19890419 TZCA Bukoba

1 IN .L.'IIE TIIGH COUR ...1 0::::1 :£1.A?ZAi.'HA Ai BUKOBA HC. CRINrnAL J1f?EAL Nao 33 OF 1994 (Or,-iginal Criminal Case Ifoo 222 of 1992 at Bukoba) Beforei CoS• BILL~EA, Esq.,, RESDJEXh1 MJ1.GIS.t.1RAl1E., FULG:1.'JC:C B,ASII,i,f.11(.1 • o • • ,o o o_ o o o • o • • • o • • o • o o JI.Pl'ELLAN'.i.1 versus .illE REFU:B LI C RESFmrnDi 'J..1 JUDGMZN'.i.1 IvlAS.ANClIE 2 Jg 'lhe· appellant Fulgrnce Ba..sirn~i, was charged on tm counts. He w:as cha:rgea_, on first count, wHh o·,)·'.:aining money by Zalse pretenses c/s 302:·of the:-Pmal Gode. On this one, :-h2 was convicted and se;.1tenced_-_ to:-s~en y~ars.::.imprisonment. _-__-_ On ~:1e second count, that of t.'leH., he wa;J.-acquittod. :ilie o.ppellant--:is a~{gr.ieved and appeals to tl'.:is Court; 1-':r. Ebago,- the learned Sta·::e:A-~·::on!ey has supported_both conviction a,."lc:. sa:.~:ence,:.. on this, fir§·~ counto 'i'b.e facts of..the case are no·t in a '..::errible dispute.,_ ~ :tl1e ax,ella.nt, former polic<'.!man, on lC/12/91, we:1.t -'.:o - Barahiah:·.A;n:rani, PWo1, and told this PW .. 1 iliat he (appe:'.lant) llad.::.a.-:-mo-~01~ycle he was.:-selling.;; lle ·::.old tl1e complainent:- - that t.'1e mo·'.:ox cycle, -wi:1'.J.1 Regis-~ra-do;:1 No. :1-Z 7341s war:: at the ELC'.1.1 ( :tl1e Eva11gelical Lu.-:)i-:cra11 Chu;rc:,r o:f :.:'a_r1s2:'lia)::,gro1..n2d.s here in IluJ.co;)a, .: ~lie ar,i:;ella':1 :·. soi1-~-- ·'J_;_c

co1:1pl.::.i::.:.ant and cleve:rly -to:t:d a s:torekcepez, a·c -U1e compound, ·'.:,o ope:.1 a oon~c::iner. Indeed. tl1e containr containecl motor cycle. .1.'b.e:-a:_:.,pclla.:J.t poifiJ~ed at: a r.io'..o:::- .;:,cycle saying ·fr,a-:.: it was the one U'..at beJ.o;.1gccl. ~o him (appellci1t) and one::whic.b. he 1-1ouJ.cl sell to ·::he com:)lainaii.·~. :ihe a,p)ell.:1,::.1-t.::.said-=- tha.t to onls meeded shs. J00,ooo/= .for it. &c coE1plai:,.ant parted with ·(;].is t:oney 2n Eichibit P1 shows g 2:i.e chit (Rii:11 oP1) reads: ttFrom Fulgence Basiri1aki '.i.10 llamran . Nimepokea shso 300,000/= lalci tatu }8ui:ok2, kwa Bwana HamI'an bia ajili Ye. kushug;iulikia pikipiki, liontla XL 400 cc, 1Z. 73417 a.mba:·o nimeitenda huko ELC'.1.1• Hara Bodi ya ·Lenda. ikimaliza kunikabidhi nLampat.iQ. yeye 11 signedn .. 2 In his defence r.t tho tr-ic-.1 9 tho ::p?ellent denied to t 2.ve boon involved in the commission of this offence. I:::o contended thr. t ho wcs out o~ "4 WJ~k 2,nd uo r;1ot the so,.rch pc.rty. Tllo;r t,sked him whether ho hed seen people rw.mine 'J.W2.y r:nd he replied in tho 2,Zfi:a.1::,tivo. \'TI.1ero upon tho s02,rch :Q,:.rty t·old hih1 thr:t he wc.s one of ther,1 c.nd tho;r c::c:rosted hir.1. I hc.vo oxm-;iined end considm:·ed tho cvido:1co 011 record. CG -:mll ns the nppellcnt 1 s petition of a.piJOP.l, lilw tho t:r.L·l court, I c.m sr.tisfied thd the conviction of tho

