ACC 1 OF 2008 - Republic vs Charles Omollo Lwanga
Summary: The accused person was arraigned in court to answer to charges of solicitation and receiving a bribe to facilitate the writing of a favorable report in relation to a criminal case against the complainant where he had been charged with theft, after which the court directed him to report to probabtion officers for them to write a report. It is at this point thet the complainant met the accused person who demanded for a 10,000 shilling bribe, which was later negotiated down to 9,000/=. The complainant reported the matter at KACC offices where theyfacilitated recordings to verify the complaint and laid trap money which they used to nab the accused as he received it. The court in reviewing the tape recordings, the video evidence and the totality of the evidence before it convicted the accused person on counts 2 and 3, and acquitted him on count 1 as it was a duplicate of count 2.
First offence date: 14/Mar/2008
Start date: 19/Mar/2008
Ruling date: 01/Jan/1970
Defendant plea:
Amount involved: KES 10,000.00
Type of case: Soliciting for a benefit, Receiving a bribe
Resolution comments:
Charge
Plea
Fine amount
Judgement
Count 1 - Corruptly soliciting for a benefit contrary to Section 39(3)(a) as read with Section 48(1) of the Anti Corruption and Economic Crimes Act.
Not guilty
0.00
Acquittal
Count 2 - Corruptly soliciting for a benefit contrary to Section 39(3)(a) as read with Section 48(1) of the Anti Corruption and Economic Crimes Act.
Guilty
0.00
Conviction
Count 3 - Corruptly soliciting for a benefit contrary to Section 39(3)(a) as read with Section 48(1) of the Anti Corruption and Economic Crimes Act.
Not guilty
0.00
Conviction
Places
Chief Magistrates Court, Mombasa
Court -
Ministry of Home Affairs, Probation Department
Employer at time of Offence -