defamed. Indeed this court is satisfied that the Petitioner has been ridiculed, shunned and tarnished in the society where he commanded high respect and confidence. The extent on which the suffering has been experienced touches on his emotions, career, ambitions and business just to mention the few. This naturally caused mental and emotional torture for the allegiance and loyalty he had all along. He therefore deserves compensation. Further to that, Respondents need to apologise for their acts. With regard to payment of Tshs. 3,000,000,000/= being compensation for defamation, unlike the award of special/specific damages which needs to be specific pleaded and proved, the assessment of the amount to be paid as compensation for defamation will rely on the extent of publication, the prominence of the publication, the words used and whether the Newspaper is National or International circulated and also the position of the article in the Newspaper. As earlier stated by the Petitioner, that THE CITIZEN Newspaper is widely spread within and outside this country, the defamatory words appeared even in the front page with humiliating words like “Sacked”. Therefore, it is more than millions of people who read those defamatory statements against the Petitioner. Taken into account the nature of the publication in print and permanent form, but on a higher note is 36