JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
CISSE DJIBRILA, the appellant, was convicted by the Senior Principal Magistrate, Kibera, of trafficking in narcotic drugs contrary to section 4(a) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Control) Act (No. 4 of 1994), the Act, and sentenced to life imprisonment and; in addition thereto, a fine of Shs.1,000,000/= was imposed on him.
The appellant was aggrieved by both the conviction and sentence, and consequently lodged an appeal in the High Court of Kenya at Nairobi. On 1st July, 2003 Mbaluto J dismissed his appeal. He now comes before us by way of a second and final appeal.
The facts as accepted by both the trial court and the first appellate court were briefly as follows. The appellant is a citizen of Guinea. On 10th September, 2001 at about 6 am he arrived at JKIA, Nairobi, from Dubai in flight No. KQ 311. While all the passengers had disembarked, police officers Cpl. Maritim (PW1) and Cpl. Otieno (PW2) noticed one suspicious looking passenger. They bec…