The indigenous justice systems were modes of resolving conflicts in Tanzanian communities for millenia before the introduction of the common law system as it was applied in England. The introduced mode, despite its success, is encumbered with a number of challenges. Apart from the challenges, the restoration of one’s customs and traditions is what makes one a human. The conventional justice system being ‘water’ to clean off dirt, the ‘baby’ is celebrated for what it has so far achieved; thus, the washed baby should not have been thrown into the water because in Africa, and Tanzania in particular, no one denies how valuable a baby is to parent and the community at large. Despite Tanzania’s efforts in capturing the bits of indigenous justice systems, the laws in place to a great extent roll on the bits of the conventional justice system. Protecting and preserving one’s customs has caught the interest of the international and regional community. That should awaken Tanzanians to look for the baby (indigenous justice systems) and appreciate its beauty. Ratification of the convention on tribal and indigenous people is optional; its negation devalues one’s customs and traditions. This paper comes with a reformatory agenda. The pumpkin in the homestead cannot be uprooted i.e. indigenous traditions must be preserved.

在英国采用普通法制度之前，土著司法制度是数千年来解决坦桑尼亚社区冲突的方式。引入的模式尽管取得了成功，但仍面临许多挑战。除了挑战之外，恢复一个人的习俗和传统是使一个人成为人的原因。传统的司法系统是“水”来清除污垢，“婴儿”因其迄今为止取得的成就而闻名；因此，洗过的婴儿不应该被扔进水里，因为在非洲，尤其是坦桑尼亚，没有人否认婴儿对父母和整个社区的价值。尽管坦桑尼亚努力捕捉土著司法系统的部分内容，但现行法律在很大程度上借鉴了传统司法系统的部分内容。保护和维护自己的风俗已引起国际和区域社会的关注。这应该唤醒坦桑尼亚人寻找婴儿（土著司法系统）并欣赏它的美丽。批准《部落和土著人民公约》是可选的；它的否定贬低了一个人的习俗和传统。本文附带了一个改革议程。宅基地中的南瓜不能被连根拔起，即必须保留土著传统。