[1.ppollc:nt w:::,s prof,G:i'.'o IIis cuilt W8G ost2:1)licllod beyond renson2ble. The 25th hee,ds of cGttlo uoro duly identified to lmvo l:icon ;;icrt of PiB ts stolen' ccttlea And tho c.ppel12.nt 1-rn..s found with those co.ttle only e ·dny 2.f'ter they hc'.d been stokn. Tho o.ppellc.nt 1 s cccom1t th2,t the senrch pai"ty just picked on him 2.s he 1ms wnlkin( ntout cr:nnot be true end it wc.s ri{)1tly rejectodo The cpr,cll,·nt could not c.dvcence 2.1w renso:n r:s to wby tho som.:ch po.rty, in pcrticula1~, PW1 ond P!:72 could h~.v0 implicated hirn in this r.ir-.tter without cc.usoo .And f'tu:ther, o.cc0Td.il1r to tl:c tcstir:iony of PT-T2 tho nppelhmt when questioned by the soc:rch :p;:::]~t;r, he 2d.r::ittod to h2vo stolon the cnttle in question. This u:::;s ,:1 confesr.,iono The oppolli:nt did not che.llence this evidence c.t the tri21 1 tl·•.C't is, durinc the proaocntion ce.se c:s well ns in hie own defence. Ile is now tryint to I'otract or ropucli,-:,,to this confession in his petition of appec.1. E:c he.s st..::ted in his petition of appe:-~l thd ho adnittod to 112,ve conu-.1itted the offence to snve his lifo. r.:o 1-rnuld other-· wise heve been killed and left in the bush. I cm fer from boinc pursu.cdod by tho 2:.ppoll2,nt 1 s 1Jelr.tod sttenpt to '· inpet:ch tho ·confession he mndc o If indeed it hcd i)ecn obt~ined thrml[.h fo:::r nnd throats, I se~ no rouson why ho did

not 1~niso the issue of its involu:ntnrine:ss ct the trial. In o.y view this is but t:n nftor th:OU£.;ht on the pc:rt of tho appollo.nt and en nttempt on his pr·.rt to e::..t'ricate himself from this difficult situation., Tie h2.s not succeed., Thff conviction wns well found.ado Th8 sentence iraposed -:,;.s 9 yo::-~ro imp:riso1m.ent o There is no minir.rurJ. sentence set fo"J: offences undoJ~ the Econor;1ic and Orcnnized Crime Control Act. Tl~e max.imw:i sentence is 15 years imp:;_~ioonment. In ir.;:pos:inc tho sentence of 9 yccrs, the loc.rncd Senior Resident I:~rcistro.te 1 obsor<;ed thd the offence of cr,ttle theft w2.s p:rovelent in the areno .And thnt e. lot of :innocent lives of pooplc cs well c.s Government revenue is w2,stod in tho course of cc.ttlo rustl:inc nnd in tho 001,1.rse of try:i.n[: to prevent cattlo rustEnc in thd pert of tho country0 In ny viou those uorc pJ:Opor fr:ct ors to t--ko into account o In tho ci:i.~cumstr.:nces the:rof'o:i:·0, I o.:m of th0 view thd tho sentonco of 9 yo, 2'S w2.s7'tho circur.1stnnccs not so oxcor::;sivo to wc:rr.c.nt tho into:;: :foronce by this court. It is he1~ol:iy ·uphold. ~ .. ~=','. ;: ~(· ., .. ::~~·\. . .,. '. {'\ ·. ·-~~?- . -3 and ,,._,· ✓ This nppccl theJ:ofo~co fc:'1.ls/ in it is acco1"C!.int:ly d. iDsj_ssed· in its entirety., ;t~i -j. ,-t~~ . .,l!!,•'1i ~:f_;. i:- ..',':...·. ,,, 11. II o SEI:L'LE Ix ;:,;;\ Delivm~ed

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