About Us

MNKONIJE LAW OFFICES has been established following the winding up by operation of the the Law Firm of ZANZIBAR M. M. LAW CHAMBERS — ADVOCATES established in 1996 after the death of the Principal Partner, the late Mr. Hamid Ali Said Mbwezeleni in, 2019. M/s MNKONJE LAW OFFICES deals with general practice, corporate, commercial, securities and criminal and conveyancing practice. The firm currently (April, 2024) is comprised of five staffs, including one Sole Proprietor, two associates, and two supporting staffs. It is providing a wide range of legal services, including Conveyancers (including security instruments), Corporate, Tax and Investment law consultants, Notaries Public, Commissioners for Oaths, Advocacy and general law consultancy. The Firm is doing a lot of civil litigation work which is among its specialization. The background experience of the firm members allow them to offer the best legal services in Zanzibar in all aspects of the law. The firm currently works in association with several other law firms countrywide and abroad. With an ambition to go back to be Zanzibar premier law firm as it were during ZANZIBAR M. M. LAW CHAMBERS — ADVOCATES, times the firm intends to continue offering quality services and outputs. This is of paramount importance. Every lawyer at MNKONJE LAW OFFICES is attached to a particular practice group. The lead Proprietor is responsible for the establishing and maintenance of highest professional standards of competence within the relevant specialist area. Each practice group is responsible for recruitment, legal training, non-legal development, know-how and research. In every work that we do, we ensure quality and excellence in the realm of customer satisfaction, leadership, strategic planning and benchmarking. Our particular focus is to assist our client through offering them quality services that are cost-effective that stand the test of time and competitors challenge. We respond promptly according to the circumstances to all enquiries. We provide a full range of legal services to business, financial institutions and organizations and we are highly recommended by our clients for the work we do in our specialist areas of law. By continuing building dedicated teams around your business, we are able to offer you multi — discipline, efficient legal advice and support. The firm has built a reputation of understanding its client’s sectors and work with them forwards expanding their business, allowing them to exploit new opportunities. Finally and perhaps more importantly, we thoroughly understand the key political, economical, regulatory and legal issues which surround doing business in Zanzibar. We also keep abreast with changes in the laws in Zanzibar by obtaining Legislation Bills and the subsequent Acts by subscribing to the Government Press for its publications.