19770629 TZHC Mwanza

:ILC:.1-~ CC.'lJRT CiUMIN,".L id?i?i:::ii.J.., NO. 62 t)F 1977 (Originc:l Criminol C.::ise Nu. 262 of 1976 of the District Cour:t :·,f Vi1.~s0ma distric;t ut Musomo - 3efc,re S Li.1Zetr,J, 0 Esqo 1 Dis_trict I1ngi:,trati2)., JQSE,?H jl'i;,i~C:f:;L • o •·• o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o a O o o o • APPELLANT vs. THE REPUT:3LIC GOOOdOOOOOOQOOOOOOOOCIOOOCIOeOooooooooo RESPONDENT .. . Corrupt tr,~riso:-.c.tion_c/s.3 <:).) ()f the Prev,mtiqn •.)f,coirupti,m Act Ne• .. 16 of 197L ..JUDGEMENT: KATI TI, J :- JCSEPH L-,RCEL was c,:mvictcr.1 of the offence ,)f corrw)tion c/ s a\'< 1) -.:,f- t.he· Pre-irentinn tlf C\)r-ruption Act No.·· 16 of 1971 i.1Pd sentenced to 3 year:,s j_;·.1i_,;ris1)I,1,~e~t. He is D'..)W ~ppeal:i.nL1 a0aiii.st cunvict.i{:\1 • : 0 and s ~n·l~<..:~~l~. ~ . T. -hav~ 0 )n_e·;, i:;.hroµ,;_-Jh th~ appella~t' s mem-::>r-,:mdDm_ of D.py.::o.l, r:i-J1 the' view th::d: I h.:::ve i_s 1 that_,· n(1 sustainable . ·> points :2.L'e r~·ice::d, ap0rt fr··. •m tuuchirn/ factual areas, th0:t do· nr)t seem to.hnve ~scpped.the attanti0n 0f th~ trial court. The. uvij.;mce );:ielieved, i_s tho.t PW.l Nyahuru Mahamb2., l1r.:t¢! fa~len :in-. o.:,~r,=6rs, in_ the rt1:2c,tin<]. of_ hi.s water ~J4"lls, for the:" month qf Hc,v::.im)x:!r 1 1.97.5_. .· 'i'his ~,,;;-~s accump~hied ;--,y December wnter biil bringi~~.t~e ~np~id ~~uunt t0' sh~. J07/= - shs.

32/=.·foi November, .:-·:·i(1 shs; 75/~ for Dec21,1ber. These.water bills,w~rc~ coming in the. Blc!J'IlL! :::;f F •. Mo }>,::ito_yu the 1,reviQus occupant of th~ houseo. , ' . ~ . . . . PW.1. W(j:~:t' 't,1_ th~.·-- ',v_:ct(i'.1:' ~·lev·e·lopmer:t o·ffice wh·ere, among the people he 't::ilced fo was the ui~';)Cllant. }{G co'mpinined to him that water bill f~-r the m,:;nth ,;f D,~~,~r.,bi~r was t,)o big_, and it is· what happcme<.1 h...;r,_,;:iftcr, tnc~t mu.c~e i t 'p,::issible, for t.his court to he6r this appeal. PW.l Crcc.1ibly t:)ld the cuurt, that the r)[Jpellant <]Ot out of the office, und cnlled him (PW l) out by use of gesture and according 0 to i?\:J.l th,J o.::· .·ellr:mt told_ him us follows:- u;-;.ccus·c:1 t~,ldt:ne, thnt if I consider the bill to be too bis, h.::; w,.'7uid-· c2ncell it. I asked the accused, how he Cccn c.lc it. Accused b.)lc1 me 9 that he has his ways of CO.i.'lC~lJ.ins the bill, if I c,.1uld. give hiin .f::,rty .shillings.. f0r t:·. ~ :_.,ayment of the work of cancelling the water bill. 'rh_ s<:,.,tec1 to pay 40/= to the uccused. It was saturday 2.,1.c': I ;_::r::,mised to 0iv2 uccused shs. 40/= on the following m,.J n J. il.Y o " Fr,Jm hl:!re, PlJ. l reported th.::, matter to the Police, who arranged to trup the ,.,)pellant. This wo.s executed on u Friday, when PWol armed with forty shillings - Nos. AW 651926 - shso 10/=, BX 404877 shs. 10/-

