Affairs, the only one competent to do so.
93.|t submits that the Applicant's stay in its territory was unlawful; that the
"prohibited immigrant" notice was issued in accordance with the law and
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that the Applicant's expulsion was legal
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