JUDGMENT
The particulars of the charge were that on the 31st of July 2015 at Kutus town, within Kirinyaga County, the appellant was trafficking by conveying 10 stones of cannabis sativa in a motor vehicle registration no. KCA 106 C, Toyota Fielder, along the Kutus-Kagio Road with the value of Kshs. 5,000 in contravention of the Act.
The trial magistrate convicted and sentenced him to 11 years’ imprisonment after finding that the offence was proved to the required standard. The appellant was dissatisfied with the trial court’s decision and appealed to the High Court (J.M. Bwonwonga, J.)who upheld the conviction and sentence. The appellant was further aggrieved and has appealed to this Court against that decision.
In substituted grounds of appeal filed in this Court, the appellant advanced 8 grounds which in summary are that, the High Court failed to appreciate that the trial proceedings were not interpreted to him during the sworn testimonies of the prosecution witnesses; that the charge …