JUDGMENT
The appellant was charged with the murder of one Thomas Kanyoro at Wajir on the night of July 2, 1979. He was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to eleven months’ imprisonment. He now appeals against conviction and sentence. The prosecution case was that the appellant, who at the material time was an Inspector of Police at Wajir, visited Wajir Township at about 8 pm on July 2, 1979, in the course of his duties as duty officer. He entered a house in which he found two men, one was police constable Paul Omari (PW 10) and the other a soldier, private Bernard Kasina who was not called at the trial. Both were in plain clothes.
There was also a woman called Wangari (PW 2) who owned the shop and who was probably supplying the men with liquor, although she denied this. A quarrel arose between Kasina and the appellant, who left the shop and went back to the police station to fetch reinforcements. The appellant came back to the house in a Landrover, accompanied by his driver constab…