Appellant and Respondent cohabited together as husband and wife in a presumed marriage for a period of 22 years. The Respondent sued the Appellant in the High Court of Tanzania claiming for half share of the properties alleged to have been jointly acquired from proceeds of an alleged partnership business. In the alternative to that relief, she prayed for a monetary amount of Tanzanian shillings 28,380,000. She also prayed for interest in the alternative prayer, at current commercial rate from January 1998, till the date of judgment and thereafter interest at court’s rate of 7% from the date of judgment till satisfaction and costs of the suit.