IN THE COURT OF APPEAL
AT NAIROBI
( Coram:Madan, Kneller JJA and Platt Ag JA )
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 62 OF 1983
BETWEEN
NORBERT OLUOCH OBANDA................................................................................APPELLANT
AND
REPUBLIC............................................................................................................RESPONDENT
JUDGMENT
Norbert Oluoch Obanda was convicted of three counts of corruption contrary to section 3(1) of the Prevention of Corruption Act (cap 65) by a Nairobi Senior Resident Magistrate on June 30, 1982 and sentenced to a total of four years’ imprisonment.
He appealed against the convictions only and his appeal was dismissed by the High Court (Sachdeva and Abdullah JJ) on May 12 this year.
There was, in the alternative to the first count, a charge of demanding with menace contrary to section 302 of the Penal Code (cap 63) on which the magistrate made a finding that it was proved beyond a reasonable doubt but did not convict and the judges decl…