IN THE COURT OF APPEAL
AT NAIROBI
(Coram: Madan, Miller and Potter JJA)
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 92 OF 1981
BETWEEN
MUTONYI .......................................1ST APPELLANT
KAMANDE......................................2ND APPELLANT
AND
REPUBLIC.........................................RESPONDENT
JUDGMENT
Potter JA The two appellants Mutonyi and Kamande were each convicted by the Senior Resident Magistrate, Nairobi, on two counts of corruption, one of soliciting and one of receiving, contrary to Section 3(1) of the Prevention of Corruption Act (Cap 65). Another accused with them (the second accused) was acquitted at the trial. A fourth accused named Wilson who was convicted with the two appellants was acquitted on appeal to the High Court. All four accuseds were police officers, and members of the crew of a 999 police car. The first appellant, Mutonyi, was an Inspector of Police and the commander of the car. The other three accused were constables. The fourth accused, Wilson, was the driver of the…