7 This court is aware that, the jurisdiction of the High Court of Tanzania is stipulated by Article 108 (1) of the Constitution of the United Republic, 1977 which reads that: "Thereshall be a High Courtof the UnitedRepublic(to be referred to in short as "the High Court; the jurisdiction of which shall be as specifiedin this Constitutionor in any other law." Now regarding this matter at hand, it is trite law that the specific damages are the ones which determines the jurisdiction and not general damages as elaborated in numerous cases including the decision in M/ s Tanzania - China Friendship vs Our Lady of The Usambara Sisters (Civil Appeal 84 of 2002) [2005] TZCA 104 (19 October 2005) where the court was of the view that: ''..In our view, it is the substantive claim and not the general damages which determines the pecuniary jurisdiction of the court. In the instant case, the substantive amount is Tshs. 8,136,720/=. It is this amount which determines the pecuniary jurisdiction of the court .." See also Tanzania Saruji Corporation v. African Marble Company Limited [2004] T.L.R 155. Page 7 of 12

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