:'.l·1,J CS 449827 went t.) the a1nell,mts office, having left the pulice d(~tecti ves e:utside. According to PWo 1 the i.1ppellant was still .::iliw::, to their i_)revious tnlk and what went on th<~rein can only be o. 1)::;r,~ciotcd in the rGlevunt r)erspecti ve, if we huve it fr-:>m l?i!J l's own moutho 0 He s2.id and I quote:- 11 1 f:.,urnl th,., nccused in th,.::. ·>ffice. i•,ccused asked me, w!:-.;th·-,,:, I went t-:, him f::;r th..: s,1ke ')f the~ previ ::us t:1lk. • 2 I t.,h7 him yes o i,ccused •>:·t out of his cfficeo I t, ·,ok the, CCJ)Y uf th,., water bill for the mc;nth of D,;C(,mb,~r, 1975 0.:1,:l I (}·JV,:: it to th,.:: c,ccusedo • ;,ccused went l:;c:ck: t,.) his c):'::c:'>..r:::e, he, t•)ld ilk tu wait f,.-r u short timeo Wh,::n c:tccu•·,.:c 7 vi:,nt :.tc; his ,,:ff.ice, I peeped t:i his )fficc rmcl I s Z:.hT c~ccus (~d ;·)_pl~ni n~J Lt ~~\;ok ,::lnd he was writing s;..:>rr,c.!thing in th•.: :Jc,,,ko Later accus2cl got out of the office 2nd ti:.i~e the w::iter bill I. (,ClV:2 hirno I ,7.Skcd; the accuse:d, why lk t,;re the bill, ":.ccusecl told me, tl·h"re was nc, nuj:_ ::,:- ho.ve th,c copy of ·c.h,_ water hill, because the wnter Lill was alre2Jy cancclledo hCCUsed askc::!d me t,j giv~ him 40/= which·I hod prcimiied himo I took f·.,ur-ty shillings fLirn my :)nck<=t and I 'Jc.Ve i t tn the i".Ccnc::,:,.•a Accused rec,:,iv;2c: the m;:;ney c1nd ()Ut i t in his shirt

;,uck:,,t .. " It is 2;fb:r t;·iiS th0t the p·:>lice c7,me ino We have i t fr,;rn PW,.2 Detective S,;;t~ Jos·e;Jh Magori 7 a·n,l PltJ 4 No .. B 5624 D/C En,·,s tlic::t 0 the forty shillinc:s. were rec<::Nert.:!d from' th2 a;,pellant on arr.:.csto The s-::im2 ;1,.::es I numbers corr,~s; ,,:,nd ed with these, that had :Jeen recorrled 2,1~ were in fact c• m~)ure;<.l :i,n t,he presc,nce of PWo3 D:iudi Omolo Mb1,,c:it:.:'.o Inv,,,;·::i•::fc,ti:.~ns after this revealed, th:1t th,~ water bill r ,gister showed th::,·c K~;_toyo "s water 1)ill hc1d been paid on 12/12/1975 vid.e Rec2:L~-t fL>.o 011735,,- BUt this receipt was in fact unhidL'l<J:- about. th,.:: fc1ct t),at i t w,is issu;.::c1 upon r;ne Mashauri Mtani mc,,_,ting his water :::,ill l·Jijo 196 F' f•)r shso 35/20 on 3/12/75 7 In fnct Pv'lol's bill w2,s 1:1 ti12 :x;:,ks··. ' 'tre·i,_,ted . . c1s i::aido ~ The• cc 1 nV<.: wus· lx~li2v,x~ ,·\s credible evirlence and h.::nc,: th"' convictj_,n .-~~1,' S(::ntence th::t th-..;: un;;ell2nt stru,gles to have up- set0 Of c>\idc in his d,:;fcnc•.c, the· appellant denied •-~n this a - I cannot sc,y -j-1~.. t the trial·c,mrt rec1ched wron9 conclusionso :I cannot irn;-i,_fin,:.c h,iw ~)Wol, :ew.2, PWa4 and PW.5 could have dreu:m,:I:· about all this,· tinL.;ss they actually took placeo· Still m Jr(:? impossihl<.:: would b.e the f,,ct ·i::hc:.t i'W, 1 would ~vtcn be a'!:,le to 'temper with the books in th.~ rossession of the 20Jellant 'and know hJw to~t~mper with records the way i t w2s t~stifie~o I am satisfied as wns the District Covrt, th2t the a,p~ll2nt did corruptly rcc~ived 40/= to dishon~stlJ caqccll th2 ~at~r hill .. "Th~ case was prov~d beyond reasonc11)L, c1.-:.:·0.Dto The a,;:::iea:t is dismissed~ Deliv,~r:x1 this 29th dcry of June, 1977a